“The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck”
The Dartmouth College Library ahs scans of the oldest extant comic book, Rodolphe Töpffer’s “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck” (1837). (via @SoxOnTheBrain)
Little Fat Nothing: Herbie Popnecker and Early Meta-Comics Narratives
This week’s Guest Star is Nick Hanover on Herbie! ~~~ Publicly admitting you read comics means you’re willing to put up with a perplexingly persistent notion of the medium as the exclusive domain of the super heroes. Even in the current realm of savvy pop art dabblers as […]
Best of 2014 at Popshifter!
The Gutter’s own Carol was invited to join Less Lee Moore and J.G. Thirlwell and other swell folk in sharing “Best of 2014” lists at Popshifter!
Evan’s Best of 2014
Author, illustrator, writer and friend of the Gutter Evan Munday shares a variety things in “The Best of 2014”: “Though no one will care at all and my taste is, by most measures, truly heinous, here are lists of things – namely comic books, movies, songs, and (new!) […]
Never Goodnight is the Best
The Dissolve shares some panels from the source material for Lukas Moodysson’s Swedish punk rock coming of age story, We Are The Best—Coco Moodysson’s graphic novel, Never Goodnight, about her experience growing up punk in 1980s Stockholm. The Dissolve piece also links to an interview with Coco Moodysson at […]
Chris Sims on Comics and Lettering
At Comics Alliance, Chris Sims talk abouts the art of lettering in comics. “Comic book lettering is up there with inking and coloring in the holy trinity of underrated comic book skills, but it’s also one of those things that, once you start paying attention to it, you’ll […]
The Cultural Gutter 