INTERVIEW: Dustin Nguyen’s Big Ideas behind LI’L GOTHAM
I caught up with longtime DETECTIVE COMICS and BATMAN artist Dustin Nguyen at WonderCon to find out about the L’IL GOTHAM phenomenon, a regular...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013, Ann Nocenti and Jim Lee Enthuse about Comics
On March 30th, WonderCon attendees got treated to a bonus feature in a Spotlight panel with Ann Nocenti, Jim Lee acting as her interviewer....
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Lala Albert
I've mentioned Lala Albert here before but she continues to fascinate with her disturbing but compelling mythology of three eyed women. Much concerned with...
INTERVIEW: R.M. Peaslee and R.G. Weiner Deconstruct Spider-Man in WEB-SPINNING HEROICS
Spider-Man is hands down one of the most popular characters ever to leap from the pages of Marvel Comics, and is even a strong...
Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day Issue is INFINITY by Hickman and Cheung
Free Comic Book Day is coming up, and Marvel have today revealed what their release is going to be - Infinity, by Jonathan Hickman...
40 years of pain: The History of Siegel and Shuster by Steve Gerber
Let's start the year out with a return to comics' original sin: Daniel Best reprints Truth, Justice, & The Corporate Conscience by Steve Gerber, an article from WAP, a creator's rights newsletter published in the 80s by Gerber, Steven Grant and Frank Miller.
Gerber, for those who don't know, was a very influential writer for Marvel in the 70s who eventually sued for ownership of a character he co-created, Howard the Duck. He lost the suit, but never the anger. He died in 2008.
This year, vote for a REAL change. Vote Loki!
You could settle for petty tyrants who steal a vote here and there or block uncontroversial legislation out of mere partisan spite, but why...
NYCC: A Final Marvel & DC Cover Parade
The last day of New York Comic-Con was a day of relative peace and tranquillity, unless you were Dan Slott in which case it was...
Alan Davis ‘assists’ on Astonishing X-Men; and the effect of double-shipping on artists
By Steve Morris
As spotted by Jarrod on the CBR forums (hi Jarrod!), a Mike Perkins fight sequence from next week's Astonishing X-Men #55 clearly...
What is Marvel's Superior?
By Steve Morris
I suppose the smart-arse answer to that question would be "Disney", but this actually refers to a teaser released today via Diamond...
Despite jibe, Waid and Johns are "cool."
After Mark Waid's "Four Panels that Never Work" comic was seen just about everywhere yesterday, one might have been forgiven for thinking that given the fourth-panel poke at Geoff Johns penchant for mutilating heroes, Waid and Johns must be feuding or something. However, Waid showed up in the comments at Robot 6 to answer questions and revealed that it was merely a friendly rib:
More on comics, women, branding and the future
My essay on Marvel and DC as dedicated safe spaces for male-focused entertainment got quite a bit of talk going, which is the best possible reaction to any essay. Several very smart people wrote rebuttals, and these posts also generated very thoughtful comment sections.
