SDCC 14: Batman’s 75th, My 20th, and a Lot of First Experiences
By David Nieves
We're all still recovering from copious amounts of walking around taking pictures with people and wishing the people in front of us...
The Beat Podcasts! – SDCC ’14 Day 1: Eric Powell & Richard Starkings
Live from San Diego Comic Con, it's More To Come! Publishers Weekly's podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate...
Interview: The Whole Creative Team for ‘And Then Emily Was Gone’!
Who even is Emily and where did she go? Those are the first two questions that spring into the mind when reading 'And Then...
TCAF news: 2015 dates, 2014 attendance drew 22,000
Director Chris Butcher has a wrap-up post for the 2014 TCAF that has many thanks and observations. Also the news that next year's fest...
CAKE Report: Indie comics go to Chicago
by Benjamin Rogers -- Once again the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo was a huge success. CAKE 2014 featured over 120 exhibitors and drew 2,200 attendees over the course of the weekend, a ten percent increase from last year’s show. Conference organizer Neil Brideau said that CAKE was excited to continue increasing its scope, noting that “this was the first year we’ve had a large international presence.” He highlighted some artists who travelled a long way to attend the show such as Inés Estrada of Mexico, and Philippa Rice and Luke Pearson of the UK.
This weekend it’s CAKE!
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo takes place this weekend, and the show really seems to have ramped it up to take its place among...
To Do Tonight, NYC: SCAM Signing at Forbidden Planet
The above band of scalawags signs the SCAM Anthology at Forbidden Planet tonight. SVCAM is a book that was Kickstartered and now published...
Webcomic alert: HOLLOW part I by Sam Alden
Sam Alden has just posted the first part of a longer story called HOLLOW part I—it's a digital version of a comic he had...
Quick TCAF 2014 thoughts
While waiting for my Porter Airlines flight at Billy Batson Airport, I thought I'd dash off a thought or two.
• It was an...
Preview: Subcultures: A Comics Anthology
Comics anthologies are generally a good thing, but in my personal preferences, I like ones that are on a tightly focused topic better than...
AdHouse books is having a sale!
There's a great warehouse sale going on at AdHouse Books:
It's been a few years since we had a SALE, so I thought we'd make...
Review: Some Picks from the Spring Oily Bundle
It's hard to convince me to not contribute to the growing number of small press comic subscriptions--every season there seems to be even more...














