Comics

Something from the WB/DC movie corral that sounds very intriguing: Guillermo del Toro is heading up a "Dark Universe" film which would unite characters...

A couple of recent interviews looks back on the 90s Seattle comics scene—a key movement which spawned much of the whole indie comics world of today—with two creators who are still very much in the mix, Jon Lewis and Tom Hart.

The Society of Illustrators has announced medalists in their Sequential/Series, Institutional, Uncommissioned, and Moving Image categories. SoI doesn't really give awards in comics, but the Sequential/Series category covers work that requires more than one image, so it's mostly comics.

'Tis the season for what the bestsellers of the previous year were.  And with it comes the annual opportunity to illustrate that tastes can...

Marvel's Next Big Thing is.... Fearless Defenders! Which launches in February from Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney. We've already given you a look at...

Marvel have released a full teaser image - brings you back to those heady days before one-word teasers, sweet memories - for Daniel Way's...

One of the holy grails of the blogosphere (at least this blogosphere) has been a picture of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby together to...

It seems so! Marvel have released another one of their one-word teasers today, although this one is less of a word and more of...

Adventure Time comics have been a huge hit for Boom Studios, with variant covers by a who's who of indie ad animation stars as eagerly sought after as the latest Alex Roos variant. And the franchise has shown enough legs to warrant a stand alone original graphic novel by Danielle Corsetto and Zack Sterling. The cover is by Stephanie Gonzaga.

Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy is coming back in a second graphic novel this year, called Astronaut Academy, and First Second is running it as a webcomic prior to the book release. A fast paced manga-inspired comedy about the adventures and romances at a school for young space-farers, ASTRONAUT ACAEDMY stars a student named Hakata Soy. The story line involves some sinister romance:

One of the more interesting aspects of Marvel's relaunch is how involved some of the creators have been in discussing their craft with fans....

Let's start the year out with a return to comics' original sin: Daniel Best reprints Truth, Justice, & The Corporate Conscience by Steve Gerber, an article from WAP, a creator's rights newsletter published in the 80s by Gerber, Steven Grant and Frank Miller. Gerber, for those who don't know, was a very influential writer for Marvel in the 70s who eventually sued for ownership of a character he co-created, Howard the Duck. He lost the suit, but never the anger. He died in 2008.