Comics

For over four years Karl Kerschl has been writing and drawing his award-winning The Abominable Charles Christopher, releasing a new strip every Wednesday. I spoke to him about singlehandedly writing, drawing, printing, and distributing his weekly webcomic and got teasers about upcoming projects. Warning: there are spoilers of Charles in the interview. You can read the entire story for free on the Abominable site.

It’s anniversary week for TRIP CITY, the Brooklyn-filtered literary arts salon that launched digitally one year ago in November 2011 under the guidance of...

Marvel has announced it is turning to radio to advertise its Marvel NOW! initiative. This follows in the footsteps of DC's use of cable...

In response to a reader, Warren Ellis passed along the following notes for writing dialog which strike us as very useful. With apologies, here's the whole thing:

With people still coming down from their Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest high, another indie show has just announced its plans for 2013. CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, will be held June 15-16, at a new location, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago. CAKE is free to the public and exhibitor applications are now being taken with a deadline of January 1, 2013.

It's a curated show that attempts to show the diversity of Chicago's indie comics heritage.

Conference calls! You love them, Marvel loves them, and today saw the first in a new wave of conferences take place. This time we...

Disclaimer: this journalist is one of the newest additions to the TRIP CITY collective. When I first heard the name TRIP CITY, since I...

You may remember Joe Caramagna dropping numerous hints over the past few weeks that he had a secret project in the works, a comic he would...

By: Henry Barajas Two projects with three days left to hit 100% of goal and desperately need your support. Project: Temujin: The Graphic Novel Talent/Project Manager: Allison Smith Days to Go:...

With a nor’easter blowing in at increasing velocity on November 7th, a full house still turned out for the first of the newly partnered...

Take a look at some excerpts from Liz Hickey's new comic, JAMMERS, which will be available at the Hic and Hoc table at The...

A few straggler debuts are coming in for this weekend's Brooklyn Comcis and Graphic Fest including The Beat's own Michel Fiffe with COPRA. It's 24 pp, full color and Fiffe expects it to be MONTHLY.