he technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the "physical book," a new phrase in our language - is also making the physical book capable of being more beautiful than books have been since the middle ages.

Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.

Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are.

In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true!

To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.

Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.