Editorial: Dear, Content Maker… by Dean Haspiel
Sadly, the death rattle of print is shivering its way towards the way we currently package and distribute our wares, and marketing is a publishing luxury of the past. The good news? There is a new dawn on the horizon where the author will become the provider, publisher and publicist. Don't let it daunt you. Continue to network, make strong allies, be aware, show up, and be gracious. The digital age was created by us, for us. If you can procrastinate one hour a day, you can certainly keep track of what's what. Train your eye and keep tabs and make something new.
Continue ReadingMore Lynda Barry on tour and Montreal report
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet If you missed the earlier stops, you can still see the one and only phenomenal Lynda Barry talking and inspiring: DO NOT MISS Lynda Barry on tour for PICTURE THIS in a city near you. Seeing Lynda Barry’s exceptional, inspirational presentation in person is something each and every fan should witness. Lynda [...]
Continue ReadingOfficial X-Men: First Class photos
Share this link on Facebook!TweetGeoff Boucher got to ramble around the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS set yesterday, and hear about Matthew Vaughn’s anxiety about getting it finished, and James McAvoy’s take on playing Prof. X and so on. “We’re filming at the moment, we’ve a lot to get done,” said a weary Vaughn, whose credits include memorable [...]
Continue ReadingLaw and the Multiverse: an interview from the courthouse
Share this link on Facebook!TweetEver since their autumnal launch of Law and the Multiverse, James Daily and Ryan Davidson, two stalwart attorneys licensed to practice law in Missouri and Indiana respectively, have used not a brush or nib but the digital pen to question what many fates are in store for superheroes should the law [...]
Continue ReadingHathaway is Catwoman and Hardy is Bane in Dark Knight Rises
After months of speculation, we now know that Christopher Nolan isn't giving up the Batman franchise without going into the sexy feminine side of the myth: Anne Hathaway will play Catwoman in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES -- and yes, that sounds pretty dirty. And the previously announced Tom Hardy will play back-breaker Bane, an escaped criminal who gets super strength after getting jacked on drugs. (Bane was responsible for breaking Batman's spine in a '90s comics storyline.)
Continue ReadingWorking for a living: Joe Casey
Always outspoken creator Joe Casey has another crack at pissing people off with his take on marketing, surviving in Hollywood, and his own brand of career advice in this exclusive interview.
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Authorities seize retailer’s gun stash
Last week, retailer Travis Corcoran , owner of the Arlington, Mass. online retailer HeavyInk posted some repulsive comments on his personal blog about the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. We didn't cover them because they were so obviously a sickening play for attention: "1 down, 534 to go." After Bleeding Cool made the connection between Corcoran and the blog (which the retailer has since removed), creators tweeted that they didn't want to be sold at HeavyInk, and Corcoran responded with several rambling, defiant blog posts:
Continue ReadingNew Shanower comic in CLASSICS AND COMICS
Get an exclusive peak at a new comic by Eric Shanower.
Continue ReadingNice art: Texting Kills by Otis Frampton
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Continue ReadingTumbling Tumblr blogs: Kanye + Comics
It is impossible not to feel that this Kanye + Comics blog unites the voice for our times with some kick-ass comics panels.
Continue ReadingComics culture: MF Doom’s Operation: Doomsday gets spiffy new release
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet MF Doom is one of the peripheral players of comic-dom — a hip hop stylist who wears an iron mask, originally based on Doctor Doom. He also frequently slips nerd-referenced samples and lyrics into his work (notably on Dangerdoom), and his team-up with Madlib — known as Madvillain — produced the [...]
Continue ReadingPreview: DENIS KITCHEN’S CHIPBOARD SKETCHBOOK
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere’s a small preview of DENIS KITCHEN’S CHIPBOARD SKETCHBOOK, which presents some of his distinctive work from another medium — cardboard! The book, published by BOOM!, goes on sale tomorrow. Following on the heels of THE ODDLY COMPELLING ART OF DENIS KITCHEN, an overview of the pioneering underground cartoonist published this [...]
Continue ReadingFirstish looks: Spider-Man in action; possible X-Men First Class
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA few set photos floating around this afternoon are of interest for various reasons. ¶ A fan on the street snapped a shot of a Spider-Man action scene underway in LA. Can you see what is wrong with this picture? ANSWER: IT IS BEING SHOT IN LA. Feh. Faw. Their Spring Street [...]
Continue ReadingPR: deLaine replaces Gomez at Image
Via PR, official confirmation of Sarah deLaine replacing Betsy Gomez as Image Comics' PR & Marketing Coordinator. deLaine is a long time Image staffer and formerly worked at Comic Relief.
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