An actual increase in the volume of comics criticism is not necessarily desirable or even achievable considering the state of the industry and art form.
Comics criticism doesn’t actually need more people who are interested in comics (that is a given considering the insular nature of the hobby); what it needs is people […]
Comics must be the only art form where the most prominent commentators in the field (who shall remain nameless) regularly dismiss or deprioritize discussions of the art form […]
If you want to sell things, then sell them–send them to famous cartoonists, influential publishers, and comics critics who are interested in selling things. One influential Tweet by […]
There’s an entire generation of young artcomix makers whose work just isn’t being reviewed at all. (…) An entire generation, an entire movement, of altcomix creators who are […]
It’s exceedingly easy to type up your strongest single impression of a new work and post it to Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr, and receive feedback almost immediately. And […]
The small subculture of engaged comics reviewers is getting older, myself included. I really hope that members of the younger generation will start writing about each other. I’m […]