Comments on: The ninth art meets the fourth estate http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-ninth-art-meets-the-fourth-estate/ Red Pepper Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Dan Archer http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-ninth-art-meets-the-fourth-estate/#comment-17414 Dan Archer Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:56:39 +0000 http://rpnew.nfshost.com/?p=2372#comment-17414 Great article – I had the honour of being on a panel with Joe Sacco at a Stanford University event on comics journalism back in May. A real innovator, dedicated journalist and truly great bloke.

The first example of Japanese comics journalism that springs to mind is Manga No Shimbun (http://newsmanga.com/) though there’s currently no english translation available. Here’s a WIRED article on it though: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/st_manganews/

There’s a wealth of other Japanese creators who use comics to chronicle real-life events, such as Tatsumi, or more famously, the Barefoot Gen series of graphic novels detailing an eyewitness account of life in Japan in the wake of the atomic bombs.

Cartoonmovement.com is a great site (thanks Josh), as is http://www.graphicjournos.com, and my own comics journalism is collected at http://www.archcomix.com if you’re looking for more examples online.

]]> By: Peter http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-ninth-art-meets-the-fourth-estate/#comment-2525 Peter Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:14:56 +0000 http://rpnew.nfshost.com/?p=2372#comment-2525 Erm, I can’t think offhand of any Japanese creators of comics journalism. Do you have any names, David Rubinson? Also, since Fantagraphics published Crumb’s works, surely Thompson would have mentioned a title or two.

I remember that in the 1980s, WATCHMEN writer Alan Moore did script a graphic novel called “Brought To Light” which looked at the CIA’s history.

]]> By: Josh Kramer http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-ninth-art-meets-the-fourth-estate/#comment-1482 Josh Kramer Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:18:13 +0000 http://rpnew.nfshost.com/?p=2372#comment-1482 This article’s a great start on the subject. I’m starting a new Comics Journalism anthology called The Cartoon Picayune, at cartoonpicayune.com. Also worth checking out is Matt Bor’s The Cartoon Movement.

]]> By: David Rubinson http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-ninth-art-meets-the-fourth-estate/#comment-1451 David Rubinson Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:49:10 +0000 http://rpnew.nfshost.com/?p=2372#comment-1451 Hellllllo ?
Japan ? R Crumb ? How very white of you to omit the Japanese, and how young of you to omit Crumb, the father of it all in the English speaking world.
Please check it out.
Thanks,
DR

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