Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/15/14: Lots of women at ECCC; first Walking Dead Season Five...
§ Emerald City Comicon was a wonderful, diverse event. And a survey of attendees suggests that half the attendees identified themselves as female. ...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/2/2014: No More ADHD
Some things are so shocking, you won't believe it!!!
KIbbles ‘n’ Bits 4/29/14: Trolling of the very finest kind
§ Alex Dueben catches up with Richard Thompsonas "The Complete Cul de Sac" is published:
What was it like seeing the exhibit at OSU?...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/27/14: People said things, did things
§ Many thanks to David Fairbanks, Michael DeLaney, David Nieves and of course, Tireless Torsten Adair for their C2E2 coverage. Sounds like this show has come into its own at last.
§ There were a bajillion comics events this weekend and one of the more oblique was the Brooklyn Zine Fest ; Robyn Chapman has a complete report and says it was her most profitable show since Comic Arts Brooklyn, so in Brooklyn they like ziney comics. That is good.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/24/14 – Don’t scan my testicles
§ Beware the timeslot! It seems that the aborted single season of Beware The Batman will finish but new episodes will be shawn at...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/22/14 – shocking facts that will leave you limp!
§ Big big ups to Shannon O'Leary and Pam Auditore for their WonderCon coverage! You guys are THE BEST.
§ Here is that big...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/21/2014: That old verbal visual blend
First off, thanks to Nicholas Eskey for his WonderCon coverage this weekend. He did a smashing job covering some diverse panels, including Con Talk-Back...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/14-18 2014: Megahex cover revealed
I was working on a long article this week so this all piled up, but I know it's the weekend and everyone has nothing...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/10/14: Check out the SCHMUCK Kickstarter!
§ Mark Evanier reports that original Airboy artist Fred Kida, a nominee for this year's Eisner Hall of Fame, has passed away at 93.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/8/14: RIP Jeff Pert
§ Maine cartoonist Jeff Pert died suddenly at age 53. Pert was known for his local humor, and his cartoon books were a staple...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/24/14: These LIttle Nemo tribute pages are sweet!
§ Hasn't Little Nemo been in the public domain for a while? It's surprising that everyone is doing Little Nemo tributes now, including IDW and Locust Moon comics. Zainab Akhtar previews the Dream Another Dream, the Locust Moon offering and the page above by Jeremy Bastien is but one of several gobsmacking pages already seen. YOW.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/21/14: The Apotheosis of Zen Pencils
§ Zen Pencils is a website where a cartoonist named Gavin Aung Than takes famous speeches written by other folks and turns them into comics. It was the subject of a famous beatdown by Abhay Khosla who tagged it as vapid pap that stole other people's thoughts, and some other folks think it's just fine and signed it to a book deal. Perhaps Than was stung by some of the haters because he just penned his first ORIGINAL cartoon, called "The Artist-Troll War" and it is a bit...on the nose. It is in four parts;
