The Comics Journal #304

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This issue of the award-winning The Comics Journal features an in-depth interview with Tasmanian cartoonist Simon Hanselmann, exploring how his webcomic featuring a witch, a cat, and an owl became a global success. Themed around labour and economics, it offers candid discussions on comics union organising, work-for-hire contracts, and improving comic conventions for creators. Additional highlights include an exclusive glimpse at Geoffrey Hayes's unfinished graphic novel, an inside look at Sophie Franz's sketchbook, and a timely work from Brazilian cartoonist Laura Lannes.
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Ideal for readers interested in the comics industry, graphic novel fans, aspiring cartoonists, and anyone keen on labour issues within creative fields.

The award-winning, internationally acclaimed comics journal, recently returned to print for the first time in 6 years!

Description

In this issue of the award-winning magazine, Tasmanian cartoonist Simon Hanselmann discusses how his webcomic - starring a witch, a cat, and an owl - became an internationally acclaimed, best-selling phenomenon.

Thematically, The Comics Journal #304 highlights labour and economics - the past and the future of organising a comics union, work-for-hire contracts, and how comic conventions can better serve creators - with the Journal's hallmark candour.

Other features include an exclusive look at the unfinished graphic novel that Eisner and Geisel Award winner Geoffrey Hayes was working on before his untimely death in 2017, a peek inside the lush sketchbook of Sophie Franz, a timely work by Brazilian cartoonist Laura Lannes, and more!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683962649

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 160 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Gary Groth
Edited by RJ Casey
Edited by Kristy Valenti
Edited by Gary Groth
Edited by Kristy Valenti

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 160

Collections

Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Graphic Novels

About the Author

Simon Hanselmann hails from Tasmania, Australia and now resides with his family in Los Angeles, CA. His bestselling New York Times series Megg, Mogg and Owl has been translated into thirteen languages, won multiple Eisner Awards and won Best Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2018. His work has been displayed internationally including shows at Galerie Martel in Paris and a solo exhibition / installation at the Bellevue Arts Museum. Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle. Kristy Valenti is an Eisner-Award winning editor and a writer. She lives in Seattle, Wash.