- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Gilbert Hernandez talks about comics, childhood, and Marble Season
The graphic novelist appears at Quimby's on Thursday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2013
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John Campbell introduces us to his idea of Michael Keaton
The Pictures for Sad Children artist unveils his latest project.
- Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, Jan 24, 2013
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
The Idolatry of God, š!, and the Music Box Theatre
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 9, 2012
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Web comics: now more than just PDFs
A couple of new and interactive web comics may point the way to the future of graphic novels online
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 7, 2012
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Chris Ware's Building Stories: a visual tour
A new graphic work, in pictures
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Sidebar, Aug 8, 2012
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Calling all fanboys, geeks, and cosplayers
The 2012 Chicago Comic Con is in session
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 8, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Icarus, "Iron Man"
"Iron Man" is the standout track from Icarus's 1971 Marvel-themed LP
- You Are Here, Show us your [____], Jul 12, 2012
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Show us your . . . flash museum
We check out Matt Streets's collection dedicated to our hometown superhero
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, May 22, 2012
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Alison Bechdel remembers Mama
The cartoonist looks at her first troubled relationship in Are You My Mother?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2012
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Free Comic Book Day turns ten, still a reasonable event
Free Comic Book Day turns ten this weekend
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Apr 27, 2012
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'52' equals zero
DC Entertainment's new line of superhero comics is more of the same nothing
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 2, 2012
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Malort would probably make her head explode
Revenge, Chicago-style
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 3, 2011
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In this week's Reader
What's inside of the November 3rd, 2011 issue of the Reader
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Oct 13, 2011
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Chris Ware reflects on his most nerve-racking Reader cartoon
'I'd assumed by its pretension and ridiculous complexity that it would be rejected'
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Aug 25, 2011
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Anders Nilsen's Big Questions
Anders Nilsen's massive new comics collection sweats the big stuff
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 5, 2011
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Tom Stillwell, comic book creator: "He’s more of a fighter, a Batman-type guy, but he uses toys as weapons, like rubber chickens that are filled with lead or water guns that shoot acid."
This week's Chicagoan: Tom Stillwell, comic book creator.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 15, 2011
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Chatting With Bobcat Goldthwait
An interview with the comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 9, 2010
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Name Game
There are losers, and then there's Caspar Milquetoast.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 16, 2010
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Poppies for Puppies
The funnies used to be dope.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 28, 2010
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Chris Ware Gets the Scholarly Treatment
The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking
