ComiXology Kaput
So the inevitable is happening and ComiXology is being completely subsumed by Amazon and will be replaced by the Kindle Store. When Amazon took over ComiXology in 2014, those of us who used the ComiXology ...
The 80s Never Loved You Back
When you love the 80s, you are loving the executives who manipulated you into caring about things that they themselves had no respect for. You are celebrating your abuse.
contaminated water and alcohol
This is a bit of a spoiler for my story Lounger, so fair warning. A few weeks ago, I was reading Edward Tufte’s excellent book Envisioning Explanations (shout out to libraries!), and in the first ...
Lounger: Part 2 on ComiXology
Part 2 of Lounger just went live today on ComiXology. It’s only $1.99. Part 3 should be out next month. And once that’s done, I’ll prep the full print version.
The Origin of Falcon Ace
Falcon Ace is a character I came up with when I was about 10 years old. He was someone I pretended to be, and later wrote stories and made little comics about. This is my ...
Solo Panel: The Innocents by Gipi
In “Solo Panel,” I am going to take a significant panel from a comic to examine and explore. The idea of “Solo Panel” was partly inspired by Brian Dillon’s column “Sentences” in Cabinet. In the ...
The False Dichotomies of Comics
Common dichotomies that are, at best, limiting to an artist and, at worst, flat out wrong.
Lounger Issue 1 on ComiXology
Lounger Part 1 is live on ComiXology. This issue contains the first 49 pages of the story. Edited and in color. There will be three issues in total. Part two will contain pages 50-93 and ...
The Prehistory of the Graphic Novel – Revised
Based on some suggestions via Twitter and email, here is an updated list of books that could be classified as graphic novels, but that were published before the term was coined. Special thanks to Steve ...