Comics

By Finnish artist Janne Tervamäki. Via Boing Being.

Is there nowhere in the world of culture which can stay positive for more than five minutes!? This week we found out that not...

The biggest players in the comics space may soon be (or already are) Apple, Google and Amazon, and at least two of them are...

EASY PIECES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ME & YOU, by Neil Dvorak Neil Dvorak’s series EASY PIECES premiered and continues to appear on the...

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest, top be held November 10, has announced its programming and also satellite events

The Kick-Watcher chats with Hawaii's own Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis the creators of the soon to be successful Kickstarter project; Home of The...

In 1977 Dial Press of New York published Robert Mayer’s first novel, Superfolks. It was, amongst other things, a story of a middle-aged man coming to terms with his life, an enormous collection of 1970s pop-culture references, some now lost to the mists of time, and a satire on certain aspects of the comic superhero, but would probably be largely unheard of these days if it wasn’t for the fact that it is regularly mentioned for its supposed influence on a young Alan Moore and his work, particularly on Watchmen, Marvelman, and his Superman story, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? There’s also a suggestion that it had an influence on his proposal to DC Comics for the unpublished cross-company ‘event,’ Twilight of the Superheroes. But who’s saying these things, what are they saying, and is any of it actually true?

Although Steely Steve Morris couldn't make it to today's Marvel Now call we did get the artwork and it's very nice.

I know, I know! We have been arguing for such a long time that comics aren’t just for kids but the problem is that a majority of the comics publishers have neglected to realize that this is and will always be tomorrow’s adult comics fan. With the acceleration of the Children’s and Young Adult categories, the traditional publishers are dominating a market segment that for some reason, still isn’t registering with the folks who made it possible in the first place.

We were stunned by last year's spectacular Halloween display by Gary Leib at Brooklyn's own Desert Island Comics, and he's back for 2012 with an all new display. Leib has lots more Halloween goodness at his tumblr.

Colleen Doran is rightfully horrified by the above photo of a work area—that belongs to an unnamed cartoonist. As a prescription, she offers a list of declutterizing resources, which I'm sure we could all do with a look at.

Grant Morrison models his Member of the British Empire medal which he was just presented with. And no, you cannot call him Sir Grant, as that honorific only comes with the two highest orders of the British empire.