Comics

Well, as we were just saying, colorists are an integral part of the comics creation process, more responsible fore the look of a book...

This is one of those "the killer is calling from inside the house!" posts. As the digital tide slowly eats away at the limestone foundations of print, sometimes it's the hidden damage that is most destructive. In this case, artist Jim Rugg points out something that isn't discussed nearly enough: how coloring comics on computer monitors is not really an adequate preparation for the print versions. In this case, he notes that the print version of Mike Mignola's Hellboy in Hell just doesn't look as good as the digital version:

While Persepolis remains one of the most important comics of the graphic novel era, creator Marjane Satrapi seems to have moved on to different avenues for her talents, likebooks and making movies, such as the Oscar-nominated animated version of Persepolis. And now she's having her first showing of her paintings in a Paris gallery.

Speaking of manga pioneers, Shotaro Ishinomori created GoRenger (the precursor to Power Rangers), Kamen Rider, Cyborg 009, and Kikaider. The Guinness Book of World...

Just a quick note. Last year we all watched Catwoman twist her spine into impressive new shapes previously unseen by man. But we're in...

Aside from having 52 variant covers for state seal lovers, we haven't talked much about the new JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA book by Geoff Johns and David Finch and how it differs from JUSTICE LEGAUE by Johns and other people. Will it be set in America? Will there be spiders? Is Airwave in the team?

For reasons unknown—but probably just for the good of society—Kyle Baker (Deadpool, Plasic Man) has put most of his creator-owned body of...

Continuing our look at thrills to come in 2013, Fantagraphics announced new books by two exciting indie creators, Julia Gfrörer and Ben Catmull, with some advance looks. The cover art isn't final, as attractive as it may be. Both will be out in September.

The collected edition of ZED - A Cosmic Tale will be coming out next week.  It may be under your radar, and that's understandable.  It certainly...

In case you missed yesterday's blockbuster news, the irrepressible Rob Liefeld took three days out of his schedule to write a screenplay called ICONS about the early days of Image. Hitherto shown only to close friends, the screenplay turned up at the website Dreammoviecast where you can read several sample pages up along with Liefeld's own dream casting choices. I don't want to spoil all the surprises but here are two:

Pilot season is upon us in Hollywood, and Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's acclaimed THE SIXTH GUN has gotten a pilot order at NBC with Carlton Cuse (Lost) on board to produce.

Do you have what it takes to juggle a bunch of monthly comics, dealing with freelancers, Diamond, retailers and the comics press? If you're...