Interview: Cecil Baldwin shares Welcome to Night Vale’s origin story and talks inclusivity in...
We sat down at Flame Con with Cecil Baldwin, star of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, and talked WTNV's origins, it's explosive popularity and how serialized storytelling expands representation of LGBTQ characters
Interview: Ms. Deadpool’s Reilly Brown Chats Art and Inter-Galactus Ping Pong
Reilly Brown is a stalwart veteran of the House of Ideas, drawing titles like Amazing Spiderman, New Warriors and Incredible Hercules. However, while Brown's work...
Interview: Phil Jimenez talks Wonder Woman, Midnighter and the future of LGBTQ fandom
Artist and writerPhil Jimenez talks gay comic fandom, the many faces of Wonder Woman and why Midnighter leaves him cold.
SDCC ’15: Slave Labor signing schedule with Vasquez and some APE news
Rounding out our pre-game with a few of the signing schedules not widely spotlighted. SLG/Slave Labor will be occupying a prime slot at the...
AfterShock announces initial line-up with Ennnis, Gaiman, Palmiotti, Conner and more
When AfterShock Comics, a new line headed by veteran writer/publisher Joe Pruett (Caliber, Desperado), was announced people might have thought, "OK." When the line-up of financial backers—including Michael Richter (eBay Facebook), reality TV producer Jon Kramer, Lee Kramer (Endeavor) and SVP Investor Relations Jawad Qureshi — people probably though. "Hm." When it was announced that Marvel editor Mike Marts was leaving Marvel to join AfterShock as Editor in Chief people definitely sat up and took notice. And now that the initial line-up of writers has been announced, I imagine a few people fell off their chairs.
SDCC ’15: KFC Goes Nerdy with their Colonel Campaign
By Nick Eskey
In what can only be considered a bold marketing move, KFC is making their presence known at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con....
SDCC ’15 Comics Journalism Panel – You-know-what vs. the Beat?
What will you be wearing on Thursday night at 6:30pm? The answer could reveal where you stand on the theme of Heidi's latest SDCC...
SDCC ’15: Watchtower Tuesday: There’s no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we...
...and we're back! Comic-Con won't start for another day, but the newsfeeds have been full of it today! There's all sorts of anticipation, it's...
Review: Negative Space Has A Positive Charge
Things start off looking grim. A chubby writer tries to write his suicide note, but is prevented by writer’s block. He longs to connect with the world around him, but is locked away behind walls of shyness. But around page 4, things take a turn.
Dark Horse signs “first-look” deal with Universal Cable Productions
Just a few months after signing Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick to a television production deal, Universal continues to link up with comic...
Interview: Jennifer Crute Opens Up in Jennifer’s Journal
By Nick Eskey
Jennifer Crute is a native New York City artist, turned comic creator. She began her love for making art at an early...
Sean Murphy drops truth bombs on Comics’ ongoing money problems and more
In the debut issue of Sktchd.com's Off Panel podcast interview series, David Harper sat down with Sean Gordon Murphy, prolific illustrator of titles including The Wake and Hellblazer: City of Angels. Recently, he collaborated with Mark Millar on Chrononauts, a time-hopping action miniseries that was optioned for a movie deal before the release of its first issue. While Murphy is known as one of the most talented artists in comics, he's also one of the most brutally honest, and this podcast is full of truth bombs about the harsh realities of working in comics.
