In the late 1980s, Raymond Briggs produced some of his most adult-oriented work, including the Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman, first published in the United Kingdom in 1983, and the droll...

Raymond Briggs Part Four When the Wind Blows by Eric Hoffman In the 1980s, a decade which saw the resurgence of extremist right-wing reactionary political ideologies in the United States...

  Briggs’s next project, the understated, charmingly off-kilter “Gentleman Jim” (1980) (not to be confused with the 1942 Errol Flynn boxing film), heralds a new period in the artist’s...

  From the folks at Sequart comes this stellar – and long overdue – collection on sometimes esteemed, sometimes disregarded Marvel comic “Daredevil”. The character is lately enjoying...

Part three concludes our interview with Mark Badger. Eric Hoffman for Comics Bulletin: The “Instant Piano” series was an interesting experiment, which utilized computer-generated artwork. The work...

Eric Hoffman's interview with Mark Badger continues! Eric Hoffman for Comics Bulletin: You did a number of collaborations with writer J.M. DeMatteis, including the “Gargoyle” mini-series, your first...

About Mark Badger (from his website): Mark Badger’s art combines political activism and comic books and the web into one. He drew comics for Marvel and DC working on such prominent characters as...

Prior to his beginning work on Father Christmas (1973), cartoonist Raymond Briggs, in quick succession, lost his mother and father to old age (his mother died at Christmas 1971 of “what seemed to be...

Carl Barks – who from 1943 to 1966 labored in obscurity as the unacknowledged author and artist of some 500 Disney stories, comprising more than 6,000 pages of comic art – must be considered, along with...

© 2015 Eric Hoffman Raymond Briggs – the celebrated UK-based creator of such cherished Holiday-themed institutions and Father Christmas (1973) and The Snowman (1978) – in speaking with interviewer...

In his introduction to this, the seventeenth installment of Fantagraphics' loving reprint of every Peanuts strip produced during its nearly 50-year run as one of the most commercially successful and...

Sometimes the most universal truths can be found in the smallest slices of life.  That’s what makes independent documentaries so powerful, engaging, and entertaining.  Not only do they show you little...

Sometimes the most universal truths can be found in the smallest slices of life. That’s what makes independent documentaries so powerful, engaging, and entertaining. Not only do they show you little...

This week:  Jason and Eric discuss their favorite American Splendor stories. Read part one of their discussion here. Eric Hoffman: You and I compared our lists earlier, and I think we only agreed on...

This past Sunday, Jason and Eric sat down to discuss Harvey Pekar and his singular comic book American Splendor. This first part of a two-part discussion discusses the cultural and aesthetic impact of American...