MATT CHATS: Rich Douek on IDW’s Gutter Magic and a Big World in a...
A lot of authors have big stories inside of them that involve a lot of mythology and worldbuilding. The problem in comics is that most series have a relatively low page count, so the...
The All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown Week Six
Marvel Comics has an interesting problem on their hands. If you’ve been following the comics publisher or even the Diamond sales charts, it may have been brought to your attention that Marvel is unleashing...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: Rage, rage against the dying of the Robin
§ Vixen of Vixen Varsity and Black Comics Month is raising money for rehab following an operation for injuries sustained in a car accident.
I'm Vixen of VixenVarsity and creator of #BlackComicsMonth ,...
MATT CHATS: Declan Shalvey on Injecting Himself into the World of Creator-Owned
After making his presence in the comic book industry felt in a big way on a run with Warren Ellis on Moon Knight, Declan Shaley moved over to creator-owned with the writer. They set...
All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown: Week Five
The Marvel Universe has moved on, but it’s left the rest of us behind. This is the fifth installment of the ongoing series where The Comics Beat looks at each new title in the All-New, All-Different Marvel line and tells you if these titles are worth your hard-earned dollars.
MATT CHATS: Antony Johnston on Doing Comics His Way
Antony Johnston recently shared a couple enlightening posts about his experience writing ongoing series for Image Comics over the past couple of years. Familiar with his work in a variety of mediums, from comics...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/30/15: What these dogs did with their kibble was amazing. What...
§ I'm sorry this is a weekly column now. But on the plus side, while I was googling around, I found these images of the ORIGINAL Kibbles 'n' Bits!
What's interesting is that in the "classic" version, the dog is clearly holding a plate in its mouth because the pooch just can't wait to tuck into some tasty kibbles 'n' bits. Int his modified version, the dog just has a plate under its chin which...makes less sense? Maybe it's because it contains string beans? Serous talk: I am NOT a dog person but do they really eat string beans?
The Retailer’s View // Deconstructing the Clubhouse
This week’s edition of The Retailer’s View is going to be slightly different than most - while most of the time, I’m writing these solo with support and encouragement from my wife, this one...
Kibbles’n’ Bits 10/22/15: You won’t believe which presidential candidate is stalking which young...
As you may have heard, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush -- who has been criticized for not being as sharp as he should be at this point in the election out on the campaign...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/20/15: You won’t believe what Captain America did this time!
Captain UN-America? Some think so. Also: go see Harvey Kurtzman and don't touch your cel phone because it's dirty. Plus Brian K Vaughan reveals something awesome. And is manga really a cat?
MATT CHATS: Jim Zub on Finishing Skullkickers and Continuing his Wayward Path
Jim Zub, easily my most-interviewed creator, is on a tear lately. In addition to wonderful corporate-owned work like Figment, he more than stuck the landing on Skullkickers and he nailed the second arc of his...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/19/15 – Isayama: “I thought I woud work in a...
§ The BBC has a short video interview with Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama, which I can't embed because BBC. Isayama talks about his struggles to get AoT published, and the rejection he faced, and confesses "My self esteem was so low when my editor showed interest I thought what's wrong with this guy." He says he thought he would end up working in a manga cafe because his art was considered so bad. This is the typical low self esteem expressed by cartoonists, so there is really no difference between manga and US comics. But who is laughing now, with AoT having sold some 52 million copies.
