The Comics Journal, often abbreviated
TCJ, is the foremost
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magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books and strips. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials, and scathing reviews of the products of the "mainstream" comics industry, the magazine promotes the view that
comicsComics is a graphic medium in which images are utilized in order to convey a sequential narrative; the term, derived from massive early use to convey comic themes, came to be applied to all uses of this medium including those which are far from comic...
are a fine art meriting broader cultural respect, and thus should be evaluated with higher critical standards.
History
In 1976
Gary GrothGary Groth is an American comic book editor, publisher, and critic. He is editor-in-chief of The Comics Journal and a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books.- Early career :...
and Mike Catron acquired
The Nostalgia Journal, a small competitor of the newspaper adzine
The Buyer's Guide for Comics FandomComics Buyer's Guide is the second longest-running periodical reporting on the comic book industry. Only the Dutch monthly Stripschrift, first published in February 1968, has been running longer.-History:...
, reportedly with no money changing hands. At that time, Groth and Catron formalized Groth's umbrella publishing company as Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
Relaunched as
The New Nostalgia Journal with issue 27 (July 1976), the zine demonstrated a pugnacious oversight of comic books as art and industry from the start. With Issue 32 (January 1977), the zine became "The Comics Journal" ("...a quality publication for the serious comics fan"). Issue 37 (Dec 77) adopted the magazine format it retains today.
The
Journal has always published criticism and received it in turn. Early issues included critical reviews of 1970s superhero titles, a rarity at the time, and further irritated some fans and pros by dismissing some familiar journeyman artists and writers as "
hackHack writer is a colloquial and usually pejorative term used to refer to a writer who is paid to write low-quality, rushed articles or books "to order", often with a short deadline. In a fiction-writing context, the term is used to describe writers who are paid to churn out sensational,...
s." Some interpreted the abundance of criticism as an editorial bias against comics in general. After Fantagraphics started publishing comics, the
Journal's bias was sometimes accused of an intrinsic bias against everything they didn't publish. Following the 1999 Top 100 Comics list the allegations of favoritism mellowed into accusations of snobbery.
The
Journal’s practice of investigating industry news objectively, although the norm for traditional journalistic enterprises, was in sharp contrast to the affectionate and promotional methods of publications like
Comics Buyer's GuideComics Buyer's Guide is the second longest-running periodical reporting on the comic book industry. Only the Dutch monthly Stripschrift, first published in February 1968, has been running longer.-History:...
and
Wizard. In 2006, the print
Journals industry news was largely abandoned in favor of a topical daily blog that covers the same ground.
The Journals news staff has been accused by some wikipedia editors of failing to appreciate or disclose editorial and personal
conflicts of interestA conflict of interest occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other.A conflict of interest can only existif a person or testimony...
that inevitably occur when covering Fantagraphics. For some errors, the
Journal has issued corrections and apologies.
The
Journals long-running letters page and open forum, Blood and Thunder
, features caustic editorial humor and has been an arena for lengthy and heated controversies.
The Journal
features book-length interviews, conducted by Gary Groth and others. Noteworthy interviews include Gil KaneEli Katz who worked under the name Gil Kane and in a few instances Scott Edwards, was a comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to 1990s and every major comics company and character.Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and...
in #38, Robert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream...
in #113, Charles M. SchulzCharles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip.-Early life and education:...
in #200, Denny O'NeilDennis J. "Denny" O'Neil is a comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of books until his retirement....
in #64, Harlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. He has written in many genres, but principally science fiction.His published works include over 1000 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering not only literature, but film, television, and print media...
in #53, and Steve GerberStephen Ross "Steve" Gerber was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck....
in #41.
Over the years The Journal has prevailed in a handful of
lawsuitA lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have received damages from a defendant's actions, seeks a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
s. Artist
Rich BucklerRich Buckler is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four in the mid-1970s and, with writer Doug Moench, co-creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25...
attempted legal action for a review that called him a plagiarist while printing his panels next to earlier and quite similar
Jack KirbyJacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comic strips under different pseudonyms, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby...
art. A Groth interview with science fiction writer
Harlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. He has written in many genres, but principally science fiction.His published works include over 1000 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering not only literature, but film, television, and print media...
sparked a lawsuit by writer
Michael FleisherMichael "Mike" Fleisher is an American comic book writer. He came to the attention of Joe Orlando whilst working on comic book encyclopedias and subsequently got solid work throughout the seventies and eighties...
, over an informal discussion of Fleisher's work and temperament. Co-defendants Groth and Ellison won the case, but emerged from the suit estranged.
The Comics Journal Library: The Writers
(2006) reprinted the Ellison interview with the cover blurb "Harlan Ellison: Famous Comics Dilettante", for which in part, Ellison shortly thereafter filed suit against the Journal
, Groth and Thompson. That suit was resolved in 2007 through mediationMediation, a form of alternative dispute resolution or "appropriate dispute resolution", aims to assist two disputants in reaching an agreement. The parties themselves determine the conditions of any settlements reached— rather than accepting something imposed by a third party...
, without apologies and with no money changing hands.
The Journal
has on occasion published, as cover features, lengthy court transcripts of comics-related civil suits. Notable instances include the Fleischer suit, and Marv WolfmanMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
's failed suit against Marvel ComicsMarvel Publishing, Inc., a company doing business as Marvel Comics, produces American comic books and related media. It forms a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc....
.
The Journals advertising policy is unusual for its editorial freedom. It accepts and solicits paid advertisements, and apparently does not often edit or censor ads that blatantly contradict the magazine's sensibilities. The editors also don't censor or apologize for critics who vilify advertised products, even if as a result the
Journal loses an upset advertiser's business.
The
Journal has won many awards; its successes helped inspire publications such as
Comic Art and
The Comics InterpreterThe Comics Interpreter is a zine of comics criticism, published and edited by Robert Young. It focuses on alternative comics, and is characterized by interviews and reviews of greater length and detail than most comics-oriented publications, resembling the long-running Comics Journal in these...
, as well as web sites like
NewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry. In addition, the site hosts an Internet forum for comic-book fans.-History:...
,
Comic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
, Sequart.com, ICv2.com, Egon, Comic Book Galaxy, The Beat, and The Comics Reporter, run by former TCJ managing editor
Tom SpurgeonTom Spurgeon is a U.S. writer, historian and editor in the field of comics. He was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999. In 2004, he launched the comics news blog The Comics Reporter with site designer Jordan Raphael....
. The immediacy of online topical industry coverage led the print version of the
Journal to truncate its news section in late 2006 in favor of a daily news weblog edited by
Dirk DeppeyDirk Deppey is a comics journalist and critic. He is best known as the writer of The Comics Journal's news blog Journalista!. He was managing editor of The Comics Journal from 2004 to 2006.He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona...
,
Journalista!Journalista! is a daily news blog about the comics industry by Dirk Deppey, it began in 2006 and is published by The Comics Journal online.-External links:*...
.
The Journals staff members and regular contributors have included
Gary GrothGary Groth is an American comic book editor, publisher, and critic. He is editor-in-chief of The Comics Journal and a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books.- Early career :...
,
Kim ThompsonKim Thompson is an American comic book editor, translator, and publisher, best known as vice president and co-publisher of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books. Along with co-publisher Gary Groth, Thompson has for almost thirty years used his position to further the cause of alternative comics in the...
, Greg Stump, Eric Reynolds, Ng Suat Tong, R. Fiore, R.C. Harvey, Kenneth Smith, Don Phelps, Robert Boyd, Tom Heintjes, Michael Dean,
Tom SpurgeonTom Spurgeon is a U.S. writer, historian and editor in the field of comics. He was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999. In 2004, he launched the comics news blog The Comics Reporter with site designer Jordan Raphael....
,
Robert RodiRobert Rodi is an American novelist, playwright, comic book writer, essayist, and performance artist. Much of his fiction centers on gay themes and several of his novels are named after archetypes of gay male culture. Rodi himself is openly gay...
, Gene Phillips, Marilyn Bethke, Cat Yronwode, Heidi MacDonald,
Lee WochnerLee Wochner is a Los Angeles, California-based playwright, producer, and theatre director.In 1992 he co-founded Moving Arts theatre, where he served as founding artistic director from 1992 to 2002. While at Moving Arts, he produced or directed plays by Luis Alfaro, John Belluso, Sheila Callaghan,...
,
Arn SabaKatherine Shannon Collins , formerly Arn Saba, is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, media personality, stage performer and composer.- Early works :...
,
Ted WhiteTed White is a Hugo Award-winning American writer, known as a science fiction author and editor as well as a music critic...
, Bob Levin,
Carter ScholzCarter Scholz is a speculative fiction author and composer of music. He has published several works of short fiction and two novels . He has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Award for Best Novelette...
, and Noah Berlatsky. Guest contributors have included
Dave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark.-Early life:...
and
Trina RobbinsTrina Robbins is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started.-Career:...
.
A complete collection of Comics Journal and its predecessor is held by the Michigan State University Comic Art Collection.
Recent editors
Tom SpurgeonTom Spurgeon is a U.S. writer, historian and editor in the field of comics. He was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999. In 2004, he launched the comics news blog The Comics Reporter with site designer Jordan Raphael....
1994 - 1999
Eric Evans 1999 - 2001
Darren Hick 1999 - 2001
Anne Elizabeth Moore 2001 - 2002
Milo George 2002 - 2004
Dirk DeppeyDirk Deppey is a comics journalist and critic. He is best known as the writer of The Comics Journal's news blog Journalista!. He was managing editor of The Comics Journal from 2004 to 2006.He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona...
2004 - 2006
Michael Dean 2006 - present
Top 100 Comics list
The Journal published a 20th century comics canon in its 210th issue (February 1999). To compile the list, eight contributors and editors made eight separate top 100 (or fewer than 100 for some) lists of American works. These eight lists were then informally combined, and tweaked into an ordered list. Widely circulated, the list became the Journal's best known and most controversial cover feature.
The Top 100 list was criticized for the small number of jurors, as well as the exclusion of comics in languages other than English. Large bodies of inconsistent work were counted as single entries for some artists and one publisher (i.e. Foster, Gould, Gray, Hirschfeld, 1950s EC), while selected individual works of other artists were considered as separate, multiple entries (i.e. Crumb, Kurtzman).
Some critics perceived a self-promoting bias; installments of
Los Bros HernandezLos Bros Hernandez is the collective name given to the Hernandez brothers responsible for the acclaimed independent comic series Love and Rockets. The artists behind the series are Jaime and Gilbert , and, to a lesser extent, Mario....
'
Love and RocketsLove and Rockets may refer to:* Love and Rockets , a comic book series by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez* Love and Rockets , an alternative rock band formed by members of Bauhaus, named after the comic...
comic, published by Fantagraphics, were counted as five separate works among the top 31 slots. Fantagraphics' responded it was no great surprise that many of their choices were also works that they had published or reprinted, as the company was dedicated to identifying and promoting the best comics of the past and present; they have since published additional comics from the list.
The Village Voice
cited the survey's unmanageable criteria:
- Putting Bernard Krigstein
Bernard Krigstein , was an American illustrator and gallery artist best known for his groundbreaking work in comic books. His artwork usually carried the signature B. Krigstein....
and Al FeldsteinAlbert B. Feldstein is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad...
's eight-page story "Master RaceThe master race was a concept in Nazi ideology, which holds that the Teutonics , one of the branches of what in the late 19th and early 20th century was called the Aryan race, represent an ideal and "pure race"...
," Hal FosterHarold Rudolf Foster was a Canadian-American cartoonist most famous as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant.-Biography:...
's 34 years of work on
Prince ValiantPrince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday strips...
, Al HirschfeldAlbert "Al" Hirschfeld was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.-Personal life:Born in St...
's theatrical caricatures, all the horror comics ECEntertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, most notably the Tales from the Crypt series, until censorship...
published in the first half of the '50s and Robert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream...
's sketchbooks in the same category suggests that they've cast their net a bit wide.
Several omissions were controversial. Some readers argued for the convoluted contraptions of Rube GoldbergReuben Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways – now known as Rube Goldberg machines...
, Frank MillerFrank Miller is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300...
's stylish The Dark Knight ReturnsDKR may refer to:*IATA airport code for Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport which services Dakar, Senegal*An unofficial shorthand for the Danish krone; the official shorthand is DKK*Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a comic book...
, SupermanSuperman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc...
's first appearance in Action ComicsAction Comics is an American comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...
#1, and the influential post-1956 Mad Magazine
(following original editor Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
's ouster), among others.
Dave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark.-Early life:...
's long-running Cerebus
was the list's most frequently cited absentee. Sim and the Journal have periodically been at odds. Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson has admitted at least one story arc from the comic should have been included, if only to have avoided the brouhaha over its absence.
Superhero comics, which have dominated the American marketplace for half a century, were represented by six entries, with the foremost selection being ranked either 30th (or 15th, if one counts
Will EisnerWilliam Erwin Eisner was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of...
's The Spirit
).
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Krazy KatKrazy Kat, a critically acclaimed comic strip by George Herriman, was published in American newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in William Randolph Hearst's New York Evening Journal, and Hearst was a major booster for the strip throughout its run...
by George HerrimanGeorge Joseph Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip Krazy Kat.-Biography:...
PeanutsPeanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 , continuing in reruns afterward...
by Charles Schulz
Pogo
by Walt KellyWalter Crawford Kelly, Jr. , better known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the classic funny animal comic strip, Pogo...
MausMaus: A Survivor's Tale is an autobiography by Art Spiegelman, told using the comics form. Parts of the story were originally published in the magazine RAW between 1980 to 1991. The complete story was published in two volumes: the first in 1986 and the second in 1991...
by Art SpiegelmanArt Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus....
Little Nemo in SlumberlandLittle Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905 – April 23, 1911 and April 30, 1911 – July 26, 1914; respectively...
by Winsor McCayWinsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades...
Feiffer
by Jules FeifferJules Ralph Feiffer is an American syndicated comic-strip cartoonist and author. He is the author of numerous plays, screenplays and children's books .In 1986 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartooning...
Donald DuckDonald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the star of dozens of comic-book and comic-strip stories published each month around the world.-Early debut:...
by Carl BarksCarl Barks was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , Gyro Gearloose , Flintheart Glomgold , John D. Rockerduck and Magica De Spell...
Mad ComicsMad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and hugely influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The...
by Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
& various
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin MaryBinky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is a 1972 comic book by Justin Green. It was the first long autobiographical work to appear in underground comics, and was extremely personal, detailing Green's childhood struggle with a disorder which in Catholicism is referred to as scrupulosity and was...
by Justin GreenJustin Considine Green is an American cartoonist who pioneered autobiographical comics. He is best known for his 1972 comic book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary....
The Weirdo
stories of Robert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream...
Thimble Theatre
by E.C. Segar
ECEntertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, most notably the Tales from the Crypt series, until censorship...
's "New Trend" war comics by Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
& various
Wigwam Bam
(L&RLove and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
) by Jaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic Love and Rockets .-Biography:...
Blood of Palomar
(L&RLove and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
) by Gilbert HernandezGilberto Hernandez, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
The Spirit
by Will EisnerWilliam Erwin Eisner was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of...
RAW MagazineRAW was a groundbreaking comics anthology edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly and published by Mouly from 1980 to 1991. It was a flagship publication of the 1980s alternative comics movement, serving as a more intellectual counterpoint to Robert Crumb's visceral Weirdo, which followed...
, edited by Art SpiegelmanArt Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus....
& Françoise MoulyFrançoise Mouly is a Paris-born French artist and designer best known for her work with RAW, a showcase publication for cutting edge comic art, and as art editor of The New Yorker, a position she has held since 1993...
The Acme Novelty LibraryAcme Novelty Library is a comic book created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware and published first by Fantagraphics Books, then Drawn & Quarterly. It is considered a significant work in alternative comics....
by Chris WareFranklin Christenson "Chris" Ware is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in Oak Park, Illinois as of 2007.-Style:Ware's...
Polly and Her PalsPolly and Her Pals was an American comic strip created by Cliff Sterrett which ran from 1912 until 1958.-History:Polly and Her Pals debuted as Positive Polly on December 4 1912 in the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst, initially the New York Journal...
by Cliff Sterret
The Sketchbooks
of Robert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream...
Uncle ScroogeUncle Scrooge is a comic book with the stingy Scrooge McDuck "the richest duck in the world" as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and his nephews as supporting characters. The first 70 issues mostly consisted of stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, the creator of Scrooge...
by Carl BarksCarl Barks was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , Gyro Gearloose , Flintheart Glomgold , John D. Rockerduck and Magica De Spell...
The New Yorker
cartoons of Peter ArnoPeter Arno was a U.S. cartoonist.-Biography:Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. in New York, New York, and educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, his cartoons were published in The New Yorker from 1925–1968. They often depicted a cross-section of New York society from the 1920s through...
The Death of Speedy Ortíz
(L&RLove and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
) by Jaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic Love and Rockets .-Biography:...
Terry and the PiratesTerry and the Pirates was an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff. Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, had admired Caniff’s work on the children's adventure strip Dickie Dare and hired him to create the new adventure strip,...
by Milton CaniffMilton Arthur Paul Caniff was an American cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.-Early life:Caniff was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was an Eagle Scout...
Flies on the Ceiling
(L&RLove and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
) by Jaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic Love and Rockets .-Biography:...
Wash Tubbs Wash Tubbs was a comic strip created by Roy Crane that ran from April 14, 1924 to 1988.Initially titled Washington Tubbs II, Wash Tubbs was originally a gag-a-day strip which focused on the mundane misadventures of the title character, a bespectacled bumbler who ran a store...
by Roy CraneRoyston Campbell Crane , who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, and Buz Sawyer...
The Jungle BookThe Jungle Book is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his...
by Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
Palestine
by Joe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
The Mishkin
saga by Kim DeitchKim Deitch is an American comics artist. He was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, regularly contributing comical, psychedelia-tinged comic strips to New York City's premier underground newspaper, The East Village Other, beginning in 1967...
Gasoline AlleyGasoline Alley is a long-running comic strip created by Frank King and first published on November 24, 1918.Widely recognized as a pioneering comic strip, Gasoline Alley was perhaps the first comic to depict its characters aging as the years progressed.-Early years:The strip grew from a weekly...
by Frank KingFrank O. King was an American cartoonist most famous for his long-run comic strip Gasoline Alley.King was born in Cashton, Wisconsin and began drawing while growing up in Tomah, Wisconsin...
The Fantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new naturalism in the medium...
by Jack KirbyJacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comic strips under different pseudonyms, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby...
& Stan LeeStan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
Poison River
(L&RLove and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
) by Gilbert HernandezGilberto Hernandez, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
Plastic ManPlastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
by Jack ColeJack Ralph Cole was an American comic book artist and Playboy magazine cartoonist best-known for creating the popular and highly influential superhero Plastic Man...
Dick TracyDick Tracy is a long-running comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture.
Dick Tracy is a hard-hitting, fast-shooting, and supremely intelligent police detective who has matched wits with a variety of colorful villains, many based on real-life...
by Chester GouldChester Gould was a U.S. cartoonist and the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977. Gould was known for his use of colorful, often monstrous, villains.-Early years:...
The theatrical caricatures of Al HirschfeldAlbert "Al" Hirschfeld was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.-Personal life:Born in St...
The Amazing Spider-Man
by Steve DitkoStephen J. Ditko is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange....
& Stan LeeStan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
Calvin and HobbesCalvin and Hobbes was a syndicated comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformation...
by Bill WattersonWilliam B. "Bill" Watterson II is an American cartoonist and the author of the influential and popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Bill is known for his controversial views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for being reclusive or media shy...
DoonesburyDoonesbury is a comic strip by Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, now a middle-aged, remarried father.Frequently political...
by Garry TrudeauGarretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip.-Background and education:...
The autobiographical comics from Yummy Fur
by Chester BrownChester Brown is a Canadian alternative cartoonist. His underground work was initially self-published, then released by the independent publishing company Vortex Comics...
The editorial cartoons of Pat OliphantPatrick Bruce "Pat" Oliphant is the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world, described by the New York Times as "the most influential cartoonist now working"...
The Kin-der-KidsThe Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World were early newspaper comics by painter Lyonel Feininger and published by the Chicago Sunday Tribune in 1906-07....
by Lyonel FeiningerLyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter and caricaturist.-Life and work:Lyonel Feininger was born to parents of German American descent and grew up in New York City...
From HellFrom Hell is a comic book series by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. The title is taken from the first words of the "From Hell" letter, which some authorities believe was an authentic message sent from the killer in 1888...
by Alan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell...
& Eddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories, and Bacchus , a wry adventure series about the few Greek gods who have...
Ghost WorldGhost World is a comic book written and illustrated in SLOP, by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
by Daniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books. Most of Clowes' work appears first in his ongoing anthology Eightball , a collection of self-contained narratives and serialized graphic novels...
Amphigorey
by Edward GoreyEdward St. John Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.-Early life:...
The Idiots Abroad
(Fabulous Furry Freak BrothersThe Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are a trio of underground comic strip characters created by the U.S. artist Gilbert Shelton. Their first comic book appearance was in Feds 'n' Heads, published by Berkeley's Print Mint in 1968. In 1969 Shelton and three friends from Texas founded Rip Off Press in...
) by Gilbert SheltonGilbert Shelton is an American cartoonist and underground comix artist. He is the creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, Not Quite Dead, and the cover art to The Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street.He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston...
& Paul MavridesPaul Mavrides is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization...
Paul Auster's City of GlassCity of Glass: The Graphic Novel is a one-volume adaptation of Paul Auster's acclaimed story, also entitled City of Glass. The story was originally part of The New York Trilogy, and in 1994, David Mazzucchelli and Paul Karasik set out to adapt the offbeat, somewhat surreal short novel into a...
by Paul KarasikPaul Karasik is an American cartoonist and teacher. In the early 1980s he studied briefly at the School of Visual Arts in New York where he was a student of Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, and Art Spiegelman....
& David MazzucchelliDavid Mazzucchelli is an American comic book artist and illustrator. His early work was in superhero comics for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, although he later embarked on a series of acclaimed alternative comics projects.-Career:...
Cages
by Dave McKeanDavid McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
The Buddy BradleyHarold "Buddy" William Bradley Jr. is a comic book character created by Peter Bagge and featured in the comic books Hate and Neat Stuff.The original Buddy Bradley stories have been collected in six trade paperback volumes, published by Fantagraphics:...
saga by Peter BaggePeter Bagge is an award-winning American comics artist and creator of Buddy Bradley, Hate, Neat Stuff, Martini Baton, and Sweatshop. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class American youth...
The cartoons of James ThurberJames Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit.Thurber was best known for his contributions to The New Yorker magazine.-Life:...
Understanding ComicsUnderstanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 215-page non-fiction comic book, written and drawn by Scott McCloud and originally published in 1993. It explores the definition of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements...
by Scott McCloudScott McCloud is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium.-Biography:...
Tantrum
by Jules FeifferJules Ralph Feiffer is an American syndicated comic-strip cartoonist and author. He is the author of numerous plays, screenplays and children's books .In 1986 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartooning...
The Alec
stories of Eddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories, and Bacchus , a wry adventure series about the few Greek gods who have...
It's a Good Life, If You Don't WeakenIt's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken is the title of a 1996 graphic novel by Seth, published by Drawn and Quarterly...
by SethSeth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics like Palooka-Ville.-Biography:Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
The editorial cartoons of HerblockHerbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock , was an American editorial cartoonist and author....
EC's "New Trend" horror comics by Al FeldsteinAlbert B. Feldstein is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad...
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The Frank
stories by Jim WoodringJim Woodring is a Seattle-based comic book author and artist. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal, and designs toys.-Biography and Works:...
Julius Knipl, Real Estate PhotographerJulius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer is a weekly comic strip written and drawn by Ben Katchor since 1988. It is published in The Forward and various alternative weekly newspapers....
by Ben KatchorBen Katchor is an American cartoonist. His comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer paints an evocative picture of a slightly surreal, historical New York City with a decidedly Jewish sensibility...
A Contract with GodA Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories is a graphic novel by Will Eisner that takes the form of several stories on a theme. Published by Baronet Books in October 1978 in simultaneous hardcover and trade paperback editions — the former limited to a signed-and-numbered print-run of 1,500 —...
by Will EisnerWilliam Erwin Eisner was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of...
The New Yorker
cartoons of Charles AddamsCharles Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters...
Little LuluLittle Lulu is a comic strip character, created by Marjorie Henderson Buell. Little Lulu first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on February 23, 1935 in a single panel, appearing in her debut as a flower girl at a wedding, strewing the aisle with banana peels.Little Lulu replaced Carl...
by John StanleyJohn Stanley was a comic book creator, best known for his scripting of Little Lulu's comic book exploits from 1945 to approximately 1959. While mostly known for his scripting Stanley also was an accomplished artist who drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of Lulu...
Alley OopAlley Oop is a syndicated comic strip, created in 1932 by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin who wrote and drew the popular and influential strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association...
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V. T. HamlinVincent Trout Hamlin , creator of the long-run comic strip Alley Oop, was born in Perry, Iowa, where his father, Dr. Frederick Clarence Hamlin, was a dentist....
American SplendorAmerican Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the most recent in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals...
#1-10 by Harvey PekarHarvey Lawrence Pekar is an American underground comic book writer best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series...
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Little Orphan AnnieLittle Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip, created by Harold Gray , that first appeared on August 5, 1924. The title, suggested by an editor at the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" which begins:-Characters and...
by Harold GrayHarold Lincoln Gray was an American newspaper artist and cartoonist.Born in Kankakee, Illinois, Gray grew up on a farm near the small town of Chebanse, Illinois. He graduated from Purdue University with a degree in engineering, but as an artist, he was largely self-taught...
Hey Look! by Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
Goodman Beaver by Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a...
& Bill Elder
Bringing Up FatherBringing Up Father was an influential comic strip created by George McManus that ran from January 12, 1913 to May 28, 2000. Some readers, however, called the strip Maggie and Jiggs after its two main characters.-Characters and story:...
by George McManusGeorge McManus is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Irish immigrant Jiggs and his wife Maggie, the central characters in his syndicated comic strip, Bringing Up Father....
Zippy the PinheadZippy the Pinhead is an American comic strip created by Bill Griffith. It initially appeared in underground publications in the 1970s before being syndicated.-Publication history:Zippy made his first appearance in Real Pulp Comix #1 in March 1971...
by Bill GriffithBill Griffith is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his comic strip Zippy the Pinhead....
The Passport by Saul SteinbergSaul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker.-Biography:...
Barnaby by Crockett JohnsonCrockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk...
God's Man by Lynd WardLynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and storyteller, and son of Methodist minister and prominent political organizer Harry F. Ward. He illustrated some 200 juvenile and adult books...
Jimbo by Gary PanterGary Panter is an illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter is a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW...
The Book of JimJim is a comic book series by Jim Woodring. Begun in 1980 as a self-published zine, it was picked up by Fantagraphics Books, which released four magazine-sized, black and white issues starting in 1986...
by Jim WoodringJim Woodring is a Seattle-based comic book author and artist. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal, and designs toys.-Biography and Works:...
The short stories in Rubber Blanket by David MazzucchelliDavid Mazzucchelli is an American comic book artist and illustrator. His early work was in superhero comics for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, although he later embarked on a series of acclaimed alternative comics projects.-Career:...
The Cartoon History of the UniverseThe Cartoon History of the Universe was an ongoing book series about the history of the world. It was written and illustrated by American cartoonist, professor, and mathematician Larry Gonick. The final two volumes, published in 2007 and 2009, were named The Cartoon History of the Modern World...
by Larry GonickLarry Gonick is a cartoonist best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form, which he has been publishing in installments since 1977...
Ernie Pook's Comeek by Lynda BarryLynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek...
Black HoleBlack Hole is a limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns.The story deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease which causes grotesque mutations in teenagers.-Publication history:...
by Charles BurnsCharles Burns is an U.S. cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:He is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two young daughters.His father was an oceanographer for the government...
The Master Race story by Bernard KrigsteinBernard Krigstein , was an American illustrator and gallery artist best known for his groundbreaking work in comic books. His artwork usually carried the signature B. Krigstein....
& Al FeldsteinAlbert B. Feldstein is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad...
Li'l AbnerLi'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp , the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November...
by Al CappAlfred Gerald Caplin , better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam...
Sugar and SpikeSugar and Spike is the name of a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1956 through 1992, and the names of the main protagonists. Sugar and Spike was created, written and drawn by Sheldon Mayer.-Publication history:...
by Sheldon MayerSheldon Mayer was an American comic book writer, artist and editor. One of the earliest employees of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, Mayer produced almost all of his comics work for the company that would become known as DC Comics.He is credited with rescuing the...
Captain MarvelCaptain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics #2...
by C. C. BeckCharles Clarence Beck was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics.-Biography:...
Zap ComixZap Comix is the best-known of the underground comics that emerged as part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.-History:The first issue of Zap was published in San Francisco in early 1968. It featured the work of satirical cartoonist Robert Crumb...
by Robert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream...
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The Lily stories (Daddy's Girl) by Debbie DrechslerDebbie Drechsler is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, Daddy's Girl , was nominated for an Ignatz Award....
Caricature by Daniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books. Most of Clowes' work appears first in his ongoing anthology Eightball , a collection of self-contained narratives and serialized graphic novels...
V for VendettaV for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic-book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s about the 1990s...
by Alan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell...
& David LloydDavid Lloyd is a British comics artist best known as the illustrator of the graphic novel V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore.-Biography:...
Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle BakerKyle Baker is an American cartoonist, comic book writer and artist, and animator, as well as the self-publisher of two anthologies, Cartoonist and Cartoonist Vol...
The Willie and Joe cartoons of Bill MauldinWilliam Henry "Bill" Mauldin was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States...
Stuck Rubber Baby Stuck Rubber Baby is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Howard Cruse, first published in 1995. Set mostly in the 1960s in the Southern United States, in the midst of the Black Civil Rights movement, it deals with homosexuality and racism....
by Howard CruseHoward Cruse is an American alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics.Cruse was raised in Springville, Alabama, the son of a preacher and a homemaker. His earliest published cartoons were in The Baptist Student when he was in high school. His work later appeared...
The New Yorker cartoons of George PriceGeorge Price was a United States cartoonist.Price was born in Coytesville, New Jersey.After doing advertising artwork in his youth, Price started doing cartoons for The New Yorker magazine in 1929...
Jack Kirby's Fourth World The Fourth World is the popular name given to a metaseries of interconnecting comic book titles written and drawn by Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics from 1970 to 1973. Originally intended to form a finite epic story, the books were canceled for unknown reasons...
by Jack KirbyJacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comic strips under different pseudonyms, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby...
The autobiographical comics of Spain RodriguezManuel "Spain" Rodriguez is an American underground cartoonist best known for his character Trashman. His experiences on the road with the biker gang, the Road Vultures, provided inspiration for his work, as did his left-wing politics.Rodriguez studied at the Silvermine Guild Art School...
Mr. PunchThe Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch or simply Mr. Punch is a graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated and designed by Dave McKean. It was published in 1994...
by Neil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
& Dave McKeanDavid McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
WatchmenWatchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted into a collected graphic novel...
by Alan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell...
& Dave GibbonsDave Gibbons is a British comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything"...
The "Pictopia" story by Alan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell...
& Don SimpsonDon Simpson is an American freelance cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator, most noted for creating Bizarre Heroes, Megaton Man, Border Worlds, and the official comic adaption of King Kong....
Dennis the Menace by Hank KetchamHenry King "Hank" Ketcham was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily page and took up painting full time in his studio at his home. He received the Reuben Award for the strip in 1953...
The humor comics of Basil WolvertonBasil Wolverton was an American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist and professed "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet", whose many publishers included Marvel Comics and Mad.His unique, humorously grotesque drawings have elicited a...
Los Tejanos by Jack JacksonJaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson , a American cartoonist. Many consider him the first underground comix artist. He co-founded the seminal Rip Off Press.-Career:Jack Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas...
(alias Jaxon)
The Dirty Plotte series by Julie DoucetJulie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary...
The Hannah Story by Carol TylerCarol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an American cartoonist known for her autobiographical comics.-Background:Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Tyler became interested in the underground comics movement while pursuing a master's degree in painting at Syracuse University in the 1980s...
Barney Google by Billy DeBeck
The Bungle Family by Harry Tuthill
Prince ValiantPrince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday strips...
by Hal FosterHarold Rudolf Foster was a Canadian-American cartoonist most famous as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant.-Biography:...
Awards
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-January:*January 1: The direct-to-DVD movie Hulk Vs was released.*January 6: The third and final volume of Hollow Fields has been released.-February:...
: Nominated for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, commonly shortened to the Eisner Award, is a prize given for creative achievement in American comic books. It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005, and...
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