Jim Woodring Talks Ink, Instinct, and the Logic of the Unifactor
An interview on Quacky, Manhog’s freedom, and the rules that govern his world Transmission 424: Interview with Jim Woodring Jim Woodring is an acclaimed cartoonist, … Read more
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Katie Skelly on Heaven: A Neon Desert Noir Set in Places That Can’t Exist
“Heaven”: Katie Skelly’s New Hypnotic Graphic Novel, Breaking Out of the “Cool Girl” Archetype, and Exploring Horror in a Supernatural Strip Club Transmission 408: Interview … Read more
Pulp, Ink, Organized Chaos: Interview with Benjamin Marra on Making What We Mean by Yesterday
Benjamin Marra on Why He Hates Redemption Stories (and What He Does Instead) Transmission 389: Interview with Benjiamin Marra Benjamin Marra is one of the … Read more
Kim Deitch and the Machinery of Comic Book Memory: “How I Make Comics” Review
How the underground master bypasses standard nostalgia to resurrect the ghosts of 20th-century entertainment. There is a precise moment at the beginning of the final … Read more
Barbara Mendes Interview: The Queen of Cosmos and the Sacred Female
The Fantagraphics trilogy Queen of Cosmos Comix collects over fifty years of psychedelic, womanist, and spiritually charged artwork Transmission 350: Interview with Barbara Mendes Looking … Read more
R. Crumb’s Art and Beauty Gets a Full Collected Edition from Fantagraphics
Three Issues, One Book: R. Crumb’s Art and Beauty Out Now Robert Crumb is an American artist and cartoonist, a central figure in the underground … Read more
The Cold Geometry of the Kitchen in Katriona Chapman’s The Pass, Review
The graphic novel that strips away the false glamour of the culinary industry In her new graphic novel, The Pass, published by Fantagraphics, Chapman eschews … Read more
Carol Tyler on Grief, Memory, and The Ephemerata: A Conversation About Loss and Comics
An extended conversation about grief, family memory, and the physical process of making autobiographical comics Transmission 294: Interview with Carol Tyler American cartoonist Carol Tyler … Read more
Cathy Malkasian’s Shadows of the Sea: A Gentle Allegory of Late-Stage Capitalism
Shadows of the Sea Review: Cathy Malkasian’s Vision of Mass Delusion Cathy Malkasian combines whimsical elements with themes of profound sadness in her graphic novels. … Read more
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal: Tommi Parrish’s New Book
Ten Years of Tommi Parrish in a New Fantagraphics Book Published by Fantagraphics and set for an October 2025 release, “The Past Is a Grotesque … Read more
Dogtangle: A Surreal Bark at Corporate Hubris
When Tech Bros Play God: Max Huffman’s Graphic Novel Max Huffman is a Chicago-based cartoonist recognized for a highly stylized aesthetic that merges the chaotic … Read more