THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND MERE MISERY

Fans of Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman and other popular graphic novelists patiently explained to me last week that I am wrong to expect "s...

ERICH SOKOL

John Ciardi once said, “Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” Sin...

EXHIBITION OF GREAT ILLUSTRATION ART

If you are located within a thousand miles of New York City, I urge you to make your way to the Dahesh Museum of Art ( http://www.daheshmuse...

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MARRIED LIFE IN WORDS AND PICTURES

Was there ever a comic strip marriage as great as the marriage of Mary Perkins and Pete Fletcher in Leonard Starr's fabulous strip, On S...

MORE ABOUT CHRIS WARE

Based on the traffic from my last post ("Drawing With Your Brains") I thought it was important to spell out my views on Chris Ware...