A Philadelphia-based comic collector who spent almost 40 years building his museum-worthy collection of underground comic art — much of it purchased directly from the artists themselves — is putting ...
STAUNTON — In January, on one of the coldest days of the year when the temperatures didn't get out of the 20s, Ryan Brosmer held his first Staunton Underground Comics and Zine Fest. It went better ...
The book, edited by John McCoy and Andrei Molotiu, is a product of an exhibit that recently ran at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. It compiles an incredibly rich collection of ...
STAUNTON — Before it closed, Basement on Byers was an art gallery in the Wharf district. Staunton-based cartoonist Ryan Brosmer remembers walking into that space, located at 3 Byers Street, and ...
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Art Spiegelman, the artist most famous for his novel Maus, makes comix. No, that’s not a ...
In “The Many Faces of R. Crumb,” a comic from 1972, the eponymous underground cartoonist offers readers a crash course in his various personae. There’s Crumb the “long-suffering” artist, bearing the ...
Debuting at DOC NYC ahead of its eventual PBS 'American Masters' release, the documentary traces the biography, work and influence of the underground comics legend. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television ...
Friedman (Heroes of the Comics) presents portraits and capsule biographies of 101 underground comics creators, alive and dead, covering the “freewheeling decade 1967–1977.” The drug-infused, ...
Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” was featured in the comic book “Funny Aminals” in 1972. Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” was featured in the comic book “Funny Aminals” in 1972, with a cover by Robert Crumb, one of ...
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As one of the most influential cartoonists and editors of his generation, Art Spiegelman played a pivotal role in elevating comics into a respected literary and artistic medium. “Art Spiegelman is the ...