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FLAME CON returns to Times Square in 2019: here’s your ticket and exhibitor info

01/04/2019 1:54 pm by Edie Nugent Leave a Comment

FLAME CON returns to Times Square in 2019: here’s your ticket and exhibitor info

Flame Con will return to Manhattan and the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel for its fifth year in 2019. The 2018 installment saw a record attendance of over 7,000 people according to Geeks OUT, the organization that has been putting on this inclusive con since its Brooklyn debut in 2015.

Filed Under: Comics, Conventions, News, Top News Tagged With: flame con, Flame Con 2018, Flame Con 2019, flamecon, Geeks OUT, jen bartel, LGBTQ, lgbtq comics, lgbtqaI+ comics, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

EXCLUSIVE: Interior art reveal on Bilal’s Exterminator 17

11/12/2018 3:47 pm by Edie Nugent

EXCLUSIVE: Interior art reveal on Bilal’s Exterminator 17

We’ve got ten pages of Interior art from the English translation of Enki Bilal’s Exterminator 17.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Comics, News, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Enki Bilal, Exterminator 17, Heavy Metal, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, science fiction, statix press, Titan Comics

From the page to the stage: Minky Woodcock comes alive with bunnies and burlesque

11/09/2018 2:03 pm by Edie Nugent

From the page to the stage: Minky Woodcock comes alive with bunnies and burlesque

The sequential art of comics is by design a participatory experience, one that co-creates meaning between panel and reader. Our minds fill in the action between panels, imbuing them with movement, voice-overs, and emotion that complete the animation begun within the still frames of the artist and script of the writer. It seems a natural fit, […]

Filed Under: Comics, Comings & Goings, Culture, Events, Film & TV, News, The Stage, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Cynthia von Buhler, hard case crime, Houdini, Illuminati Ball, kickstarter, Minky Woodcock, Pearls Daily, Speakeasy Dollhouse, theater, Titan Comics

EXCLUSIVE: Art reveal of globe-trotting graphic novel Emma G. Wildford

10/02/2018 1:46 pm by Edie Nugent

EXCLUSIVE: Art reveal of globe-trotting graphic novel Emma G. Wildford

Art reveal of the sumptuous graphic novel Emma G. Wildford, a tale of ” loss, determination, heartache, and self-discovery.”

Filed Under: Announcements, Breaking News, Comics, News, Publishers, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Benoît Drousie, Edith Grattery, Emma G. Wildford, statix press, Titan, Zidrou and Edith

Carlos Ezquerra, the visionary artist who co-created Judge Dredd, dies at 70

10/01/2018 12:59 pm by Edie Nugent

Carlos Ezquerra, the visionary artist who co-created Judge Dredd, dies at 70

Today the comics community at large mourns the passing of legendary artist Carlos Ezquerra whose work co-creating Judge Dredd for 2000 AD defined that magazine through over 40 years of publishing and coalesced the modern British comics movement.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Cartoonists, Comics, News, Obituaries, Top News Tagged With: 2000 ad, Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, John Wagner, Judge Dredd, Obituaries, pat mills, starlog, Strontium Dog

Nerds flame on at Flame Con: all the queer cheer is here

08/31/2018 5:54 pm by Edie Nugent

Nerds flame on at Flame Con: all the queer cheer is here

In its fourth year, Flame Con continues to be a haven for diverse voices among indie creators, artists and the fans that love them.

Filed Under: Comics, Conventions, Fandom, Indies, Interviews, Kickstarter, News, Podcasts, Small Presses, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Alexis Sanchez, Angélique Roché, Barbara Perez Marquez, Camilla Zhang, CK Stewart, comics journalism, flame con, Flame Con 2018, flamecon, hiveworks, Isabelle Melançon, Kat Overland, Kevin Gilligan, kickstarter, kris anka, Latinx, Mallory Yu, Margot Atwell, mariko tamaki, Mey Rude, Noelle Stevenson, Phil Jimenez, Reign, Sina Grace, vita ayala

Kickstarter campaign to turn Minky Woodcock comic into a play is in its final week

08/17/2018 1:55 pm by Edie Nugent

Kickstarter campaign to turn Minky Woodcock comic into a play is in its final week

A Kickstarter campaign launched to turn the Minky Woodcock comic about a prohibition-era gumshoe into an immersive theater production ends a week from today.

Filed Under: Events, Film & TV, News, The Stage, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Cynthia von Buhler, hard case crime, Illuminati Ball, kickstarter, Minky Woodcock, Pearls Daily, Speakeasy Dollhouse, theater, Titan Comics

SDCC ’18: Statix Press panel will announce “major new film project”

07/13/2018 1:30 pm by Edie Nugent

SDCC ’18: Statix Press panel will announce “major new film project”

Heidi MacDonald moderates Statix Press: Bringing the Best of the World’s Comics to a U.S. Audience on  Thursday, July 19 at SDCC

Filed Under: Comics, Conventions, News, Previews, Publishers, SDCC, SDCC '18, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: chris thompson, Emma G. Wildford, Gustave Flaubert, Heidi MacDonald, Helge Vogt, McCay, Philippe Druillet, Re-Mind, Salammbô, statix, statix press, terence irvins, Titan Comics, Wrath of Fantomas

EXCLUSIVE: Statix Press brings Philippe Druillet’s Salammbô to stores this November

07/12/2018 1:30 pm by Edie Nugent

EXCLUSIVE: Statix Press brings Philippe Druillet’s Salammbô to stores this November

We’ve got a slew of mind-bending preview pages from Salammbô, from legendary Franco-Belgian comic artist Philippe Druillet, due out this November.

Filed Under: Announcements, Comics, News, Previews, Publishers, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Gustave Flaubert, Heavy Metal, Moebius, Philippe Druillet, R. Crumb, Salammbô, statix, statix press

EXCLUSIVE: Statix Press brings French crime thriller “Wrath of Fantomas” to our shores

07/11/2018 1:00 pm by Edie Nugent

EXCLUSIVE: Statix Press brings French crime thriller “Wrath of Fantomas” to our shores

Statix Press is bringing award-winning French crime thriller Wrath of Fantomas, based on the popular series of novels by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, to the English-language market in January 2019.

Filed Under: Announcements, Comics, News, Previews, Publishers, Titan, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Crime, Julie Rocheleau, Marcel Allain, Olivier Bocquet, Pierre Souvestre, statix, statix press, statix week, thriller, Wrath of Fantomas

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