Kim Jooha

May 20, 2024 | solrad.co | Hagai Palevsky |Kim Jooha

I grew up in a household less atheist than largely antitheist. My mother grew up in a kibbutz, an environment that, if not rejecting religion outright, certainly did not acknowledge it as an option; my father—a city kid whose family, if it was ever devout in any way, had largely left these old ways behind in pre-WWII Poland some generations prior—rejoiced in a boyish in-your-face iconoclasm, and was not much for custom, ritual, or being told what to do.

Nov 30, 2023 | tcj.com | Hagai Palevsky |Kim Jooha |Jay Babcock |Frank Santoro

Ron Rege Jr. talks to Jay Babcock about the rich mixtures of ideas and references embedded in his new book, The Cartoon Utopia, encompassing everything from Nicola Tesla to Yoko Ono.

Nov 13, 2023 | solrad.co | Helen Chazan |Kim Jooha |Rob Clough

Hello again for another round of my column that once aspired to be monthly. Indeed, I had been planning to write a grand missive about the state of comics criticism, maybe under two pseudonyms, along with an itinerary of my Instagram mutuals who of course represent the future of the entire medium. But I got distracted by nobler endeavors like learning how to talk to girls, so the column is a bit late again. That’s fine. I think that I’m worth it.

Oct 23, 2023 | tcj.com | Kim Jooha

Interviews The Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) is a volunteer-run library and community space for comics in Toronto. It also hosts comics artist residencies, workshops and other comics-related events. The CCOL is not associated with any public institution, nor has it received any operational funding from any level of government (a situation they hope to change soon).

Sep 18, 2023 | tcj.com | Kim Jooha

Interviews In 2020, I selected Jillian Tamaki as the very best comics artist of the last decade. Boundless (Drawn & Quarterly, 2017) and SuperMutant Magic Academy (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015) astutely capture the sensibility of the past two decades with remarkable intelligence.