Charles Forsman

Exclusive: All-Time Comics Taps Into Old-Time Ad Nostalgia
Exclusive: All-Time Comics Taps Into Old-Time Ad Nostalgia
Exclusive: All-Time Comics Taps Into Old-Time Ad Nostalgia
If you grew up reading comics in the 20th century, chances are you have a strange nostalgia for ads. The printed advertisements that appear in comics developed their own language over the history of the medium, which probably peaked in the Bronze Age. Ads for candy and snacks, for merchandise based on the comic's characters, and of course for video games (once those were invented) became a part of the fabric of comics. Now that so many of us are reading digitally or in trades, that's less true. But Fantagraphics' new superhero line, All Time Comics, is paying tribute to classic comics ads with mock ads by some of the best indie artists around.
Bergen Street Ships 'Copra Round 2' and 'Revenger Armory'
Bergen Street Ships 'Copra Round 2' and 'Revenger Armory'
Bergen Street Ships 'Copra Round 2' and 'Revenger Armory'
Bergen Street Comics happens to be one of my favorite all-time comic shops, and it's been fascinating to watch them grow their carefully curated small press operation. ComicsAlliance has been pretty vocal about our love for Bergen Street's first offering, Michel Fiffe's Copra, and so it's surely unsurprising that we're just as excited about Copra Round 2, shipping and arriving in shops next week. Bergen Street is also working with Chuck Forsman on his series violent vigilante series Revenger, and a special Revenger Armory zine is being offered exclusively with preorders for Revenger #2.
Holiday Gift Guide: Oily Comix Subscription
Holiday Gift Guide: Oily Comix Subscription
Holiday Gift Guide: Oily Comix Subscription
Oily Comics Available From: Oily Comix Website Price: $20 for a Three Month Subscription, for a total of 15 mini comics We've spotlighted the comics of Charles Forsman in the past. His work on The End of the F***ing World, recently released in a collection from Fantagraphics, ranks among our favorite books of 2013. But in addition to his own work, Forsman runs Oily Comics, a mini comics publishe
Charles Forsman 'TEOTFW' Interview
Charles Forsman 'TEOTFW' Interview
Charles Forsman 'TEOTFW' Interview
Charles Forsman’s recently concluded 16-part miniseries The End of the F**king World (or TEOTFW in Fantagraphics’s upcoming bookstore-friendly collection) is a rare bird, especially in today’s near-completely Balkanized comic book market; a genuine crowd pleaser.  I’ve worked in comic book shops since before I started high school, and what pains me the most consistently about the otherwise deligh