Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/2/15: Second Avenue Caper wins a Lammy
§ The Lammy Awards were presented last night, aka the Lambda Literary Awards, which honor LGBTQ literature in many categories from lesbian romance to transgender fiction. The Graphic novel nominees were:
100 Crushes by...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/1/15: Do not movie Comic-Con to Las Vegas!
Wow last week was as arduous as Comic-Con, between Book Expo and BookCon...but I survived, and I never bought any food at the Javits! Okay, I did buy some Pinkberry on Friday afternoon because...
MATT CHATS: Christine Larsen on Samurai Jack, Hand Lettering & the Journey from Creator-Owned...
Welcome to Week 1 of a Samurai Jack series of interviews! Christine Larsen, artist of Samurai Jack #19, is an extremely interesting and exciting new voice in the comic book industry. Her best known works have...
News and notes: Albuquerque show postponed; Denver draws 100K and more
§ It's the week of Book Expo/Book Con, the latter of which could possible be called "sitcom co-star with a new book con" but that's how it goes. Anyway, I'll be at both...
MATT CHATS: Claire Connelly on the Life of an Up-and-Coming Creator
There are a lot of indie creators out there under the radar paving out careers for themselves with fanbases, relatively small but extremely dedicated, that return again and again for new projects. One such...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/20/15: Surviving Charlie Hebdo cartoonist quits and other news of the...
§ Luz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist who sirvived the January attack, is quitting the magazine in September, he revealed in an interview on Monday. It's hard to blame him.
“Each issue is torture,...
The Retailer’s View // Bridging A Gap With The Archie Kickstarter
So I launched a comic store on Free Comic Book Day. It was quite the trick, trying to get things ready for the day with things exploding all around. We had ordered a point...
MATT CHATS: “Lord Retail” on Selling Comics, Dealing with Digital and a Lot More
This is MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series with people involved in the making, publishing or selling comics. This week I spoke to someone in that last category. Jermaine Exum (a.k.a. “Lord Retail") is...
MATT CHATS: Brian Buccelleto on Transmedia Project “Sons of the Devil” Coming Soon from...
Welcome to MATT CHATS, where I (Matt) talk to a person of interest in the comic book industry every Tuesday at 4:30 PM Eastern. Today I am speaking with an industry veteran but relative...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/30/15: What kind of car would the Avengers be?
§ Top Shelf just announced two books for July, Tim Ginger by Julian Hanshaw:
And The Motorcycle Samurai (Volume One) by Chris Sheridan which has a FCBD comic!
§ Panels is a site about comics run...
MATT CHATS: Webcomics Wizard Scott Kurtz on Commanding His “Table Titans”
Welcome to MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series in which I, Matt O'Keefe, talk with people of interest in the comic book industry. Whether they're writers, artists, letterers, editors, retailers, etc. if they have...
MATT CHATS: Gabo Gabs about Writing and Drawing Micro-Fiction
Welcome to MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series in which I talk to a creator, consumer or seller of comics. This week I spoke with Gabriel “Gabo” Bautista, who is working on several projects...
