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Nicholas Burman , April 3rd, 2021 09:26 While Robert Crumb’s style and dedication to his generation’s underground comix artists has inspired a huge array of artists from a variety of backgrounds and of numerous identities, for decades his depictions and framing of women and his adoption of racist stereotypes have been under fire Crumb’s World, 2021. Photo by Alex Casto. Courtesy of David Zwirner Books In 2016 Fantagraphics, who have republished much of Crumb’s work, released a book abou...

He just self-published the 80th issue of the comic book 'King-Cat' and other cartoonists like Chris Ware admire his work. For this self-proclaimed simple Midwesterner, it's all more than enough.

‘King-Cat’ cartoonist John Porcellino says he is living the dream. His dream, anyway. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune © Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS John Porcellino at his home in Beloit, Wisconsin on March 3, 2021. Porcellino self-publishes King-Cat comics and stories and has been doing so since 1989. This is a story about achieving financial solvency! (Sort of.) Discovering creative independence! (Painfully.) And finding personal satisfacti...

Email Long Island’s two county police departments are among a small minority of America’s largest local law-enforcement agencies that have spurned broad use of body-worn cameras, even as deadly encounters between officers and unarmed Black people increased calls for greater police transparency and accountability. A Newsday survey of the nation’s 50 largest law-enforcement agencies found just three that had not equipped large numbers of officers with body cameras before 2020: The Nassau a...

Posted By Nina Rangel on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:28 PM click to enlarge Nina Rangel Why a hot toddy recipe on this bitter Tuesday? Because alcohol tastes better than tears. If you’re one of the lucky households that still has regular access to power, consider giving this classic cocktail a spin. A coc...

S. Clay Wilson, Taboo-Breaking Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 79 His drawings were so outrageous that, on first encountering them, his fellow cartoonist R. Crumb recalled feeling that “suddenly my own work seemed insipid.” S. Clay Wilson’s cover for Zap Comix No. 3; he also contributed a 10-page story to the issue. His influence on fellow underground cartoonists was evident and ubiquitous.Credit...S. Clay Wilson/Zap Comix Feb. 9, 2021 S. Clay Wilson, the most scabrous and rollicking of t...

Cartoon by Karen Sneider About Titian, what can be said after you say that he is the finest pure painter ever? Susanna Kaysen, the author of “Girl, Interrupted,” surmises that the subject of “Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap” (circa 1510) “looks to the left, into the past.” Reading that, I see it. The other Titian portrait is of the artist’s best friend and tireless promoter, Pietro Aretino—poet, connoisseur, power broker, feared satirist, author of popular devotional literature a...

Blutch’s graphic novel Mitchum revels in the power of mythic America In the world of comics, which owes so much to the stateside masters, the American imagination looms large. Look at Donald Trump’s face for long enough and maybe you’ll start to pity him. All of a sudden, you notice the fear in those uncomprehending eyes. His perma-rage against imaginary machines begins to come across as a coping mechanism, an attempt to compensate for some horrifying inner weakness . For four years, ...

The massive new state of the art gym full of expensive equipment that has never been used When Chris Ware set out to create the project of his dreams he didnt expect to end up with this Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Dont miss anything from your city! Sign up for regular updates When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you thes...

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has announced its 2021 slate of shows, conditions permitting, including the June opening of an exhibit spanning Chris Ware to Dick Tracy to Kerry James Marshall.