Reign of the CAFs: DCAF and KentCAF are coming
First came TCAF...then MeCAF...and just a week ago VanCAF...and now DCAF and KentCaf. It is the age of the CAFs, or Comic Arts Festival. I have no idea if the TCAF founders and originators of the CAF label are glad that it's practically become a brand name, but that ship has sailed and bought some silk-screened mini comics
Titan offers the Suicide Girls a Death Sentence
Titan Comics have really impressed with their creative and strange promotional tactics. From issuing military files which explained the details of their series 'Chronos...
Nick Barrucci and Don McGregor are cool now
In case you missed the comments playing out, Dynamite publisher Nick Barrucci apologized to writer Don McGregor for his initially a bit testy response...
Check it out: Sloane’s Tiny Tiny Stories
Comics have always been a collaborative medium (though you can dispute the extent of contributors input and editing til the cows come home) but...
NBM announces return of Omaha the Cat Dancer, more P. Craig Russell collections
NBM has announced their releases for the rest of the year and into 2014 and if you like P. Craig Russell's opera and fairy...
All the Villain Month covers so far
So it only took three years to go back to the strategy of the "universe-wide crossover event" with Forever Evil. Is that enough time...
DC Announce Forever Evil event and Villains Month for September
All through September, every DC issue on their main line is going to switch focus from heroes to villains. 52 one shots will take...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Jimenez, Perez, Fradon, Kelly Find Wonder Woman...
Sunday morning a crowd of die-hard fans gathered to hear some Wonder Woman artists discuss their favorite character, her appeal, and why her translation...
Antarctic Press turns to Indiegogo after Wal*Mart deal leaves them in debt
The comics industry is doing "okay" these days, but it's still a business of very small margins, and one misstep can put you in a rocky spot.
For instance, it seems that Antarctic Press, the long running manga-tinged indie publisher of such books as Gold Diggers, Warrior Nun, Ninja High School and many more, has run afoul of two things that can cause big problems: Wal*Mart and returns.
Gerard Way Pitched a Batman Series to Vertigo
Breaking news from Twitter! Well, sort of. Gerard Way, writer for Umbrella Academy and the upcoming Fabulous Killjoys, is currently sharing artwork from a...
Poisoned Chalice Part 16: Who Own Marvelman? Part II
At this point I want to re-examine Mick Anglo’s part in the creation of Marvelman. To quite an extent Anglo’s involvement in this has...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Life as a Moving Picture in Chris...
William Kuskin, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, Boulder, introduced Denver Comic Con’s keynote speaker, cartoonist Chris Ware, as a man who presents “honesty”...
