Finally! A quick Fall 2014 update on the much-anticipated, documentary-in-progress, Comics Are Everywhere! Recently, the documentary received more media coverage, which helps to raise awareness about the project. This time, the positive ink was courtesy of Southwestern Sun, the award-winning campus newspaper at Southwestern Community College. SWC arts editor Gabriel Sandoval’s smart and well-written article is   Read More …

The first Kickstarter campaign for Comics Are Everywhere! came to a close on August 17. Although we didn’t reach our goal, our journey to make the best documentary about alternative comics and the innovative artists who are the lifeblood of this vibrant medium pushes onward! This is not a failure in our eyes. Rather, we embrace our   Read More …

There is no question that comics creator Art Spiegelman has done more than just anyone to raise the bar of what can be done with comics as a serious artistic medium on par with literature and the other visual arts. So, it comes as no surprise that the Centre Pompidou in Paris is among the   Read More …

With the year gradually drawing to a close, 2012 is proving to a career benchmark for comics creator Daniel Clowes. The Chicago-born cartoonist’s first museum retrospective The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist opened to popular and critical acclaim at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) and the exhibition features original artworks from his early creative   Read More …

It’s always a good thing to see comics get positive ink in the mainstream media. The proof is National Public Radio’s recent article by Oliver Sava providing capsule reviews of five books exploding with comics art including the new monograph The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist. Fans of Clowes’ best-known graphic novel Ghost World   Read More …

As a huge fan of the late Jean “Moebius” Giraud, I found the BBC documentary Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures to be a fascinating window into the art and life of this unique comics creator. For those unfamiliar with Moebius’ prolific body of work, the French artist’s futuristic images found a welcome home in the pages   Read More …

Comic creator Mark Waid is a pioneer and advocate for pushing comics into the digital frontier. The transition is unavoidable and Waid is helping to adapt comics for smart phones and other video screens. So, how will this impact comic-book stores and other venues that are linked to print media? That’s the question addressed in   Read More …