October 27, 2011
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I’ve written about Norwegian cartoonist Jason for The Casual Optimist before and his work appears here with unerring regularity — if you are a frequent reader you are no doubt already familiar with it. Like British cartoonist Tom Gauld who I interviewed early this year, … Continue reading
August 26, 2011
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Jason’s cover drawing for his new book Athos in America (above). Nordic Provenance — A lovely essay by Matthew Battles on writer and cartoonist Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomintrolls and author of brilliant novels such as The True Deceiver … Continue reading
July 27, 2011
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Kelly Thompson chooses her favourite 52 comic book covers from the past year on her blog 1979 Semifinalist. The cover above is by Dave Johnson for Unknown Soldier #22. Other personal favourites of mine on the list include the very retro … Continue reading
July 8, 2011
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Sweet Nuttin’ — A primer on George Herriman’s classic and wonderfully idiosyncratic comic strip Krazy Kat at Robot 6: Krazy Kat is far from a chore… Indeed, it is rarely anything less than a delight to read, although it can … Continue reading
June 22, 2011
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There’s been much speculation online about who designed the wonderful hand-drawn cover for Big Machine by Victor LaValle (pictured above). Thanks to the nice folks at UK publisher No Exit, I can finally identify the designer as Lynn Buckley, who originally designed … Continue reading