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Enter The E-Comic

by Steven Heller January 20, 2012

Comics artist and illustrator Peter Kuper has been chronicling life in New York City for over 30 years. His new book, “Drawn to New York,” captures this. Today marks its U.S. debut exclusively as an e-book, published by Bemis Balkind. “Drawn to New York" depicts a climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge; homelessness [...]

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Long Beach Comic Con: My "7 Highlights" List

by Michael Dooley November 23, 2011

  These days, the so-called San Diego "Comic"-Con's main attraction is sugary TV and movie confectionery. But if you enjoy graphic novels and cartoons – and, well, scary stuff – you may have attended the recent Comic & Horror Con at Long Beach, CA's Convention Center. While SDCC has been around for over 40 years, [...]

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The (Almost) Unknown Pioneer of the Underground Press

by Steven Heller October 26, 2011

I met the British-born John Wilcock when I was 17 and working as art director at The New York Free Press and Screw. He was the publisher of John Wilcock's Other Scenes. I didn't know then—and given my teenage obliviousness, not for some time thereafter—that he was one of the grandfathers, fathers who spawned many [...]

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Comics Mash Up

by Steven Heller October 24, 2011

If you're an iPad user who likes comics and mixing things there are great new features are now available for COMIXER–THE COMICS MIXER, a comics-making iPad app for 7- to 13-year-olds (and everybody else!). To celebrate the new release, the app is on sale for $0.99 until November 1 in the iPad App Store. Created [...]

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And Now . . . Robert Grossman

by Steven Heller October 21, 2011

From time to time, when absurdity and folly get under his fingernails, Robert Grossman makes comics that never fail to hit the funny and other bones of contention. Here is his latest comic titled . . . Resources Recommended by Imprint Get Inspired: Color Inspirations Creative Workshop, filled with 80 Brainstorming Challenges Get an inside [...]

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Stan Mack the Knife

by Steven Heller October 14, 2011

I've long been a fan of Stan Mack's comics, notably his Real Life Funnies where he overhears and records verbatim ironic, sardonic and acerbic dialogue. With Bowie knife precision, he slices through the crap and turns banter into witty strips. I was recently reminded of one comic he did for the Times Book Review based [...]

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Cartoon Network – Resurrecting Bankrupt Heirlooms Circa 1997

by J. J. Sedelmaier October 3, 2011

In the spring of 1992 I was contacted by and collaborated with Betty Cohen, Tom Corey and Tom Pomposello on an in-house sales film that was to help define what Turner Broadcasting had in mind for their newly acquired library of Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I was informed that the Atlanta-based network would launch a 24hour “Cartoon [...]

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"Robin and The Earl of (George) Booth"

by J. J. Sedelmaier September 26, 2011

I’ve been fortunate enough to work with George Booth on three advertising campaigns, and he was even kind enough to design one of our cards of “Happy Holidays” past. Working with him opened vistas for me and redefined what collaboration should be all about. I’m going to focus on a two spot campaign we did [...]

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Maus Trap

by Steven Heller September 26, 2011

No other "comic book" has been as honored in literary and cultural circles as much (and deservedly) as Art Spiegelman's Maus (I + II). It was the first comix memoir to be covered in The New York Times Book Review ("Cats, Mice and History: The Avant-Garde of the Comic Strip" by Ken Tucker), the first [...]

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Crime, Corruption, Copyright, and a Kids’ Comic: Skippy

by Michael Dooley September 22, 2011

. Before Peanuts, there was Skippy. And Always Belittlin’. And The Clancy Kids. And a wealth of other illustrations by Percy Crosby, one of America's most talented comic strip artists. Born in Brooklyn in 1891, Crosby’s illustrious career began when he was in his teens, at a Socialist newspaper where fellow workers called him “Comrade [...]

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