Friday Art Blogging: George Jurard
George Jurard is a versatile artist working in an indie spare-line style, often with soft, muted pastels and grey-tones in color choice. He’s currently...
Alternative Comics now available on comiXology
Resurgent Alternative Comics has just teamed up with comiXology to release their titles digitally. Five books—Karl Stevens’s Failure, Steve Cerio’s Pie, Sam Henderson’s Magic...
Big Interview: L Nichols- ‘Autobiography is terrifying’
I first came across L Nichols work via her comic for Retrofit: Flocks. To date, Flocks is one of the most powerful works I've read,...
Kick-Watcher: Top 3 projects of the week
I have to calm down with my Kickstarter support because I forget which projects I supported. A month passes by and all of a...
Spotlight on the comiXology Submit Experience with W. Maxwell Prince
ComiXology Submit lauched on March 6, 2013, as a platform for independent comics creators to upload their comics, wait for approval, and if accepted,...
Review: Nobrow 8 Hysteria: all shook up
Nobrow 8: Hysteria
Nobrow Press
Editors: Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro
Hysteria def: 'unmanageable emotional excess' 'emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions'
Here we go...
Virginia Paine to take over Sparkplug Books; business to continue as usual
In an announcement on the Sparkplug Books website, Emily Nillson has announced that she and Tom Neely are turning the running of the imprint...
Alternative Comics is back with Stevens, Kochalka, Henderson, Will and more
The return of indie stalwart Alternative Comics was announced a while ago, and publisher Marc Arsenault has just released info on their 2013 slate with books by Karl Stevens, Sam Henderson, Elaine M. Will, James Kochalka, Kevin Scalzo and more. If this cover gallery does not get you excited, then there is nothing I can do for you.
Moore’s ‘Rachel Rising’ may show up on your TV
Hollywood Reporter's HEAT VISION broke the news that Terry Moore's Rachel Rising got picked up by Alcon Television Group. Alcon financed/produced movies like BOOK OF ELI, Christopher Nolan's INSOMNIA, and the Academy Award winning BLINDSIDE.
Read Monkeybrain’s Bandette #1 for Free
Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette has received four Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nominations for 2013. The digital comic is up for Best New Series and Best Digital Series, and Colleen is nominated under Best Penciller/Inker and Best Colorist. Want to see what all the fuss is about? In light of the prestigious news, Monkeybrain is giving away issue one -- free of charge -- until Friday night of San Diego Comic-Con.
My New View of Mocca Fest 2013
By Dre Grigoropol
I have always been a fan of the Society of Illustrators. When I found out they were taking the Museum of Comics...
REVIEW: 10 Debuts at MoCCA Fest 2013
MoCCA Fest simulates the surreal experience of swimming in comics, even this year when things were more neatly arranged within their red curtained aisles,...
