Dominic Umile

"No way was this the original recording I knew and loved. I tried a different “This Diamond Ring” and..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:23 -0400

“No way was this the original recording I knew and loved. I tried a different “This Diamond...

"Artful homage...Lovecraft's greatest legacy to comics"

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:26 -0400

At The Hooded Utilitarian, critic Ng Suat Tong writes about adapting H.P. Lovecraft stories for...

I'll come running back to you

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:25:00 -0400

Nate Powell’s breathtaking sketches for a now-dormant Sam Cooke graphic biography (via Locust...

comicsispeople: “Compelling interplay between Red-Handed‘s...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:26:44 -0400

comicsispeople:

“Compelling interplay between Red-Handed‘s crafty and credulous throws shine on the work’s more enduring moments, such as when Kindt lends unlikely tenderness to an exchange between an aging pickpocket and his mark on a crowded subway train, or to a heist man’s recounting of his convictions to a new lover, set against a Hawaiian sunset. Each encounter is framed in extremes, so that micro scenes drawn from on-the-ground perspectives of townspeople swiping a store marquee’s letters can render the cast comically pint-sized. Evocative closeups, on the other hand, signal for reader restraint. It’s practically hypnotizing when Kindt brings someone to the fore in this novel.”

(via Comics Creator Matt Kindt’s ‘Fine Art’ | PopMatters)

New Orleans, French Market District. We visited a couple of...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:14:00 -0400

New Orleans, French Market District. We visited a couple of weeks ago.

Brown, blue, and gold in graphic novel 'Babble'

Sun, 05 May 2013 20:01:00 -0400

Comics artist Bryan Coyle drafts recollection and current day settings in a new, visually striking...

"At night we and our neighbors showed up at one another’s doors, drank beer and whiskey and..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 19:47:24 -0400

“At night we and our neighbors showed up at one another’s doors, drank beer and whiskey...

Poor Charles Dexter Ward

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:00:16 -0400

Action-packed comics don’t often owe to depictions of characters sifting through moldy...

While different creators have added new layers of mythology to the character, the best writers know...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:54:47 -0400

While different creators have added new layers of mythology to the character, the best writers know...

theswinginsixties: Françoise Hardy during a promotional visit...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:54:17 -0400

theswinginsixties:

Françoise Hardy during a promotional visit to Italy, 1963.

Deep into Warren Ellis’s Global Frequency at the moment....

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:00:22 -0400

Deep into Warren Ellis’s Global Frequency at the moment. Tense, twisted…a solid subway read. Johanna Draper Carlson calls this “the quintessential Warren Ellis series” at Comics Worth Reading. Critic Julian Darius is writing a lot about the veteran comics writer and novelist at Sequart Research & Literacy organization — here is a piece on Ellis’s superhero work for publisher Avatar Press. Publishers Weekly reports that Ellis has teamed up with Marvel to launch a line of original graphic novels beginning in October of 2013.

Reporter Gay Talese's South Jersey roots

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:15 -0400

The folks at Vol. 1 Brooklyn were kind enough to feature my recent PopMatters post on Gay Talese...

"At least 265 of up to 482 people who the U.S. intelligence reports estimated the CIA killed during a..."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:22 -0400

“At least 265 of up to 482 people who the U.S. intelligence reports estimated the CIA killed...

Bond & Lafayette in Manhattan. Tuesday.

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:13:00 -0400

Bond & Lafayette in Manhattan. Tuesday.

Comics journalism from the Congo

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:34:00 -0400

After a six-week trip to the Congo in 2010, reporter David Axe developed a long magazine article...

“Suckers,” a new crime webcomic at Trip City, moves fast—Eric Skillman’s narrative packs three...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:54:00 -0500

“Suckers,” a new crime webcomic at Trip City, moves fast—Eric Skillman’s narrative packs three...

"I am trying to imagine a white president forced to show his papers at a national news conference,..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:17:04 -0500

“I am trying to imagine a white president forced to show his papers at a national news...

The work of illustrator Wesley Allsbrook

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:46:00 -0500

I was digging around a bit on illustrator Wesley Allsbrook’s site this morning after I’d...

Underground comics as the roots of 'Archer'

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:00:18 -0500

In the March issue of Harper’s (not online), writer Charles Bock discusses FX’s animated...

Claustrophobic horror in Hannah Berry's 'Adamtine'

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:45:00 -0500

Following the perpetual rainstorms that soak the private investigator who mopes through her debut,...