MATT CHATS: Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman Building Their ‘Invisible Republic’
Though it's called Invisible Republic, the Image series from Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko has quickly made its presence felt. In five issues the husband and wife duo (along colorist Jordan Boyd and designer Dylan Todd)...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/25/15: Duke students object to reading Fun Home
§ Once again, Alison Bechdel's award winning graphic novel Fun Home is at the center of a Carolina college controversy. The book has been assigned as freshman summer reading for Duke University's Class of 2019,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/24/15: Kirby is still the King
§ Comics scholar Charles Hatfield has curated an exhibit of art by Jack Kirby, now on display at CSU Northridge:
Comic Book Apocalypse: The Graphic World of Jack Kirby | California State University, Northridge:
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MATT CHATS: Wolves of Summer Creators on Kickstarter, Collaboration and the Hitler Youth
It truly is a new Golden Age of comics, not just because of the fantastic output from such publishers as Image, Fantagraphics, Oni, etc., but also because of how many great comics are going...
MATT CHATS: Paul Allor on Making TET, An IDW Comic about Love and War
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Paul Allor, mostly through Comics Experience, a workshop for people who want to create comics. He’s had a meteoric rise in the last few years, and...
MATT CHATS: Thomas Boatwright on Puppets, Patreon and a Transition from Comics
Rarely do I get to learn the story of people who have moved away from the comics industry. Artist and creator Thomas Boatwright is an interesting example of someone who did the comics thing for...
Kibbles ‘n Bits 8/3/15: Battling Boy gets a director; celebrity doesn’t get comics
§ A film adaptation of Paul Pope's Battling Boy series has been on again and off again, but it seems it's on again, with Patrick Osborne named as director. Osborne directed the animated short...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/30/15: Comics and High Art
§ Comics have conquered pop culture (or at least the box office) but what about high culture? While much of the discussion of late has been about artists not getting enough attention from the...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/29/15: #6 will startle you badly
§ Controversial cartoonist Ted Rall is embroiled in controversy again! He was removed from the LA Times as a columnist after the Times found that a May 11th post about a 2001 jaywalking incident...
MATT CHATS: Jeffrey Burandt on Music in Comics with Oni Press
As a medium that requires you to listen, music doesn’t seem like it would meld with traditional comic book storytelling. That assumption, however, has been challenged by a number of writers and artists who...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/26/16: In 1944, comics were quite diverse
Area men are getting things done, I check another one off the bucket list, a comics contest, who was in costume at Comic-Con and what comics looked like in 1944.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/24/15: Michael Carbonaro comes to ConTV
This is a random week's worth. Gotta remember that daily thing.
§ Who Won Comic-Con? Christian Hoffer thinks he has the answer.
§ WizardWorld's on demand streaming service ConTV has been running for a while...
