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The Comics Journal, which is renowned for its in-depth interviews, comics criticism, and thought-provoking editorials, features Gary Groth in frank and often hilarious discussion with the satirist and children’s book author Tomi Ungerer. Ungerer talks about the entire trajectory of his life and career: growing up in France during the Nazi occupation, creating controversial work, and being blacklisted by the American Library Association. This issue, the first in its new twice-a-year format, covers the “new mainstream” in American comics ― how the marketplace and overall perception of the medium has drastically shifted since the “graphic novel boom” of the early 2000s and massive hits like Persepolis, Fun Home, and Smile. It also includes sketchbook pages from French-born cartoonist Antoine Cossé’ an introduction to homoerotic gag cartoons out of the U.S. Navy; and Your Black Friend cartoonist Ben Passmore’s examination of comics and gentrification.
The Comics Journal, which is renowned for its in-depth interviews, comics criticism, and thought-provoking editorials, features Gary Groth in frank and often hilarious discussion with the satirist and children’s book author Tomi Ungerer. Ungerer talks about the entire trajectory of his life and c...
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Tomi Ungerer was born Jean-Thomas Ungerer in Strasbourg, France on November 28, 1931. He wrote and illustrated children's books as well as books for adults. His first children's book, The Mellops Go Flying, was published in 1957. His other children's books included Crictor, No Kiss for Mother, and Moon Man. His books for adults included The Underground Sketchbook of Tomi Ungerer, Fornicon, Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis, and Far Out Isn't Far Enough. He also created illustrations for advertisements including a series of posters for The Times in the 1960s. During the Vietnam War, he created posters with an antiwar theme. He died on February 8, 2019 at the age of 87.
Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle.
RJ Casey is a publisher, editor, and writer. He lives in Tacoma, WA.
Kristy Valenti is an Eisner-Award winning editor and a writer. She lives in Seattle, Wash.
Tomi Ungerer was born Jean-Thomas Ungerer in Strasbourg, France on November 28, 1931. He wrote and illustrated children's books as well as books for adults. His first children's book, The Mellops Go Flying, was published in 1957. His other children's books included Crictor, No Kiss for Mother, an...
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