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Ian Thomas interviews cartoonist and podcaster Daniel Irizarri @Danielirizarri on the situation of cartooning in the online digital world, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona’s impact on his home in Puerto Rico. https://t.co/a2JW454Rba
Henry Chamberlain @H_Chamberlain writes appreciatively of Anna Haifisch and Schappi, her new-in-English short story collection: “comics at their most artful are the most engaging, timeless, and that is why I gravitate to Haifisch.” https://t.co/zVOB2PvNbI
Something special for a Friday: from The Comics Journal 250 (Feb. 2003), we have posted Paul Gravett’s @paul_gravett extensive interview with the great British cartoonist and illustrator Raymond Briggs (1934-2022). https://t.co/bhSZXOUG5w
Lane Yates offers a sharp dissent re: Keeping Two, the new graphic novel by Jordan Crane centered on imagining the fate of one’s domestic partner: “a comprehensively one-note performance premised on a dated phobia.” Spoilers in this one. https://t.co/W40T1CDRMQ
Ian Thomas interviews author and illustrator Janet Biehl, who recently released her first graphic novel, Their Blood Got Mixed. Biehl spent time in Rojava, a Kurdish-inhabited area of northeastern Syria, and reports on its struggles and successes. https://t.co/NYkiwDbRr4
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc reviews Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition Vol. 1, the long-awaited licensed release of a much-loved SF/fantasy manga by Hitoshi Ashinano with a twofold quality: “lovely art and an acceptance of the joy of existence.” https://t.co/RZlYPas8TL
Tim Hayes @pistolerosa reviews Luda, the first prose novel by longtime comic book writer Grant Morrison, set in a glamorous world of theatrical pantomime: “panto-noir, with noir's sense that something somewhere has gone wrong.” https://t.co/2PaO02TERr
Andrew Farago @andrewfarago presents a heartfelt tribute to longtime MAD Magazine contributor Paul Coker Jr., a pro’s pro of comics and animation. Featuring comments by MAD colleagues and prominent admirers, and dozens of images spanning his entire career. https://t.co/b1VL8v8GLd
Austin English @DominoComics, the newly-minted editor of our print edition, offers a big roundup of comics he’s read, featuring Dave Cockrum, Juliette Collet, Steve Gerber, Jordan Crane, and many more. https://t.co/8iTcK9IrFW
Summer Interview Extravaganza Day 4! Tom Kaczynski @BetaTestingTomK talks art and theoretical physics with Keith Tilford @Keith_Tilford, the artist behind Chronosis, a work of scientific and philosophical theory clad in shimmering SF/action finery. https://t.co/XGAnVXkOhK