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Is That All There Is? is a collection of comics by Dutch cartoonist, graphic designer, and European cultural icon Joost Swarte. The first English-language Swarte collection of its kind, the book features rare, out-of-print or untranslated work dating back 40 years.
Swarte’s style is immediately recognizable for its striking similarity to that of Belgian cartoonist Herge, creator of Tintin and perhaps the grandfather of all Franco-Belgian comics (or bandes- dessinees as they are called over there.)
The Daily Texan editorial board apologized for a cartoon published in Tuesday’s Daily Texan at a Wednesday protest by students and Austinities who said the illustration reflected ignorance and racism.
Update: The cartoon was taken down from The Daily Texan website.
On Tuesday, a cartoon ran on the Opinion page of The Daily Texan that offended many readers, and we sincerely apologize for our decision to run it.
The cartoonist, Stephanie Eisner, no longer works for The Daily Texan.
However, the decision to run the cartoon showed a failure in judgment on the part of the editorial board. We have engaged in meaningful dialogue with many people who shared their concerns and outrage with us.
Mitch Clem is a cartoonist, perhaps best known for ongoing webcomic Nothing Nice To Say, which examines the culture surrounding punk music. He has also authored the autobiographical comic series San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life. His work appears in zines like Razorcake, and on album covers and flyers.
Anna Grainer, sophmore, is the cartoonist behind "Art Kid," which runs Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Page. She's a wonderful illustrator: her work features fashion-influenced portraits of women, created with ink lines and splashed with color. Her website is http://annagrainer.com/
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of interviews with some guests who will be appearing at this weekend's STAPLE! Convention at the Marchesa Hall and Theatre. The Page will have a table there, with all your favorite artists here at DT Comics. Comment on this article to enter in a drawing for one of five Weekend Passes we're giving away.
Editor's Note: The following illustrations contain some graphic images.
Barfwater #1
Edited by Tim Root
44 pages, Black and white
Available by crappycomics@yahoo.com
Vermont-based cartoonist Joseph Lambert’s “I Will Bite You!” collects eight stories, six of them previously published in minicomics or anthologies sometime between 2006 and 2010.
Most of the pieces in the book are two-color, with “Cavemen” as a beautiful, full-color exception. Drawn with generous brushwork, “Cavemen” shows a prehistoric caveman mourning the tragic death of his best friend. It’s a moving, spiritual story about grief and memory — only, you know, with dinosaurs.
“Mome 21,” the penultimate issue in editor Eric Reynolds’ impressive run of quarterly, full-color anthologies, is a strong argument for the series’ artistic continuation with the upcoming end to the series with “Mome 22” this summer.
The tightly curated quarterly was billed originally as a vehicle for emerging talents to show off their skills in high-quality color.
Chris Hunt’s success all hinged on a kung fu hamster.
If the hamster prevented a marble from rolling down a bright yellow ramp, Hunt’s Rube Goldberg machine would have been a failure. When the marble rolled through the hamster and set off a series of levers to water a plant, Hunt became the champion of Theta Tau’s Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
The honors fraternity hosts the contest every year as a part of National Engineers Week, and the first-place team earns a place in the national competition at Purdue University.
Coming out of nowhere with “Duncan the Wonder Dog,” a postmodern epic about talking and reasoning animals, Adam Hines has taken the comics world by storm with his richly dense art. The first volume in the Chicago-based artist’s series, “Show One,“ is a veritable tome that grandly exhibits Hines’ singular and extensive vision.
“Duncan was always going to be a book,” Hines said. “Even if I had to steal money to do it.”
Ever since Toronto-based cartoonist Michael Deforge first burst onto the alt-comics scene in 2009 with “Cold Heat Special #7,” bloggers and critics have hailed him as the next big thing. With the first issue of his annual pamphlet “Lose,” he again proves himself worthy of the hype.
