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Champion of Mini Comics Michael Dowers Dies at the age of 73
A legion of comics creators whose work has rarely entered the spotlight are mourning the May 7, 2024, death of Michael Dowers. The publisher/founder of Starhead Comix and Brownfield Press was a friend and colleague to every cartoonist who was motivated more by self-expression than by any glimmer of hope for financial reward.
Michael Dowers Tributes
When news of Starhead Comix-Brownfield Press publisher/Eros editor/musician/Tarot advocate Michael Dowers’ death started circulating on social media, some of his longtime artistic collaborators and friends from the 1980s–2000s Pacific Northwest minicomics scene reached out, many unprompted, with tributes.
Abolish Judge Dredd
Mixing SF action and mordant satire since 1977, sometimes uneasily, Judge Dredd recently concluded a storyline on defunding the police. Shea Hennum examines the utility and futility of broaching activist themes in a strip like this.
Evan Salazar throws a Rodeo: ‘If something is well made, people will care’
Evan Salazar is an unlikely figurehead for a cultural movement in comics, and yet here he is.
The War on Gaza – 5.14.24
This is the ninth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
“A lot of my comics are fart jokes”: An interview with Bhanu Pratap
Helen Chazan talks with Bhanu Pratap about comics, body horror, social media, censorship, and much, much more.
Excellent Italian Greyhound – This Week’s Links
But the real links were the casual acquaintances we made along the way.
The Curses of Kevin Huizenga and George Wylesol: Wonder and isolation
Hagai Palevsky looks at two books with the same title from two very different cartoonists.
The War on Gaza – 5.7.24
This is the eighth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
‘A perfect situation for making all kinds of mistakes’: A talk with Pierre La Police
The author of Masters of the Nefarious talks to Luke Burns.
Stormy May Day – This Week’s Links
Our collective perception of time remains a reassuring and/or terrifying constant.
Don Wright, 1934-2024
Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, who spent years skewering the powerful in the pages of the Palm Beach Post, died March 24 at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90 years old.
A letter from the building’s new superintendents
Hello all, welcome and thank you for joining us on this latest junket of the Comics Journal website.
“I Think After All These Years I Finally Accepted That Comics is Actually my Calling”: Talking with Jay Stephens
Jason Bergman interviews Jay Stephens, a longtime indie comics practitioner enjoying a new wave of appreciation for his throwback horror series Dwellings.
Superstition, Fear, and Jealousy – This Week’s Links
Fine! If that’s how you feel, I’ll never write these post descriptions again! Goodbye! (Slams door.) (Peeks through.)
Meanwhile, 40 Years Later…
A tale of two Ronin, comparing the 1983-84 Frank Miller/Lynn Varley original with Miller’s 2022-24 sequel, made in collaboration with Philip Tan & Daniel Henriques.
A Conversation with Trina Robbins, December 2023
We are pleased to present a never-before-seen interview with Trina Robbins, perhaps the late artist’s final longform interview, conducted by Zach Rabiroff in December of 2023 on the topic of Jewishness in Robbins’ comics and comics history.
Trina Robbins, 1938-2024
An obituary for Trina Robbins, artist and historian, who passed away in San Francisco on April 10 at the age of 85.
One For You, Nineteen For Me – This Week’s Links
Hello, I am here to collect the comics tax! (Panels vanish depending on one’s income bracket.)
Remembering Comics Retailer and Historian Robert Beerbohm, 1952-2024
Following the death of American comic book retailer and historian Robert Beerbohm on March 27, 2024, we reached out to notable comics academics, writers and historians and asked them to share their memories of him.
A Look Back at Retail, a Comic Strip About Work, with Cartoonist Norm Feuti
William Schwartz speaks with cartoonist Norm Feuti about Retail, a daily strip about day-to-day work that ran from 2006 to 2020.
