Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize; tours
Another cartoonist has won a prestigious prize, this time Seth winning the Harbourfront Festival Prize for his body of work.
Continue ReadingBrian Chippendale on JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Do we need to even tell you how great this is? Imagine Stephen Malkmus analyzing the April 1995 issue of Wizard Magazine.
Continue ReadingDynamite brings back Voltron
Earlier this year, word got out that Dynamite would be producing new Voltron comics, tying in with an upcoming cartoon, and now a few more details have been released. Alex Ross will be involved, which shouldn't be too much of a surprise, since he's involved with a lot of Dynamite books. Other than that...well, it will feature a giant robot named Voltron, having immense science fiction adventures. Do you really need more to go on?
Continue ReadingLost comics: Medley’s GALACTIC GIRL GUIDES art goes on sale
There are so many comics that linger in the dark corners of history -- comics that were supposed to come out that never will be or may yet still appear. One such book is GALACTIC GIRL GUIDES, a miniseries spin-off of STARSTRUCK written by Elaine Lee with art by Linda Medley, that was supposed to come out from Tundra but was lost in that company's acquisition by Kitchen Sink and horrifically messy denouement. STARSTRUCK itself is back, in a new edition from IDW. And Medley's art for the mini has resurfaced as an eBay auction. After nearly 20 years, Medley has decided to sell the art, the Flog blog explains:
Continue ReadingNice art: Sam Bosma’s HOBBIT
After looking at a lot of uninspired comics art everywhere, we needed to cleanse our palate and seek out some things which are pleasing to the eye. Like Sam Bosma, an incredibly talented illustrator whose stunning work you can see at his blog. We could spend hours reveling in Bosma's sharp angles and lush colors, but for now we'll link to his illustrations for The Hobbit.
Continue ReadingExclusive preview of the comic that took 25 years to make: TEEN TITAN GAMES
With all the hubbub going on about the New 52, it's ironic that this week also sees the release of a graphic novel that readers have been waiting for for over 25 years: New Teen Titans: Games Marv Wolfman and George Perez revolutionized DC's superhero line with their work on Teen Titans 30 years ago, and they were tapped to create an original graphic novel about the Titans -- one of the first such projects at DC. Unfortunately, first came writer's block on Wolfman's part, then artist's block on Perez's, then various illnesses and publishing scheduling changes came and...bam! 25 years have passed. Perez drew the first 60 pages of the book pack in the 80s, and it languished in a drawer for all this time, until over the last few years, he was able to get back to work on it. However, eye surgery last year caused one last delay...until this very day.
Continue ReadingRoberson and Ellis bring MEMORIAL to IDW
Writer Chris Roberson, who got to play in the DCU sandbox for a while, has announced a new project -- MEMORIAL, a fantasy mini-series about a young woman with no memory who inherits a magic shop. The artist is Rich Ellis. Covers are by Wm. Michael Kaluta.
Continue ReadingDynamite brings back Tarzan as Lord of the Jungle
Dynamite continues its exploration of the public domain worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs with a new comic based on Tarzan called LORD OF THE JUNGLE, which will debut in December with a $1 issue. Arvid Nelson and Robert Castro will be the regular creative team. Variant covers are provided by Alex Ross, Lucio Parillo, Ryan Sook, and Paul Renaud. The first few Tarzan novels, first published in 1914, are now public domain; the name Tarzan is trademarked by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., however.
Continue ReadingICv2 Conference takes 2011 hiatus
When ReedPOP's White Space think tank was announced last week, taking place in conjunction with New York Comic-Con, you might have wondered what happened to ICv2's traditional conference, usually held on the Thursday before the show--and co-sponsored by The Beat. It turns out that because NYCC is four days this year -- preview night on Thursday and three full days afterwards -- a slot just couldn't be found for the conference. A statement has just been released:
Continue ReadingNew Graphicly app embeds comics on Facebook
The vast swath of worldwide communications known as Facebook has now become a bit more comics-friendly, thanks to Graphicly which just introduced an app to allow embedding comics on Facebook pages:
Continue ReadingTo do tonight: Kupperman and Katchor at Book Court
If you've never seen either of these artists read, you are in for a treat.
Continue ReadingEXCLUSIVE: NYCC 11 — Complete programming list
New York Comic-Con has just posted its programming schedules, and there are 300 panels in various categories from anime to comics to video games to Kevin Smith. Unfortunately it's been posted online in one of those awful B-2-B agenda type formats. We made a screen cap of the comics programming grid here: From the looks of things, it's a fairly publisher-centric lineup of Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc. Expect a LOT of news. As promised: here's the EXCLUSIVE text file of all the programming.
Continue ReadingNew 52 news roundup: Sellouts, polls, NDAs
A lot is going on in front of the scenes and behind the scenes. Let's go!
Continue ReadingLittle Island Comics announces opening events
Little Island Comics, the first store for kids comics, has announced several opening events with kid-friendly authors like Claudia Dávila and Kean Soo.
Continue ReadingDynamite announces THE ART OF HOWARD CHAYKIN
In December, Howard Chaykin, artist on such books as American Flagg!, The Shadow, Batman, New Avengers, Dominic Fortune, Black Kiss gets an art retrospective from Dynamite. Written by Robert Greenberger, the book includes a foreword by Brian Michael Bendis and an afterword by Walt Simonson, as well as never before seen pieces from Chaykin's archives. Given Chaykin's penchant for wit and candor, one imagines this will be a pretty entertaining book.
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