By Kevin Wolf Jules Feiffer died January 17 of heart failure at his home. He was 95 years old. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer—my all-time favorite book, bar none—was read by my teacher to my 5th-grade class. While in college, I remembered that event and decided to buy a copy and reread it. I loved it just as much and have read it many times since. I named one of my first cats after the protagonist, Milo. I’ve since met the illustrator, Jules Feiffer, several times, heard him give a few speeches, and bought… Read More
Spotlight: Adrift on a Painted Sea, by Tim Bird. Kickstarter.
Name: Tim Bird Website: www.timothybird.co.uk Instagram: @timothybird Publisher: Avery Hill Publishing AHP website: www.averyhillpublishing.com AHP Instagram: @averyhillpublishing Kickstarter campaign: Adrift on a Painted Sea My name’s Tim Bird – I’m an illustrator from Winchester in the UK. I’ve been making and self-publishing comics for around 10 years, and published a graphic novel called The Great North Wood with Avery Hill Publishing in 2018. My new graphic novel, called Adrift on a Painted Sea, is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter by Avery Hill Publishing. The book is about my mum – her love of painting and of the sea. She had been painting all… Read More
New This Week
New discount! Our Bookshop.org affiliate commission has been upgraded to 15% for all of June! Check out any of our specially curated lists, or focus on our LGBTQ+ lists for Pride Month! Speaking of queer comics, the documentary NO STRAIGHT LINES is streaming for free on PBS from June 1-30 in celebration of this year’s Pride Month. 2017 Graphic Medicine keynote Rupert Kinnard is featured in the film as well as many others. From the PBS website, “When Alison Bechdel received a coveted MacArthur Award for her best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home, it heralded the acceptance of LGBTQ+ comics in American… Read More
Al Jaffee Dies at Age 102
Al Jaffee (born Abraham Jaffee March 13, 1921) was a childhood hero of mine. Though Jaffee hasn’t been featured as a graphic medicine creator on this website, he has produced numerous graphic medicine single panel cartoons through his Fold-Ins and other medical-related contributions to Mad magazine. I met his creations through the many books of his that I read when I was a kid (with my most recent purchase in March 2023 of Ghastly Jokes (1976, Grosset & Dunlap) and through Mad magazine. He appeared in practically every issue of Mad from Aug-Sep 1955—Issue 25 assessing whether it’s “Science or… Read More