Thomas Alsop: The Hand of the Island, is an occult investigator who’s family has been charged with the task of protecting Manhattan from supernatural events for the last 300 years. He’s also the host of the popular cable TV show, “Thomas Alsop: Supernatural Detective. The Promo for Thomas Alsop: The Hand of the Island is [...]
“Thomas Alsop, The Hand of the Island, is an occult investigator who’s family has been charged with the task of protecting Manhattan from supernatural events for the last 300 years. He’s also the host of the popular cable TV show, “Thomas Alsop: Supernatural Detective.” Click here to see the live action trailer for Thomas Alsop: [...]
Learn more about Marc Maron at his website, his twice-weekly podcast, WTF, his book, Attempting Normal and his IFC TV show, Maron. Read all 31 installments of Seth Kushner’s CulturePOP Photocomix
AXELTRON is a view through the eyes of a recent college graduate as he struggles to find simple solutions to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and dread. It might make you feel nostalgic. It’s an examination into different perspectives, or lack thereof, as characters try to cope with the terrible beauty of everyday life. It’s also [...]
Noah Van Sciver was born in 1984 in New Jersey. He first came to readers’ attention with his comic book series Blammo, which earned him an Ignatz award nomination in 2010. His work has appeared in the Denver alt-weekly Westword, Mad Magazine, and multiple graphic anthologies including Mome and The Best American comics 2011. His [...]
MENU by Matthew Rosenberg & Patrick Kindlon, is the story of a boy and a dog wandering the wastelands of a future America as they try to keep each other alive in a world running out of food. Episode Four: Angst in Akron is drawn by Sloane Leong. Read Episode One – Remember Dodge City: http://welcometotripcity.com/2013/02/menu-remember-dodge-city/ Read Episode Two – Dodge [...]
Step into the ring with 1994′s most outrageous wrestlers in this mat-pounding, head-stomping, comix-wrasslin’ event! In this episode, bad blood boils as Timberwolf Nelson defends his title against “Wrench” Gibbs. Can the Wolf fend off that no-good cuss, Gibbs? Read Retro Slam Jam #1 by clicking HERE. Read Retro Slam Jam #2 by clicking HERE. Blake Sims is an artist and [...]
The ancient Greeks had their angry gods of wit, strength, speed, lightning bolts and betrayal, and the Norse had their bastion of immortals wielding swords, shields, hammers, lightning and lies, too. Moralistic mythologies that were, arguably, superhero stories for all ages. It wasn’t until 1938 that America gave birth to its first sustainable superhero when [...]
Leland Purvis is an artist and craftsman currently working in graphite and pigments on paper, using pictures to tell stories. His major works in recent years have been graphic novels, historical fiction, largely aimed at younger readers. He prefers baseball, single malt highland scotch, the speed of sailboats and the smell of horses. And he [...]
In honor of Free Comic Book Day on May 4th, TRIP CITY would like to draw your attention to some of the great FREE creator-owned comix we offer, including; Billy Dogma by Dean Haspiel The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel Schmuck by Seth Kushner & various Just Super by Jeffrey Burandt & Zees and various. [...]
Seth Kushner talks to Gregory Benton, who has has been making comix since 1993. He cut his teeth on the political anthology World War 3, moving on to writing and drawing stories for Nickelodoeon, Vertigo, DC Comics, Disney Adventures, Watson-Guptil, Entertainment Weekly, as well as contributing to numerous alternate-press comix anthologies. A graphic novel, Hummingbird, was published by Slave Labor Graphics in 1996. Gregory has also produced numerous limited-edition mini-comix. Hopefully you have some. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Fortune, among others. Most recently, his book B+F was awarded the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s inaugural Award of Excellence at MoCCA Fest 2013. An expanded version of B+F will be published in the autumn of 2013 through Adhouse Books in the USA and Editions ça et la in France.
[Gregory Benton and his art for B+F]
Seth also chats with Eric Skillman, a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, who mostly designs DVD packaging at his day job with The Criterion Collection. He also deigns books, including Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner for powerhouse Books and Tales of Sand by Jim Henson and Ramon Perez for Archaia, for which he won an Eisner Award. Eric also writes comics, including the graphic novel Liar’s Kiss, drawn by Jhomar Soriano for Top Shelf and the webseries SUCKERS, drawn by Jorge Coelho and appearing in monthly installments here on TRIP CITY.
The Trip City Podcast is produced by Chris Miskiewicz, Seth Kushner and Dean Haspiel.
Photography by Seth Kushner
I had the great fortune to be hired by recording industry innovator Jac Holzman, the man who started Elektra Records, to collaborate with his son/musician Adam Holzman, to bring to life in comix form the now infamous “Miami Incident” and tell The Doors official, sanctioned tale of whether or not Jim Morrison truly exposed [...]
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