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An interview with Iasmin Omar Ata: ‘I just always gravitated towards multiple mediums’
Gina Gagliano talks to the Palestinian cartoonist about their latest book, Wallflower, and more.
‘I’ve gone back to basics’: Catching up with Frank Quitely
The renowned artist talks about teaching comics, the current political climate and bending time on the page.
The Matti Hagelberg interview: ‘The secret to my humor is that I don’t have a sense of humor’
Robert Aman talks to the Finnish cartoonist about his career, work process and why you can’t get any decent scratchboard anymore.
An interview with Jordi Lafebre: ‘I try to make the reader forget that they are reading a comic book’
Aug Stone talks to the I Am Their Silence author about his career.
An Interview with Linnea Sterte: ‘Small moments are probably the easiest thing for me’
Gina Gagliano talks to the author of A Garden of Spheres and Stages of Rot about fantasy, dragons and why frogs are so fascinating.
From WildStorm to Act 4: An interview with ‘Artist Edition’ mastermind Scott Dunbier
Zach Rabiroff talks with the former IDW editor about his new publishing venture and exactly what it takes to put together one of those massive Artist’s Editions.
An interview with D. McFadzean: ‘It’s easy to take for granted just how bizarre imagination is’
When I lived in midtown Toronto along St. Clair Avenue West, my next door neighbour and I would dissect the events that unfolded in our strange pocket of the city. When a funeral procession was accompanied by a beefy police escort, we turned to the news for answers and discovered that a gang member had… Read more »
“Now it’s all about legacy” – Reconnecting with Jeff Nicholson after his two decades away from comics
Jeff Nicholson talks to Jason Bergman after his 2-decade hiatus from comics.
Rahil Mohsin on using an endangered language in the recent series, Hallubol (Speak Softly)
Rahil Mohsin speaks softly: interviewed here, for you, by J.D. Harlock.
An interview with Lee Lai: ‘I’ve developed a growing fondness for confrontation’
Gina Gagliano talkes to the Cannon author about queerness, invisible magpies, kitchens, and bicycles.
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: ‘We’d stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh’
Jason Bergman talks with the creators of the very popular (and very NSFW) webcomic.
‘You have to reinvent yourself every 10 years’: A talk with Ram V
Ram V is an Indian comics writer who has rapidly built a rich body of work over the past decade. Starting with the self-published mumbai noir Black Mumba, he has added to his Mumbai Trilogy with the life-dramaGrafity’s Wall, and the death-drama The Many Deaths Of Laila Starr. He’s done musical noirs (Blue In Green),… Read more »
You become a better writer by embodying characters: A chat with Molly Colleen O’Connell
Brian Nicholson talks to the author of Shriekers and Pebbles about those comics, her career, and a whole lot more.
An interview with Josh Pettinger: ‘Well-written comedy is like a magic trick’
Richard Pound talks to the Tedward and Pleasure Beach author about his life and work.
‘I had a panic attack because I realized I was making a romance comic’: Stjepan Šejić on Sunstone and beyond
Jason Bergman sits down with the Sunstone creator to talk about how the series came to be, as well as the numerous other projects he’s working on.
Sol Brager ferments inter-generational anxiety with their memoir, Heavyweight
Sol Brager, author of Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory spoke with author and educatrix Tina Horn in late 2024 about the creation of their ink-washed paperback and the curiosity and queerness it took to make it.
An interview with Jerome Gaynor: ‘Isn’t fun a big deal?’
“Jerome Gaynor is one of the unsung heroes of Generation X underground comics.” So says Mardou, who took the time to interview the cartoonist.
Joe Kessler and The Gull Yettin
Cartoonist and film director Dash Shaw catches up with cartoonist, art director and designer Joe Kessler in a sprawling conversation about the intersections of fine art and comics, the challenges and restrictions of the medium, and what their ideal reader might think of Kessler’s upcoming The Gull Yettin.
“It’s Like Putting Together A Puzzle”: An Interview With Daria Tessler
Risograph and scratchboard, handmade and silk-screened – Daria Tessler’s direct approach to comics making has seen her release all sorts of work over the last few years, and it looks like publishers are starting to catch on. She and Jake Grubman sit down to discuss comics – how to read them, how to make them, and how to navigate surviving them.
Galactic Quest
Zach heads down South for this installment of Retail Therapy to check in with Kyle Puttkammer, who has been surviving and thriving with two Galactic Quest direct market comic book stores for decades. Optimism? He’s got some!
“Storytelling Is Controlling The Emotions You Want To Evoke”: An Interview with Deena Mohamed, artist of Shubeik Lubeik
Author and essayist ML Kejera chats with Deena Mohamed, who recently translated her own graphic novel series Shubeik Lubeik, a new take on the tales of djinn, into English for an all-in-one collection from Pantheon.
“Nobody Gets Into Comics to Get Rich”: Joe Quesada on Movies, Marvel, and the Future of Comics
Former Marvel head honcho & inveterate Batman illustrator Joe Quesada is neck deep in another dream career: movie director. In addition to talking about his short film FLY, he talks to us about times he wishes he hadn’t talked to the press, and questions why so many in the comics industry always seem obsessed with the comics industry ending.
“It’s Going To Take However Long It’s Going To Take”: An Interview With John Vasquez Mejias
Alex Dueben sits down with self-publishing veteran John Vasquez Mejias, whose 2020 book The Puerto Rican War one of the standout small-press comics of recent years… and he’s got much more going on.
“It Evolved Over A Long Period Of Time”: George Wylesol on 2120
Author meets translator as artist George Wylesol chats with Valerio Stivè, who adapted Wylesol’s acclaimed nonlinear graphic novel 2120 into Italian – but readers everywhere will find much of interest here.
