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Michael Grabowski On Laundry Land As A Habit-Changer For Alt-Comics Consumers
(1/27/19)
Jim Salicrup On Russ Heath’s Last Comics Works
(8/27/18)
Brad Bartkus On People Having Beefs With The Lenticular Process
(8/23/17)
Mike Catron On TCJ’s Long Ago Coverage Of Wally Wood’s Passing
(7/26/17)
Ivan Brunetti On His Informal Lecture In Chicago, March 28
(3/18/17)
Michael May On The Appeal Of Movie Wolverine
(2/21/17)
Stefano Gaudiano On Glenn McCoy’s Betsy DeVos/Ruby Bridges Cartoon
(2/21/17)
Stephen Robson On The Passing Of Jiro Taniguchi
(2/13/17)
Philip Eagle On The Additional, Dated Quality Of Certain Comic Book Cheesecake Drawings
(10/19/16)
Stefano Gaudiano On The Late Gary Reed
(10/3/16)
John Vest On The Loss Of Offbeat Mainstream Comics
(7/5/16)
Joshua Leto On Alvin Buenaventura’s Passing
(3/9/16)
Stefano Gaudiano My Link To Alex de Campi’s Worst Interview Questions
(11/28/15)
Jeremy Matthews On Another Potential Subject For The Comics Report
(7/26/15)
Michael Grabowski On Why Some People Pledge Partial-Dollar Payments Via Funding Mechanisms
(7/26/15)
Iestyn Pettigrew On The Sponsored By Spouse Article
(1/27/15)
Fabrice Stroun On Linking To People With Monstrous Opinions Vis-A-Vis Charlie Hebdo
(1/8/15)
If I Were Near Suffolk University, I’d Go To This
(12/3/14)
John Vest On The Cancellation Of Fantastic Four
(10/20/14)
James Langdell On Pedigreed Comics Collections
(10/20/14)
Jason Michelitch On Dean Haspiel Response To Requests For A Seth Kushner Alternative Donation Route
(8/29/14)
Michael Netzer On Frank Miller And A Magazine Article You Probably Haven’t Seen Yet
(8/25/14)
Evan Dorkin On Milk And Cheese Not Being Villains
(8/6/14)
Kelly Kilmer On My Reading Of The Meltdown/Apartment Development Situation
(7/14/14)
Roger Langridge On That Hulk Cover By John Byrne And Terry Austin
(7/14/14)
Andrew Mansell On My Summer Reading Of Walt Before Skeezix And The Bungle Family
(7/14/14)
Steve Replogle On A Recent, Lengthy Summary That Appeared On-Line Regarding Various Marvel Comics
(7/10/14)
Ethan Heitner On The Palestinian Authority Cartoon Post On June 19
(6/20/14)
Sean T. Collins On MoCCA Festival 2014
(4/7/14)
Josh Leto On Dave Sim And Patreon
(3/31/14)
Joe Musich On Follow-Up Reading In Regards To That Story About Saudi Arabia Banning The 99
(3/27/14)
Gary Dunaier On The Gene Day Aardvark-Vanaheim Star Wars Portfolio Linked-To At CR
(3/2/14)
Michael Dooley On My Calling His Piece With Craig Yoe More Straight-Up Promotional
(2/25/14)
Bart Beaty On Looking To Recruit A PhD Candidate In Comics Studies
(2/10/14)
Nat Gertler On The National Lampoon Brand
(1/21/14)
Steve Replogle On Why Marvel Would Want To Give Us More Miracleman
(1/19/14)
John Vest On Epic Illustrated
(12/26/13)
Luke P. On Sexual Harassment And Industry Standards
(11/22/13)
A Much Larger Version Of The Shackleton Cover Gina Gagliano Sent Me
(11/12/13)
Ethan Heitner On Ben Katchor’s Last Word Being Under-Appreciated
(11/3/13)
Mark Liggett On Daredevil “Ending” At Marvel
(10/28/13)
Eric Reynolds On My Blithe Rationalizations For The Harm Done Through Multiple Variant Covers
(10/10/13)
Will Dinski On Being An Exhibitor And This Making Him Less Of A Customer At SPX 2013
(9/21/13)
Mark Mayerson On The Don Rosa Library
(9/3/13)
Darryl Ayo Braithwaite On Jason Karns’ Comics
(9/2/13)
Michael Netzer On Tom Scioli Reviewing Silver Surfer #1
(8/23/13)
Craig Fischer On What The Strange Photo Was
(8/5/13)
Matthew Allison On Wanting A List Of Cartoonists Over 40
(8/5/13)
Stefano Gaudiano On Young Cartoonists
(8/5/13)
Brian Fies On The Young Cartoonists List
(8/5/13)
Matthew Southworth On The July 30 Postings At The Comics Reporter
(7/31/13)
Aaron McPherson On After Before Watchmen
(7/31/13)
Richard Martines on the Mighty Comics Shops
(7/31/13)
Aaron Renier On A Pair Of Forthcoming Events Because I Couldn’t Figure Out His Links (PR)
(7/25/13)
Michael Netzer On Some Pastors Rejecting The Hard-Sell Of Superman As A Christ Figure
(7/9/13)
Matt Silvie On Stand-Up Desks
(7/6/13)
Nat Gertler on Kim Thompson, Critters, Usagi Yojimbo and Albedo
(6/23/13)
Chris Allen On The NYT Profile Of Karen Berger
(5/30/13)
Chris Butcher In Response To This Year’s TCAF Report
(5/19/13)
Chris Allen On San Diego And Craft Beers
(5/9/13)
Jeremy Baum On SPACE
(4/21/13)
Rob Salkowitz On The Saga #12 Saga
(4/11/13)
Michael Netzer On Comics Sales
(4/11/13)
Nat Gertler On The Foglios And Rights Reversion
(4/9/13)
Greg Vondruska On Megacon
(4/8/13)
Steve Lafler On The Gary Groth Sunday Interview
(3/18/13)
Ken Parille On Gender Issues And TCJ
(3/10/13)
Jason T. Miles On Issues Of Gender Disparity At The Comics Journal
(3/5/13)
Nicole Rudick On The Exchange Between Myself And Gary Groth Re: TCJ Gender Issues
(3/4/13)
Nat Gertler On Orson Scott Card
(2/14/13)
Paul B. Rainey On This Site’s Review Of His Comic
(2/6/13)
Trevor Ashfield On That Video With William Gaines In It
(2/3/13)
Someone Named “Conch” With PR About John McAfee/Chad Essley Radio Interview So I Can Link To It
(1/23/13)
Greg Kelly On Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(1/22/13)
Bob Greenberger On The Mark Waid Interview
(1/13/13)
Kim Thompson On The Apocryphal “Eisner-Nominee Translations Story” And Its Underlying Truth
(1/2/13)
Trevor Ashfield On Whether Or Not Void Indigo Was The First Repurposed Indy Comic
(11/24/12)
Jamie Coville On The Ten Least Powerful People In Comics
(11/23/12)
Rich Tommaso On The Ten Least Powerful People In Comics
(11/23/12)
Dave Merrill On The Current State Of The Anime Industry As It Might Inform Manga
(11/7/12)
Jog On The Current State Of The Anime Market As It Relates (Or Doesn’t) To Manga
(11/7/12)
Robert Stanley Martin On Best Outcomes And The Shuster Family
(10/29/12)
Russell Willis On Why Won’t You Cover My Book?
(10/23/12)
Robert Young On Playing Six Degrees Of Devin Grayson With Him, Me, Mark Siegel, Nick Abadzis
(10/14/12)
Andy Stout On This Site’s Lack Of A Best Of 2011 List
(10/11/12)
Patricia Donohue With A Funny Story About “The Boys”
(10/11/12)
Rob Clough On The Self-Indulgence Of My Midwest Travel Report; Team Comics Vs. The Good Feelings Era
(10/9/12)
Moment Of Cerebus PR About Dave Sim and IDW Deal (PR)
(10/6/12)
Greg Kelly On His Mistaken Assumption That Robby Benson Played Billy Batson on “Shazam!”
(10/1/12)
Patrick Ford On Scott Dunbier’s Interest In Boy’s Ranch
(9/23/12)
RM Rhodes On The North Bethesda Area
(9/22/12)
MK Reed On SPX
(9/22/12)
Jamie Coville On Marvel Ending ASM And Its Massive Issue-Number Run
(9/20/12)
Jordan Hurder From Chance Press On A Comics Event At Escapist The Weekend Of September 21st
(9/19/12)
TUCK! on Dave Sim’s Editorial In The Final Issue Of Glamourpuss
(9/9/12)
Brian Hibbs On Guaranteeing Your Shop Won’t Carry Certain Works
(9/5/12)
Darryl Ayo On Not Taking The Time To Look At The Comics In Front Of Us
(8/26/12)
Jim Ottaviani On The NPR Show-Related Kickstarter Where His Work Is What Money Is Being Raised For
(8/26/12)
Austin English In A Mass E-Mail Asking You To Support The Projects
(8/21/12)
Steve Replogle on Kirby: Genesis
(8/11/12)
Michael Grabowski On Spider-Man Day
(8/11/12)
Josue Menjivar On That French Cartoonists Five For Friday (#302)
(7/30/12)
Lorrain Chamberlain On S. Clay Wilson’s Recent Birthday
(7/27/12)
Michael Grabowski On Los Bros Hernandez
(7/10/12)
Andrew Horton On The Lack Of Coverage For The Wizard Of Id Reprint Project At Titan
(7/4/12)
J. Caleb Mozzocco On The Children’s Storybook About Daddy Going To Jail
(6/24/12)
Danny Fingeroth On One Reason Warners Might Not Be Hot On The Ohio License Plate/Superman Thing
(6/24/12)
Iestyn Pettigrew On Elfquest In Series Form
(6/12/12)
Robert Gilmour On Spain Rodriguez
(6/6/12)
Not Comics: Tim Kreider On His We Learn Nothing PR Tour (This Is Also PR)
(5/30/12)
Tom Galloway On Two Items Concerning The San Diego Con Guide
(5/30/12)
Stefano Gaudiano On Roy Lichtenstein And Hilary Barta
(5/19/12)
Dean Milburn On Before Watchmen, Watchmen And My True Story
(5/19/12)
Nick Mullins With A Question That Made Me Sad All Day
(5/19/12)
Patrick Ford On That Joe Simon Art Story
(5/16/12)
Jim Keefe On The Comics-Makers That Created The Avengers
(5/14/12)
Thad Boyd On The Comics-Makers That Created The Avengers
(5/14/12)
Michael Grabowski On Creating The Avengers
(5/14/12)
David Kilmer On The Comics-Makers That Created The Avengers
(5/14/12)
Nat Gertler On The Creation Of Ultimate Nick Fury
(5/14/12)
Andrew Mansell On FFF Results Post #293
(5/13/12)
Iestyp On The Nick Abadzis Interview
(5/8/12)
Ken Eppstein On The Whole Kirby/Avengers Flap
(5/7/12)
Iestyn Pettigrew On The Elephant In The Room When It Comes To Creators In Crisis
(4/26/12)
Danny Ceballos On Before Before Watchmen There Was Spain Rodriguez
(4/25/12)
Trevor Ashfield On Before Before Watchmen There Was Spain Rodriguez
(4/25/12)
Kevin J. Maroney On Why They Still Publish Astonishing X-Men
(4/25/12)
Jim Ottaviani On My Response To Robert Boyd About Keeping Watchmen In Print
(4/24/12)
Michael Grabowski On Last Weekend’s Five For Friday
(4/23/12)
Robert Boyd On DC Keeping Rights For Watchmen From Moore And Gibbons
(4/23/12)
Dustin Harbin On My Response To His Piece On The Eisner Awards
(4/16/12)
Marc Arsenault On Accentuating The Positive
(4/16/12)
Fred Hembeck on Jeff Kapalka
(4/14/12)
Patrick Ford On Alan Moore
(4/14/12)
Daniel Klos On A Reason It May Be “Marvel’s The Avengers”
(4/14/12)
Michael May On Characters And Their Creators Month
(4/11/12)
Justin Colussy-Estes On Jim Woodring’s Fundraiser For Fran And Money-Raising Projects In General
(4/11/12)
Andrew Farago on Los Bros, The Eisners Hall Of Fame, And The Judges’ Selections
(4/9/12)
Nick Mullins On Joseph Lambert’s Annie Sullivan/Helen Keller Book
(4/7/12)
Alan Gardner On The Rex Babin Obit
(4/6/12)
Michael Grabowski On The Corto Maltese Reprint Story
(3/24/12)
Alan Doane on Watchmen
(3/21/12)
Robert Stanley Martin On The HU List And Other, Related Things
(3/20/12)
Robert Stanley Martin On Watchmen As A Slam-Dunk Consensus Best Comic Of All Time
(3/20/12)
Cris Skokna On Underappreciated Comics Folk
(3/18/12)
Patrick Ford On The Group Think About Underappreciated Cartoonists
(3/16/12)
Mike Lester On Recent Editorial Cartoons About Sandra Fluke
(3/14/12)
Ethan Heitner on Katz
(3/13/12)
Jeff Flowers On The Forthcoming Marada The She-Wolf Collection
(3/13/12)
Matthew Wanderski On The Five For Friday About Future Grand Prix Of Angouleme Winners
(3/13/12)
Lou Copeland On The Passing Of Moebius
(3/13/12)
Zak Sally On Sammy The Mouse Vol. 1 Release Events (PR)
(3/8/12)
Xavier Lowenthal On Katz
(3/7/12)
Mark Coale on Marvel Rotating Artists On Series
(2/29/12)
Ken Eppstein On Valiant’s Talking Comic Book Cover
(2/29/12)
Tim O’Shea On The Line Between Comics Journalism And Gossip
(2/29/12)
Michael Netzer On Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj
(2/19/12)
BK Munn On Comics And Boycotts
(2/16/12)
Chris Allen On This Site’s 21 Not-Exactly-Original Thoughts On Before Watchmen
(2/15/12)
Chris Allen On My Making A Crack About Marvel’s Layoffs Meaning They’re Hurting For Cash
(2/15/12)
Mitchell Senft On The Gary Friedrich Situation
(2/15/12)
Jonathan Hastings On The Gary Friedrich Situation
(2/15/12)
Mark Mayerson On The Gary Friedrich Situation
(2/15/12)
Matthew Badham On Before Watchmen
(2/15/12)
Sean Kleefeld On It Being About The Product, Not About Art
(2/13/12)
Danny Fingeroth/MoCCA On Forthcoming The Stan Lee Universe-Related Event (PR)
(1/22/12)
Gene Yang On Two Forthcoming Airbender-Related Events
(1/22/12)
Brett Warnock On Why Marvel Has Variant Editions Of An Archival Series
(1/22/12)
Tim O’Shea On CR’s 2011-2012 Holiday Interview Series
(1/8/12)
Steve Bissette On My Note About Graeme McMillan’s Presentation Of A Link
(1/3/12)
Kiel Phegley On Tucker Stone And CBR
(12/23/11)
Earl Wells On CR’s Obituary For Les Daniels
(11/24/11)
Tom Dougherty On Frank Miller Slamming The Occupy Movement
(11/15/11)
Kim Thompson On Frank Miller Slamming The Occupy Movement
(11/13/11)
Fabrice Stroun On The Charlie Hebdo Story
(11/8/11)
Tim O’Neil On John Byrne’s Latest Comics
(10/23/11)
Gabriel Roth On My Comments That Comics With Icky Portrayals Of Women Are Just Bad Comics
(10/14/11)
Matthew Badham On CR’s Review Of Captain America #213-214
(10/7/11)
Evan Dorkin On CR’s Review Of Captain America #213-214
(10/5/11)
D. Ray On The Jerry Bails Award
(9/27/11)
W. Dal Bush Of Challengers Comics On Grant Morrison X-Men Collections
(9/26/11)
Josefine Kals On A List Of Art Spiegelman PR Events Supporting Metamaus (PR)
(9/26/11)
Matthew Badham On X-Men: First Class
(9/13/11)
Kim Thompson On Tabary And Iznogoud
(8/22/11)
Walt Kurtz On Maybe I Should Shut Up About My Past Chicago Con Experience And Talk About Their PR
(8/11/11)
Jack Walsh Of MoCCA On Having Their Show The Same Date As Stumptown Comics Fest
(8/11/11)
Kim Thompson on the Radical Feminism of Scott Adams
(6/17/11)
Patrick Ford With A Second Take On TCJ’s Re-Publication Of Their 1989 Jack Kirby Interview
(5/25/11)
Patrick Ford On TCJ’s Re-Publication Of The 1989 Jack Kirby Interview
(5/25/11)
John Vest On Gary Groth’s Beatdown Of Jim Shooter And The Value Of The TCJ Archives
(5/15/11)
Allan Rosenberg On The Hawthorne Comics Festival May 14 (PR)
(4/29/11)
Patrick Ford On Racist Obama Cartoons
(4/28/11)
Milo George On Bill Blackbeard
(4/26/11)
John Vest On The Gold Key Characters As Handled By Jim Shooter
(4/17/11)
Alan Doane On Whether Or Not The Spectre Actually Supported Signifying Facial Hair At One Point
(4/6/11)
Damian Patterson On One Superhero Fight We Should Never Forget
(3/27/11)
Kim Munson On The Cultural Memory For Specific Comics And Cartoonists
(3/27/11)
Mark Coale On The Deluge Of Captain America Titles
(3/27/11)
Frank Santoro On Van Halen, And My Assertion They Have A Difficult Historical Legacy
(3/11/11)
Michael Grabowski On Use Of That Old Sim Portrait From TCJ As Illustrative Art
(2/20/11)
Michael May On High Standards For Comics Peer Reviews
(2/19/11)
Tim O’Shea On Big Bird Appearing On Mad Men
(1/27/11)
Shannon Smith On Where Will The Borders Shoppers Go?
(1/14/11)
Tim O’Shea On CR’s Holiday Interview Series
(1/9/11)
Alexandre Su On CR’s Own, Personal Wildstorm
(12/27/10)
Tim O’Neil On Marvel’s Strange Tales
(12/17/10)
Bob Greenberger On The Departure Of Brenda Starr And Ramona Fradon’s Role In Her History
(12/11/10)
Michael Grabowski On Use Of The World “Acquired” In Recent Comics Publishing Announcements
(12/2/10)
Bruce Paddock On Jefferson Machamer
(12/2/10)
Jason Michelitch On Superhero Fight Scenes
(11/29/10)
Alan Doane On CR’s Review Of Jenny Sparks
(11/9/10)
Someone From The Swann Foundation On Fellowship Application Information, Deadline (PR)
(10/8/10)
Someone From The Swann Foundation On Fellowship Application Information, Deadline (PR)
(10/8/10)
Kodansha USA On Their New Publishing Direction; Licensing Ends With RH; Middaugh To New Entity (PR)
(10/4/10)
T. Campbell On Why He Will Continue To Mock Alan Moore, Part 02
(9/28/10)
T. Campbell On Why He Will Continue To Mock Alan Moore
(9/15/10)
Ryan Young On Alan Moore
(9/11/10)
Josh Leto On Alan Moore
(9/11/10)
Ethan Heitner On Linking Anti-Israelism With Anti-Semitism
(9/2/10)
Ben Schwartz On Five For Friday #224—WACs
(8/29/10)
Michael Grabowski On Pekar Collaborator Five For Friday
(7/31/10)
I Still Like This One
(7/31/10)
Tim O’Neil On Late 1960s Sgt. Fury
(7/30/10)
John Vest On CBGB #1
(7/30/10)
John Vest On The Days Of Reading Indy Comics
(7/23/10)
Robert Faires On More Opportunities To Read About Harvey Pekar
(7/15/10)
Jackie Estrada On This Year’s Eisner Awards Information (PR)
(7/8/10)
John Vest On Brian Bendis’ and Alex Maleev’s Ultimate Daredevil Collection Volume One
(7/7/10)
Matthew Craig On The Latest UK Version Of Manga Pamphlets
(7/7/10)
John Vest On DC’s Wonder Woman Re-Boot
(7/7/10)
Vernon Wiley On Why DC Doesn’t Have An All-Ages Wonder Woman Comic?
(7/7/10)
David Glanzer On CCI On Ticket Sweepstakes Contest, Winners, Future Chances (PR)
(7/7/10)
Michael Mead On Where Have All The Comics Gone?
(6/12/10)
Jim Ottaviani On Artists Vs. Retailers When It Comes To Helping The CBLDF
(6/12/10)
Charles Hatfield On Superhero Movies Sucking
(6/12/10)
Shannon Smith On Superhero Movies
(6/12/10)
John Tompkins On Return Of Mini-Con
(6/12/10)
Michael Grabowski On Superhero Movies
(6/12/10)
Scott Dubin On My Calling Final Crisis Idea Light
(6/12/10)
Danny Ceballos On Best Goodbyes In Comics
(6/12/10)
Carl Walker On Why They Feel It’s Necessary To Defend The Twilight Manga’s Goofy Lettering
(6/12/10)
Paul Fitzgerald On PS Magazine Entering Its 60th Year (PR)
(6/12/10)
Alexandre Su On Previous Attempts To Publish Blacksad In North America
(6/12/10)
Oscar Gonzalez On Gabriel Vargas
(6/1/10)
David Glanzer On CCI Expanding Its Guest List, 2010 (PR)
(5/27/10)
Joe Field On Amanda Emmert’s Letter Regarding Unfriendly To Female Retailers
(5/26/10)
Kelly Kilmer On People From LA That Go To Comic-Con Refocusing Their Cash On The Exhibitors
(5/13/10)
Robyn Chapman On CCS Commencement Weekend (PR)
(5/9/10)
Someone From Chicago Comics On Alex Ross Signing At Chicago Comics June 5 (PR)
(5/8/10)
Brad Mackay On Those Canadian Superhero Images (PR)
(5/8/10)
Matt Dembicki On Trickster Signing At Big Planet Comics In Vienna, VA on May 15 (PR)
(5/8/10)
Tim O’Shea On Kees Kousemaker, RIP
(4/30/10)
Dustin Harbin On That Jack Chick/Catholic Guy Story
(4/26/10)
John Vest On Mike Kaluta And Peter S. Beagle
(4/24/10)
Oliver East On The Forthcoming Exhibition Related To Berlin And That (PR)
(4/18/10)
Michael Grabowski On Periodical Marketing
(4/17/10)
James Langdell On Why WonderCon Probably Doesn’t Have A Strong Alt-Arts Showing
(4/17/10)
Some PR Person On Colin Upton Speaking On Laurence Hyde April 18 (PR)
(4/17/10)
Brian Heater On Collective Memory
(4/17/10)
Ian Brill Of Boom! On The Fact That I’m Not Insane
(4/10/10)
John Vest On Kirby Swiping Kirby
(4/10/10)
2010 Eisner Nominations Re-Direct
(4/8/10)
Frank Santoro On James Sturm Quitting The Internet
(4/8/10)
Andrew Farago On The Allure Of Hayao Miyazaki At CAM April 28 (PR)
(3/29/10)
John Vest On Dick Giordano
(3/29/10)
Joe Gross On Brian Hibbs On Serial Comics As Fair Market Value
(3/29/10)
Eric Reynolds On Fantagraphics Signing An Agreement With Rick Marshall For A Book Line (PR)
(3/24/10)
Sarah Eagle On Bodyworld Tour Information (PR)
(3/24/10)
T. Edward Bak On The IPRC On Their Fundraising Needs (PR)
(3/23/10)
Dylan Williams On Portland Zine Symposium Needs Your Help! (PR)
(3/23/10)
Bill Roundy On Various Diary Of A Teenage Girl Events (PR)
(3/23/10)
Rodrigo Baeza On Stuff In The Latest Kirby Family Filing I Should Not Have Found Confusing
(3/17/10)
Craig Yoe On Why We Need To Buy His Packaged Tiger Tea From IDW
(3/17/10)
Paul Karasik On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
(2/28/10)
Sean Howe On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
(2/28/10)
Mark Coale On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
(2/28/10)
Jonathan Green On A Good Point Regarding Michael Pollard In Last Week’s CR Video Parade
(2/25/10)
Chris Butcher (I’m Guessing) On TCAF 2010’s Official Launch And Initial Announcements (PR)
(2/23/10)
Domingos Isabelinho On The Tintin Au Congo Commentary
(2/19/10)
Ivan Brunetti On Francoise Mouly At Chicago’s Columbia College (PR)
(2/18/10)
Gabriel Roth On The Marvel Astonishing Line
(2/17/10)
John Vest On Early Steve Ditko
(2/16/10)
Jeff Flowers On Prison Pit
(2/6/10)
Matthias Wivel On CR’s Best Super-Hero Comics Of The ‘00s List
(2/6/10)
Fabrice Stroun On CR’s Super-Hero Comics Of The ‘00s List
(2/6/10)
Fabio Antibas On 1985 (The Comic Book)
(2/6/10)
Doug Slack On The Interview With Noah Berlatsky About Elephant & Piggie
(2/6/10)
Andy Kuhn On Lorenzo Mattotti’s New Yorker Cover
(2/6/10)
Matt Maxwell On One Of The Best 5FFs Ever
(2/6/10)
Justin C. Sherrill On The Blind Man’s Elephant In The Room
(2/6/10)
Dave Kellett Of Sheldon On George McManus’ Home on LA’s Sunset Boulevard
(2/6/10)
Matthew Wave On Five For Friday #195—Musical Anthologies
(2/6/10)
Bill Randall On A Shamus/Wizard Con In Cincinnati
(2/2/10)
John Sargent Of Macmillan On Macmillan’s Position Vis-A-Vis Amazon On Saturday Evening (PR)
(2/1/10)
Robin McConnell On Muppet Lanterns
(1/31/10)
John Vest On 1970s Marvel
(1/30/10)
Michael Grabowski On The Lack Of A Bob Feller Nickname
(1/25/10)
Eric Thornton On A Double-Store Strange Tales Signing, 02-06-10 (PR)
(1/19/10)
John Vest On Jeffrey Jones
(1/19/10)
Robyn Chapman On Forthcoming Belgian Comic Art Exhibit (PR)
(1/19/10)
Somebody At IDW On Darwyn Cooke At The Smithsonian, 01/30/10 (PR)
(1/19/10)
Elysabeth Fulda On FPI Signing With Asylum Press’ Steve Mannion, 01/30/10 (PR)
(1/19/10)
Matthew P. Dudevoir on Our Sucky Proofreading
(1/2/10)
Elissa Lynch On The Full FCBD Line-Up (PR)
(12/23/09)
Noah Berlatsky On What Noah Berlatsky Essay Kristy Valenti Is Really Discussing In Her TCJ Interview
(12/23/09)
Nat Gertler On The Schulz Youth Book
(12/21/09)
John Vest On Christmas Card Designs
(12/18/09)
Bully On The Identity Of “National Weather Report Man”
(12/14/09)
Mark Coale On His Five Big News Events For 2009
(12/13/09)
Michael Dooley On Five Important News Events For 2009
(12/13/09)
Sean Kleefeld On His Five Big News Events For 2009
(12/13/09)
Gerry Alanguilan On The Notion Of Comics Books And Comic Strips Always Being Here
(12/12/09)
Ivan Salazar On Boom!‘s Christmas Party (PR)
(12/12/09)
Craig Yoe On Why Craig Yoe Is Awesome
(12/11/09)
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(11/30/09)
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(11/30/09)
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(11/29/09)
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(11/29/09)
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(11/29/09)
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(11/28/09)
David Lloyd On Auctioning Art On Behalf Of Non-Profit Educational Web Site (PR)
(11/28/09)
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(11/28/09)
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(11/27/09)
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(11/24/09)
AnnaMaria White On IDW’s Holiday Offerings (PR)
(11/23/09)
John Vest On Possible Best Of The Decade In Superhero Comics Additions
(11/23/09)
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(11/23/09)
John Vest On Larry Welz’ 61st Birthday
(11/21/09)
John Vest On The Late George Tuska
(11/8/09)
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(11/8/09)
Chris Duffy On Their Being One More Nick Magazine To Go Despite My Assertion Otherwise
(11/8/09)
Dan Nadel On Forthcoming Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival, December 5 (PR)
(11/8/09)
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(11/7/09)
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(11/2/09)
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(11/1/09)
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(10/30/09)
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(10/28/09)
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(10/24/09)
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(10/20/09)
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(10/14/09)
Chris Butcher On Abby Denson Comics Launch Event At The Beguiling, 10-16-09 (PR)
(10/13/09)
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(10/12/09)
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(10/12/09)
Peggy Burns On Seth’s Canadiana Tour (PR)
(10/12/09)
Richard Thompson On Floats In Response To Seth Designing A Float
(10/10/09)
Gary Usher On Recent CR Stuff… Okay, Recent When He Sent It In
(10/10/09)
Karl Erickson On Danny Fingeroth Being Named Senior VP Of Education At MoCCA (PR)
(10/10/09)
Karl Erickson On MoCCA’s New Adult Education Program And Senior VP Of Education Danny Fingeroth (PR)
(10/10/09)
Jamie Coville On His Latest Site Additions (x2)
(10/10/09)
Michael Grabowski On Re-Reading Comics
(10/10/09)
Tim O’Shea On Reading The Site, Asking Some Questions
(10/10/09)
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(10/10/09)
Bob Beerbohm On The Latest With His Hip Replacement Needs
(10/10/09)
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(10/10/09)
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(10/10/09)
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(10/10/09)
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(10/10/09)
Robyn Chapman On CCS’ Portfolio Review Day, November 14 (PR)
(10/10/09)
Josh Elder On His Non-Profit Education Initiative Reading With Pictures (PR)
(10/10/09)
Kevin Doel On Various ComiXology-Related News
(10/1/09)
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(9/30/09)
Mel Caylo On David Petersen’s So-Cal Tour (PR)
(9/22/09)
Tim O’Shea On CR’s Fifth Anniversary
(9/20/09)
Donna Urschel On Massive Herblock Exhibit At Library Of Congress Starting October 13 (PR)
(9/19/09)
Audrey Fischer On Herblock Book Release Event At Library Of Congress (PR)
(9/19/09)
James Langdell On A Good Reason To Re-Start Herbie
(9/19/09)
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(9/19/09)
Ted Rall On His Response To Jon Krakaeur (PR)
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Some MoCCA Person On Their September Events (PR)
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Benn Ray On Atomic Books’ SPX-PLOSION 2 Party In Baltimore On September 25 (PR)
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Alex Bullett On Comics’ Least Sexy Issue
(9/3/09)
Fan Expo Canada 2009 People On Their Official Post-Show Figures, 2010 Dates (PR)
(9/3/09)
The Good Folks From Gosh! About Their Joe Sacco Signing September 30 (PR)
(9/3/09)
Dennis O’Neil On Teaching A Ten-Week Course At NYU (PR)
(9/3/09)
Walter Dickinson On A Forthcoming Class Taught By Ty Templeton (PR)
(9/2/09)
Anders Nilsen On His 46 Million Art Auction Effort (PR)
(8/28/09)
Meltdown Comics On Their Pete Wentz Comic Book Signing (PR)
(8/27/09)
Michael Dean on Siegels, Shusters, Public Domain
(8/25/09)
Matthew Wave On FFF Results Post #177—Sing
(8/24/09)
Tim O’Shea On Siegels, Shusters, Copyrights, And Wishing Opinions Away
(8/24/09)
Robert Sato On Magazine Interview And Forthcoming Show In Lancaster, PA (PR)
(8/23/09)
Jason Fischer On Dame Darcy Performance and Dame Darcy/Tim Root Show in Portland (PR)
(8/22/09)
Hervé St-Louis On Copyright, Public Domain And What I Would Prefer
(8/22/09)
Shannon Smith On Shawn Hoke And Mini-Comics Right Now
(8/21/09)
Karl Ruben Weseth On CR’s Informal Fall Preview
(8/20/09)
James Vance On Siegel and Shuster and Superman
(8/20/09)
Ron Every On Siegel and Shuster and Superman
(8/20/09)
Alex Ness On Siegel and Shuster and Superman
(8/20/09)
Adam Casey On Siegel and Shuster and Superman and The Fan’s Place In All Of That
(8/20/09)
Robert Boyd On Jacq Cohen Moving From Dark Horse To Fantagraphics
(8/20/09)
Matt Maxwell On Diamond’s Post-Christmas Skip Week
(8/20/09)
Morgan Kroll On Crumb Genesis Exhibit At Hammer Museum (PR)
(8/20/09)
Matthew Dube On Vouching For The AAUP
(8/20/09)
David Parsons On The Passing Of BN Duncan
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Ted Rall On Behalf Of The AAEC On Chicago Tribune Hiring Scott Stantis (PR)
(8/18/09)
Jim Kingman On Green Lantern, Blackest Night And How The Comics World Is Ordered
(8/14/09)
John Vest On Happy 70th Birthday, Marvel Comics
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Mimi Cruz On Upcoming Chris Claremont Appareances (PR)
(8/12/09)
James Langdell On What Graphic Novel To Give People
(8/12/09)
John Vest On CR Sunday Feature and Daredevil Omnibus Volume Two
(8/9/09)
William Baker On Barron Storey Signing In LA On August 15 (PR)
(8/8/09)
Jackie Estrada On The 2009 Eisner Awards (PR)
(8/7/09)
Dave Kender On Boston Comics Roundtable Event August 20 in Somerville (PR)
(8/7/09)
Ben Schwartz On Heidi MacDonald’s CCI Essay
(8/7/09)
Vanguard On Vanguard Winning Famous Monsters Of Filmland-Related Case Over Jim Warren (PR)
(8/6/09)
Tim O’Shea On Five For Friday #174: Comics Were Clearly Better When I Was A Kid
(8/3/09)
Rob Clough On CR Sunday Interview: Lilli Carre
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Danny Fingeroth On Gathering Of NYC Graphic Novel Luminaries August 19 (PR)
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Johnny Bacardi On Thriller As An Undeveloped Cross-Media Property
(7/31/09)
Ben Schwartz On The Difficulties Of Attending CCI
(7/31/09)
Buzz Dixon On The CAC’s Embarrassing Incident At Comic-Con
(7/31/09)
Someone At The Library Of Congress On Herblock 100 Exhibit
(7/31/09)
Chris Arrant On His SDCC Thoughts
(7/31/09)
Tim Broderick On Being Really Excited For The Chicago Comics Show
(7/31/09)
Gabe Fowler On Raising Money For Smoke Signals Newspaper (PR)
(7/31/09)
Chris Duffy On Reprints
(7/30/09)
Andrew Mansell On Why People Don’t Read The Bungle Family
(7/29/09)
Louis Wysocki On Creating A Complete Strip Archive
(7/29/09)
Steve MacIsaac On My Use Of The Word Refreshing To Talk About Some Asshole’s Use Of A Chick Tract
(7/20/09)
Charles Brownstein On The CBLDF’s Ambitious CCI (PR)
(7/20/09)
AF Dumin On Boom! Studios And Disney
(7/19/09)
Rick Bradford On The Funny Papers And The NSA
(7/19/09)
Charles Brownstein On CCI-Related Promotion Regarding SiP Omnibus (PR)
(7/17/09)
Buzz Dixon On Balloon Busters
(7/17/09)
Suat Tong Ng On Those Chick Tracts In Singapore
(7/17/09)
James C. Langdell On the Magnificent Skills Put On Display By Captain Comet
(7/17/09)
Some Unknown Person On The Hero Initiative At CCI (PR)
(7/17/09)
Kat Kan On The Influence Of Librarians On This Golden Age Of Comics
(7/17/09)
James Van Hise On The Tax Situation For Cartoonists And Comics-Related Businesses In LA
(7/17/09)
Stephen Weiner On The Role Of Librarians In This Modern Golden Age Of Comics
(7/17/09)
John Vest On Captain America, Gene Colan and New Comics Day
(7/17/09)
Neil Kleid On His SDCC 2009 Schedule (PR)
(7/17/09)
Stephen Robson On Fanfare/Ponent Mon at CCI (PR)
(7/17/09)
Eric Reynolds On Fantagraphics At Comic-Con International (PR)
(7/16/09)
Vanguard Productions On Vanguard Productions At San Diego (PR)
(7/16/09)
Joel Meadows On Tripwire At CCI (PR)
(7/13/09)
John Vest On Singaporeans In Jail For Distribution Of Chick Tracts
(7/11/09)
Steven Gettis On CR’s Sunday Interview With Trina Robbins
(7/3/09)
Craig Yoe On CR’s Sunday Interview With Trina Robbins
(7/3/09)
Joe Keatinge’s Open Letter On The Harvey Award Nominations
(7/1/09)
Kendall Clark On Latest Round Of Xeric Recipients (PR)
(6/30/09)
Dan Merritt On Neil Swaab At The Green Brain Comics Store In Dearborn, Michigan (PR)
(6/28/09)
Colleen Frakes On Book Release Party In White River 070309 (PR)
(6/28/09)
Bob Scott On The CR Site
(6/27/09)
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(6/27/09)
Craig Yoe On The Possibility They’re Hiring at yoe! studio
(6/27/09)
Curtis On The Possibility Of John Byrne Doing An X-Men Forever Type Book
(6/27/09)
Phil Lee On The CR Sunday Interview With Darwyn Cooke And Ed Brubaker
(6/27/09)
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Jackie Estrada On Posh New Venue For Eisner Awards (PR)
(6/19/09)
James Vance On That Tekno Mall Kiosk Photo
(6/19/09)
John Vest On Neal Adams Ending The Silver Age
(6/15/09)
Peter Ogura On An S. Clay Wilson Comic He Can’t Find In Published Form
(6/15/09)
James C. Langdell on The New Seth Interview and John Cage’s Indeterminacy
(6/7/09)
James Sturm On My Response To His Essay on Virginia Lee Burton
(6/2/09)
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(5/30/09)
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(5/28/09)
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(5/28/09)
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(5/27/09)
Jackie Estrada On Exhibit A Press At Monsterpalooza, May 29-31 (PR)
(5/27/09)
JS Kuth On Carol and Chuck Tyler Signing on June 13 In Cincinnati (PR)
(5/27/09)
John Vest On Paul Pope’s Adam Strange
(5/27/09)
Antonia Santangelo On Identification Day At The American Museum Of Natural History (PR)
(5/27/09)
James Sturm On His Haitian Hobo Lecture (PR)
(5/27/09)
Charles Brownstein On The CBLDF Book Expo Welcome Party 05-28-09
(5/26/09)
Mark Nevins On June 3 Event With Nicolas Mahler and Mark Newgarden (PR)
(5/25/09)
John Vest On Ed Brubaker’s Run On Captain America
(5/23/09)
Somebody At Quimby’s On Archer Prewitt Signing June 20 (PR)
(5/21/09)
Karl Erickson On MoCCA Festival 2009 (PR)
(5/20/09)
Charles Brownstein on the CBLDF’s Summer Membership Incentives (PR)
(5/19/09)
Greg Hatfield On The New Impact University Pro Comics And Art Workshop (PR)
(5/19/09)
Jason Thibault On Publishers That Still Look At Submissions
(5/19/09)
Karl Erickson On David Mazzucchelli Show At MoCCA (PR)
(5/18/09)
Marko Turunen On The Closing Of The Daada Site
(5/16/09)
James Van Hise On Not Being Able To Read Jim Vance’s Tekno Article
(5/16/09)
Gabriel Roth On The James Turner Editorial
(5/15/09)
Josh Fitzpatrick On The James Turner Editorial
(5/15/09)
Philip Rippke On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
Douglas Mullins On The Subscriber Model PictureBox Is Using For Two Forthcoming Books
(5/15/09)
Jimmy Palmiotti On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
James Vance On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
Andy Kuhn On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
David Brothers On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
Don MacPherson On The Darwyn Cooke Interview
(5/15/09)
Daniel Peretti On An Article That May Have Appeared On CR
(5/9/09)
Buzz Dixon On The True Nature Of Funky Winkerbean’s Interracial Relationship
(5/5/09)
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JP Coovert On One Percent Press And FCBD (PR)
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Eric Reynolds On FCBD at the Fantagraphics Store (PR)
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