Interview: Drew Friedman Pt. 2
In this second part of our interview with the Old Jewish Comedians author, we discuss the late-Mickey Freeman, the search for Don Rickles’s real name and why Sid Caesar called Fantagraphics to yell at...
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In this third part of our conversation with the Old Jewish Comedians artist, we discuss real Jewish names, fake Jews, and “The Incredible Shrinking Joe Franklin. [Part One][Part Two] You mentioned the...
View ArticleInterview: Tom Neely Pt. 4 [of 4]
We finally wrap up our interview with The Wolf author by discussing self-publishing, going to the post office, and making enemies of Glenn Danzig. [Part One][Part Two][Part Three] This desire of...
View ArticleInterview: Drew Friedman Pt. 4
We wrap up our interview with Drew Friedman by discussion the seriousness of comedy, his relationship with Crumb, and the role he played in Anthony Weiner’s resignation [Part One][Part Two][Part...
View ArticleInterview: Anders Nilsen Pt. 1
The new Big Questions collection from Drawn & Quarterly is a rather staggering thing. It’s a 658 page hardcover, 2.6-inch thick culmination 15 single issues drawn over the course of a decade. The...
View ArticleInterview: Anders Nilsen Pt. 2
In this second part of our interview with the Dogs and Water artist, we discuss the importance of silence, the ways art school affects comics composition and how Big Questions is different than...
View ArticleInterview: Dave Roman Pt. 1
When Dave Roman had first announced the forthcoming release of the collected Teen Boat for Clarion Press, I was a bit dumbfounded to realize that we’d never set up an official interview. Sure we’d...
View ArticleInterview: Anders Nilsen Pt. 3
We wrap up our interview with the Big Questions author by discussing printmaking, the importance of wandering, and figuring out the riddles of the universe. [Part One][Part Two] Is it possible to over...
View ArticleInterview: Dave Roman Pt. 2
In this second part of our interview with the Teen Boat author, we talk age appropriateness, absurdity, and self-censorship. [Part One] Looking back at the early Teen Boat work, did you get the...
View ArticleInterview: Susie Cagle Talks Occupy Oakland
Susie Cagle was teargassed yesterday, ducked on the sidewalk in an attempt to avoid rubber bullets from police weapons. The cartoonist has spent much of her past week camped out at Occupy Oakland,...
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