SD10: Indie Comics Saturday
Dark Horse Given that pretty much all of the Spartans died at the Battle of Thermopylae - which was sort of the point - people have been speculating for years about how Frank Miller would wring a sequel out of his hit Dark Horse graphic novel and movie 300. Today, at Comic-Con, the answer came out. The sequel, XERXES, will actually take place at exactly the same time on another battlefield of the same war.
Continue ReadingA CONTRACT WITH GOD to come to the screen
Via pr: Legendary comic book master Will Eisner’s groundbreaking graphic novel “A Contract with God” is being adapted into a live action feature film, it was announced this evening at Comic- Con International 2010 by the film’s producers. In what is considered by many to be one of the most influential graphic novels ever written, in [...]
Continue ReadingMarvel announces STRANGE TALES 2
Marvel announced a second series of STRANGE TALES, indies-do-superheroes, at their Mondo Marvel panel this afternoon. It will be a three-issue miniseries with no ads. While hardly a surprise since contributors had been leaking this like crazy for months, it’s still welcome news The list of contributors includes: Alex Robinson, Dash Shaw, David Heatley, [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: Viper Comics #1903
You would think that writing the script to BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA would be enough to get a person banned for life, but no. Jeff Bushell will be at the Viper Comics booth, roaming fee and unharmed, with his new book, STU BEAR IN THE 25th CENTURY. It turns out he's an okay guy with lots of other writing credits. Let's bury the hatchet and try to live in peace, okay?
Continue ReadingSD10: Arcana #2415
Arcana is one of the 700 companies featuring Stan Lee at their booth. Clockwork Girl creator Sean O'Reilly will also be around along with Chris Claremont, assorted WWE divas and movie stars and so on. They also have a tote bag!
Continue ReadingSD10: Ape Enterainment #2104
FREAKSHOW #1 by David Server, Jackson Lanzing and Joe Suitor highlights the offerings at Ape Entertainment.
Continue ReadingTrue Blood Recap: Sweet Up True Blood
Season Three/Episode Three: It Hurts Me Too It hurts me to tell you what you already know – this recap is late.  Let’s just say my cable company sucks. So there I was Sunday, all verklempt, with no hope of being cable ready until later this week.  But I turned that frown upside down when my [...]
Continue ReadingMeCAF hits Portland this weekend
This weekend sees the Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, ME. In its second year the show has expanded to two days -- a day of FREE panels at the Portland Public Library this Saturday and then a exhibit on Sunday at the Ocean Gateway. There's also a comics art show on display at the Lewis Gallery at the Portland Public Library. Guest list is here, headlines by Brian Wood, Skottie Young and Jeff Lemire. The Portland Press HErald previews the show here and the organizer, Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics.
Continue ReadingTCAF Dreaming!
Well, as you all undoubtedly know, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is ginning up right this minute in BEAUTIFUL Toronto, the show of the year for art, literary, and indie comics, and those of us who aren’t going are quietly crying and drinking a bottle of Château Cheval Blanc down at the KFC. You can see [...]
Continue ReadingFull Bleed Stumptown 2010: We got a theory about magic and miracles
I’ve probably started my last three Stumptown reports with this, but I love Portland and the Stumptown Comics Festival. You could rightly say that it’s because Stumptown was the first show that I actually set up at, back in 2007 (has it only been two and a half years of being on the other side of the table?). You could, but I’m not sure how accurate that is. Comparing the Stumptown show of 2007 (in chilly October) to that of 2010 (in springtime cool April) is a tricky thing. The show has grown and been managed in such a way as to make the two very different. 2007 yielded decent attendance for an independent comics show, though was often long periods of quiet punctuated with silence. Sure, part of that was the fact that I was just selling a mini/ashcan preview then. Nobody else seemed to have any complaints about the size/speed of the show and I didn’t have anything to compare it with, though I remember it not being particularly busy most of the time (a good starter show, as opposed to jumping in with both feet to say Wonder-Con or the like.)
Continue ReadingTurtles — true and false
Yesterday the above, somewhat disturbing photo, swept through the internets like a virus, with the breathless question : is this a leak from the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie?... Latino review, which first cirulated he photo, says that it's just a class project from one of make-up master Tom Savini's students. However we are happy to report that THIS is the real deal: PIZZA TIME!... The above is Jon Vermillyea 's drawing, and it is not disturbing at all.
Continue ReadingSPACE fest news and notes
Such a busy weekend! The indie comics tour continues in the Midwest with the SPACE Festival, held this year at a new location: Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center4900 Sinclair RoadColumbus, OH 43229 Show hours are 10-6 Saturday and 11-5 Sunday. The festival includes the presentation of the SPACE Prize, given to publications submitted at the show. [...]
Continue ReadingStumptown news and notes
The Stumptown Comics Fest unfolds this weekend in Portland, one of the premier events on the indie comics circuit, and what with the Mayor declaring it “Comics Month” in PDX, you know this is Comicstown, USA. The show takes place at the Doubletree Portland Lloyd Center. Panels can be viewed here, with spotlights on guests [...]
Continue ReadingAn interview with Dylan Williams
Dylan Williams is the founder of Sparkplug Comic Books, art film/used bookstore owner , and guy behind the scenes in many of Portland's comic and independent press events. A few months back, I sent Dylan some questions for an article on Diamond for PW Comics, expecting a few short answers, and when I got his responses, I wanted to print them all.
Continue ReadingMoCCA DEBUT: Caboose
Special Beat mention for Caboose, a FREE newspaper comics supplement, created by students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies. A few thousand copies have been printed up and will be given away FREE at this weekend’s MoCCA Fest. Get ‘em while they’re hot. Cover art by Max de Radiqués and Chuck Forsman.
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