Author Archives: Dave Howard

CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks

It may be from January, but this interview with Chris Ware still stands out. Ware, who always wanted to be a cartoonist, was pulled by the medium’s ability to bring writing and drawing together, and started keeping sketchbooks in his late teens. “I was just trying to learn how to draw,” said Ware on BookendsContinueContinue reading “CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks”

The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight

A fantastic interview with Sol Brager by Tina Horn. From Craig Burscough’s weekly links in The Comics Journal: Tina Horn interviews Sol Brager about Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Auschwitz beach reads, keeping the book accessible, and fascist symbols and regalia – “Far too many comics writers treat artists asContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight”

Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail

Ryan North talks about his most recent work with Marvel as a writer on the new, critically acclaimed Fantastic Four. Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled for a July, 2025, theatrical release. The big-budget movie will be the fourth in the FF franchise (fifth if you count the straight-to-video 1990s version) based on theContinueContinue reading “Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail”

Drawn & Quarterly ‘At Home With’ Video Series Features Paul B. Rainy!

Creator of D&Q’s newly-published time-travel graphic novel, “There’s No Time Like The Present”, as well as previously published “Why Don’t You Love Me?” Paul B. Rainy talks about the making of his new book -how he did it- and it’s 20 year history! Never give up! Watch the inspiring video here.

Faith Erin Hicks on capturing the gothic romance of The Mummy in comics with Skybound

From The Comics Journal weekly links, Billy Langsworthy intetviews Faith Erin Hicks for Brands Untappped. Faith Erin Hicks – the writer and artist behind Skybound’s new Universal Monsters: The Mummy comic – discusses putting a new spin on a classic.Faith, it’s great to connect. Issue one of Universal Monsters: The Mummy – which you’ve bothContinueContinue reading “Faith Erin Hicks on capturing the gothic romance of The Mummy in comics with Skybound”

The Comics Journal: Legendary Spanish cartoonist Nazario on his life and legacy: ‘We must always be vigilant’

From The Comics Journal’s Weekly Links: Nicholas Burman, with translation from Paloma Opazo, interviews Nazario Luque Vera about Anarcoma, life at 80 years old, the importance of humanism, and the realities of publishing under the Franco regime. Read the interview here.

The Globe & Mail: Canadian writer Chip Zdarsky is the comic-book world’s very own Nostradamus

The Globe’s Barry Hertz talks with Toronto writer Chip Zdarsky’s uncanny resemblance between the current state of Canadian-American relations and the political backdrop of his new comics series White House Robot Romance. From the article: Canadian comic-book writer and artist Chip Zdarsky has crafted stories for Earth’s mightiest heroes: Batman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four andContinueContinue reading “The Globe & Mail: Canadian writer Chip Zdarsky is the comic-book world’s very own Nostradamus”