A Fart Party with Julia Wertz
Interview with Julia Wertz: LG: What is your favorite part about being a cartoonist? Not waiting tables. I don’t know if I’ll be able to do comics for a living for very long, especially considering the state of the publishing industry, but at least for the time being I can relish not having to say “salad or soup?” hundreds of times each day. I also never have hyper realistic nightmares that there are too many tables seated in my section and they’re all ready to... Read More
Street Interview: Martina! Martina!
We love Martina Fugazzotto and her raw and uncensored YA comics. Her work has been a source of inspiration and comfort for teen and adult girls around the world! We got a chance to interview her on the streets of Brooklyn and she was as cooky and cute as you would image. Check out more of her work here and here! Read More
Abby Denson on Cartoons, Rocking Out and Her Sweet Tooth!
LG: Your music and stories in Dolltopia and Tough love have a very cinematic like feel to them. What are some of the similar processes you have in producing music and comics? I do like movies a lot, mostly cult and camp movies, so that’s not too surprising. Writing comic scripts is very similar to writing a screenplay in fact and you have to work with pacing like one would in storyboards too. Sometimes with music you’re telling stories with lyrics, but they’re... Read More
More awesome comics
Julie Doucet: Jeffery Brown: Shel Silverstein: Thorina Rose: Frederick Peeters: Marjane Satrapi: Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran Sudzuka, Jose Marzan, Read More
Gchat interview with Ariel Schrag
me: Alot of your work when you were younger seemed to be centered around those awkward years of teenage angst and sex and finding yourself, do you find similar themes in your work now? Ariel: Hmmmm well, I think i”m still fascinated by “the awkward moment” and definitely still interested in “issues of identity” but I guess the difference is, not so much in the “first time” aspect of things. The primary thing of being a teen I think... Read More
Jackie Ormes
Jackie Ormes was a pioneer of her time. She drew comics in the 30′s, 40′s and 50′s and from her beautiful art work, to her social calendar this woman was the epitome of style, grace, and awesome comics. She drew such characters such as Torchy Brown, Candy, Patty-Jo, and Ginger who all super hip and very stylish. Her paper dolls no doubt inspired many designers of her day and the future. Ormes broke down barriers and created new ideas with her drawings... Read More
The Break/Up
Beware of cupid
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