The Comics Journal #310 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 168396893X ISBN 13: 9781683968931

Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2024

Synopsis

Multimedia artist and satirist Gerald Scarfe, best known globally for his Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Hercules iconography, talks to Gary Groth about his scabrous film, TV, and comics career, spanning 60+ years. 

Multimedia artist and satirist Gerald Scarfe, best known worldwide for his Pink Floyd iconography and designs for Disney’s Hercules, talks to Gary Groth about his film, TV, and comics career, spanning 60+ years. Zach Rabiroff does a journalistic deep dive into Bill Jemas’s tenure as Vice President of Marvel from 2000–2004, the creation of the Marvel Ultimates Universe, and much more. Also: visual artists Aidan Koch (Earth Comics, The Blonde Woman) and Lale Westvind (Grip) in conversation; a Jess Johnson sketchbook; a Fair Warning interview with TCJ Best of 2022 cartoonist Juliette Collet; a look at Chris Companik’s HIV-awareness comics, original work by Allee Errico, and much more.

About this title

About the Authors

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 at Fantagraphics Books. She lives in Seattle.

Austin English is an artist and writer living in Brooklyn. He has written for The Comics Journal regularly since he was 17. As a cartoonist, he has published the books Gulag Casual and Meskin and Umezo. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States, including Marvin Gardens in New York and Et Al gallery in San Francisco. He runs the comics publishing house Domino Books, which he founded in 2011. He also teaches comics, drawing and art history at both Parsons School of Design and The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Gerald Scarfe is a decorated English multimedia artist and satirist, best known worldwide for his Pink Floyd's The Wall iconography and his designs for the Disney animated film Hercules. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and Punch, a TV personality, editorial cartoonist for the Sunday Times and much more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 168396893X
• ISBN 13: 9781683968931
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti, Austin English