A tale of two Kevins: Feige and Tsujihara
The two most powerful people in comics— Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige—were both the subject of fairly hagiographic profiles recently. The Feige piece in Businessweek was probably the more revelatory, as it offered ACTUAL INFORMATION on the very secretive Marvel Studios process, and the legacy of Ike, such as the following account of the dorm-level offices.
Scott Pilgrim art is selling fast…and relatively cheap
We noted the other day that a new art dealer—Felix Comic Art— was offering rarely seen pages from Bryan Lee O' Malley's Scott Pilgrim...
Richard Corben’s Luke Cage…as you’ve never seen him before
Speaking of Marvel and diversity, in 2002, Marvel published a Cage mini written by Brian Azzarello with art by Richard Corben. It was rough,...
Deathlok gets his own series spinning out of Marvel’s Original Sins mini
Marvel's EIC Axel Alonso and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort were back on a press call to talk about Original SinS wth an S, a companion anthology to Original Sin, the current Marvel Event mini series which kicks off in May. Original SinS (that's my spelling for emphasis) will launch in June with bi-weekly shipping issues. The core of the anthology will be a Young Avengers serial written by Ryan North of Adventure Time fame, but the rest of the stories will include an eclectic line up of creators including Ramon Villalobos. James Robinson, Don Slott, Charles Soule, Mark Bagley and even Rick Geary, is drawing a Lockjaw story.
Margaret Trauth on Decrypting Rita: “I’m in an Intensely Experimental Phase Right Now” [Interview]
Every so often a comic arrests you on the spot, and you're drawn wholly into a new world, style, and story. It happens sometimes...
2014 Reuben Award nominees are out
The "Reuben Awards", aka the divisional awards presented by the National Cartoonist Society to deserving creators in comic strips, illustrations, animation and even comics,...
To Do: Graphic Brighton with David Lloyd, Chris Riddell, Hannah Berry etc. on...
Alex Fitch tell us that he's one of three people organising a one-day comic symposium set for the University of Brighton in England. The day will include panels, talks, workshops and so on.
FINALLY: go read Jeff Smith’s wonderfui webcomic Tüki Save the Humans as it was...
Jeff Smith's webcomic Tuki Save The Humans is back in a redesigned website that shows how spectacular the comic is.
Advance Review: Inhuman #1 bears an Uncanny resemblance – updated
From the creative team of Charles Soule, Joe Madureira, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles, Inhuman #1 finally sees release this week, and Marvel have...
webcomic Alert: The Key by Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes
Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes have created a new webcomic called The Key as part of the BC's Freedom2014 project spotlight free speech issues....
Rachael Smith on House Party: “I’d Like to Answer this Question in the Form...
The British comics scene is in one of the healthiest places it's ever been right now, with new projects coming from all angles, and...
Cully Hamner working on something pretty cool for DC
Or so says this interview with The Square Peg Show from MegaCon. Hamner says he'll be working on something "pretty big" for DC and writing and drawing it. Which is good news because Cully Hamner is quality. Among his past work: design work for DC for years, RED, with Warren Ellis, and its spin-offs, The Question, The Shade, Animal Man, Action Comics, etc etc etc.






