The Comics Journal

"I’d say the EC books were the most influential than any of the comic books. They influenced people’s lives" — Harvey Kurtzman talked with comics scholar Patrick Rosenkranz in 1972 about the Comics Code Authority, which was adopted in October of 1954 www.tcj.com/harvey-kurtz...

Sometimes you get to interview one of your friends for @comicsjournal.bsky.social. It happened to me! www.tcj.com/phoenix-from...

Al Feldstein at EC Comics: “This became the love of my life, adapting Ray Bradbury into comics. I did The Martian Chronicles, Golden Apples of the Sun, and for the horror, I was doing The Dark Carnival. And I just loved it" www.tcj.com/al-feldstein...

@funeralbeat.bsky.social is amazing and you should all be on her monthly zine mailing list.

Brooklyn has a new comics show. Brooklyn Expo of Comics is 11/14 and 11/15, Mt Carmel Church (Williamsburg). We'll be there. It launches with the Bodega Comics Art Trophy Awards Ceremony on 11/14 at Union Pool. And most exciting, Dash Shaw's Like Swimmers is nominated for Best Graphic Novel!

As a comic fan, I naturally have deep respect for insane and long acronyms. So, shouts to BODEGA (Brooklyn Organization Dedicated to the Endurance of the Graphic Arts) for announcing the CAT (Comic Arts Trophy) nominations, which will be revealed at BEC (Brooklyn Expo of Comics). I love ALL of that.

Honored to have Girl Yaoi by @anatwocomics.bsky.social up for Best Minicomic at the inaugural Bodega CAT awards next month. And congrats to everyone else nominated, it’s quite a spread! www.tcj.com/bodega-annou...

Glad to see two @fieldmouse.press books in the inaugural Brooklyn Expo of Comics BODEGA CAT awards short list! Congratulations @maditamalt.bsky.social and @forever4pm.bsky.social! www.tcj.com/bodega-annou...

this is another one of my favorite interviews: www.tcj.com/the-jules-fe...

Really good piece here. I was very influenced by Joe Matt as a young cartoonist and my first book did a lot of wrestling with “the easy catharsis of humiliation” as Hagar puts it here. Sad that Matt, for all his obvious talent, wasn’t able to grow past it.

You really should. There's even the Comics Journal Archive, which gives you access to literally every single issue going back 50 years!

Hagai Palevsky writes the assessment of Joe Matt and his work I wish I had written. www.tcj.com/on-the-insid...

Me and my buddy Jean Marc Ah-Sen talked about art, burn out, mental health, the zine scene and making art that pisses people off for an interview with @comicsjournal.bsky.social

Today on TCJ, I dive headfirst into the art-versus-artist trap that is PEEPSHOW by Joe Matt, in which the “just being honest” defense and the “just joking” defense race to see which can reach its artistic and ethical limits faster:

A bery solid review of this book by Tom Shapira:

For the @comicsjournal.bsky.social I review THE WAR: a war story by Garth Ennis that tries very hard to avoid being 'a war story by garth ennis.' www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

www.tcj.com/reviews/the-... for @comicsjournal.bsky.social, i look at @plasticgrapes.bsky.social's challenging existential SF graphic novel The Interpretant

We're floored by this lyrical review of our latest, The Interpretant, which was published today by @comicsjournal.bsky.social! The piece was written by @hecuba.bsky.social, whose work we have admired since reading her review of Martha Verschaffel's 2022 book, Passages. www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

Grub's up 🍽️

It's so funny to me that someone averse to mermaids reviewed my book @briannicholson.bsky.social 😅, but thank you for the consideration and engaging with the story! @comicsjournal.bsky.social

Enjoyed this @briannicholson.bsky.social review of Rotem Anna Diamant's new book, a comic that is hard to do justice to in writing... www.tcj.com/reviews/danc...

If you read this article and liked it you should know what Mickey has a banger of a comic in the upcoming Ex.Mag

Wrote about @rotem-anna-diamant.bsky.social's Dancing With The Sheyd for @comicsjournal.bsky.social . During the course of writing this I sung the title to the tune of both "Dancing In Club" (MJ Lenderman version) and Van Halen's "Running With The Devil"

For International Translation Day here is my article CONFESSIONS OF A MANGA TRANSLATOR I wrote for @comicsjournal.bsky.social in which I did the unforgivable thing about any profession--I told the truth. www.tcj.com/confessions-...

A new interview with the great Mickey Zacchilli! Here is my 2019 interview with Mickey, which Ana Woulfe kindly mentions. I would have LOVED to have seen either of the cover bands Mickey was involved in, Sheryl Crow or (oh!) the Pixies www.tcj.com/uhhh-i-haven...

“…DOWNRIGHT THUNDEROUS…” - @teganoneil5000.bsky.social’s @comicsjournal.bsky.social review of @ohhhaeee.bsky.social’s art in DEATH TO PACHUCO! Now available at your local comic shop and my store! www.tcj.com/reviews/deat...

I am glad that Mickey zacchilli is making comics again

Young man, there’s no need to feel down: Pride in Panels Photo Gallery by Chris Anthony Diaz (pictured: Lee Lai) www.tcj.com/young-man-th...

OBBLYN FOR MAYOR : An Interview with Mickey Zacchilli by Ana Woulfe www.tcj.com/obblyn-for-m...