Ng Suat Tong On Lettering – Old and New
Most people with an interest in Chinese brush painting realize that the calligraphy frequently found at the edge of such pieces form as much a part of the art as the image itself. Chinese calligraphy...
View ArticleTCJ 300: Acme Novelty Library #19 reviewed by Chris Lanier
Acme Novelty Library #19 Chris Ware Drawn & Quarterly 80 pages, $15.95 Color, Hardcover ISBN: 978-1897299562 All images from Acme Novelty Library #19, ©2008 Chris Ware. Part of the fun of Chris...
View ArticleCharles Burns, Chip Kidd, Seth and Chris Ware Panel (Part One of Three)
Moderated by Jeet Heer; transcribed by Rachel West MARC NGUI: Hi, thanks for coming out. My name is Marc Ngui. I am a local cartoonist guy. I’m honored to be able to introduce this panel: it’s going to...
View ArticleCharles Burns, Chip Kidd, Seth and Chris Ware Panel (Part Two of Three)
Previously: Part One. HEER: Charles, is there anything that these guys have said about Batman or any of the other characters that would resonate with you…? BURNS: I think all of us, again, had their...
View ArticleCharles Burns, Chip Kidd, Seth and Chris Ware Panel (Part Three of Three)
Previously: PART ONE, PART TWO KIDD: I don’t see my books about the superhero stuff that I do [as being] so much about nostalgia as about validation. I’ve been collecting Batman stuff pretty much...
View ArticleThe Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing is a Way of Thinking
Kent reviews the latest edited collection on comics from the University Press of Mississippi. The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing is a Way of Thinking. Edited by David M. Ball and Martha B. Kuhlman....
View ArticleReaders, Get Your Quality Comic Coupons Right Here!
Proof that the graphic novel exceeds all boundaries can be found in an annual initiative by one of the more popular news magazines in Belgium entitled HUMO. As one season ends, another begins and more...
View ArticleWheelhouse: Walt & Skeezix Book Four: 1927-1928
Images ©2010 The Estate of Frank King Walt & Skeezix Book Four: 1927-1928; Drawn & Quarterly; 400 pp., $39.95; B&W, Hardcover; ISBN: 978-1897299395 After a four-year hiatus, Drawn &...
View ArticleInterview with Chris Ware Part 1 of 2
This interview was conducted in front of a live audience in May 2010 at Komiks.dk, the international Copenhagen comics festival. Ware was an official guest of the festival and his visit coincided with...
View ArticleInterview with Chris Ware Part 2 of 2
Previously: Part One. MW: Here, on the left, is a page from one of your published sketchbooks, and on the right is one of the early mouse strips that you mentioned earlier. CW: Yeah, that’s one of the...
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