Isaac Leiro Sums Up AvX in Six Frames
By Steve Morris
We've only one more week until Avengers Vs X-Men concludes with issue #12 of the mega-event. Have you been following along? Don't...
On the Scene: Art Spiegelman in conversation, Cologne, Germany
“How does it feel to be here, surrounded by cats?” The moderator’s already off to an auspicious start, given his (what I believe to have been, given my complete lack of German comprehension) promise not to discuss “why mice, why the holocaust.” It’s the proverbial gorilla in a room full of cats, of course, and while Spiegelman has visited the country a number of times in the past 25 years or so, it seems an odd choice not to discuss it the day before the opening of a retrospective on the cartoonist’s work. And here we are, like clockwork, dipping our toes in the water, the moderator asking how it feels sitting in this room, being, you know, the guy who got famous by writing a comic book about the Holocaust.
Variant cover for A-Babies vs X-Babies establishes Marvel’s own "cutecore" line
Somehow we missed the news that marvel is releasing a one shot called A-BABIES VS. X-BABIES #1 which is coming out next month. with...
Advance Review: Happy #1
By Steve Morris
Happy marks the first creator-owned story from Grant Morrison in a while, with the writer busy reworking Batman and Superman over the...
Monday Morning Funnies: Insta★COP
Kill Shakespeare Artist, Andy Bellanger, and former Marvel/DC Digital Comics Editor, Kwanza Johnson launch social media comic series, Insta★COP, across across Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter starting today.
Boing Boing’s Great Graphic Novels
Boing Boing just ran a series called Great Graphic Novels where various writer friends of Mark Frauenfelder pick just that. It's a quirky list,...
Stan Lee is "totally fine" and drinking a milkshake
While Stan Lee's canceling of some appearances has led to all the anxiety and speculation that one might expect for a man his age,...
New York Times Bestsellers: What People Are Reading Isn’t What You Think They’re Reading
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The New York Times has been running weekly bestseller lists for graphic novel hardcovers, paperbacks, and manga (the latter segregated out to keep them...
Stan Lee cancels near future appearances, including Wizard World Ohio
An email from Wizard PR notes that Stan Lee's management has informed them that "Stan would be unable to attend any upcoming appearances for the near future, including the Ohio Comic Con, as well as the “Authors Authors” Toledo-Lucas County Public Library appearance set for this Thursday, September 27th. We will let fans know more as we know more details." Wizard is issuing refunds for all VIP, Photo Ops and Autograph Tickets that have been prepurchased.
Over and out: Gangnam Style cartoon way
There are probably 345,000 Gangnam Style parodies out there this week.
The one we are choosing to feature is by Sam Henderson.
That is all.
Tonight to do, LA: Scott C at Gallery 1988 Melrose
Scott C
"Return of the Great Showdowns"
Opening Reception: Friday, September 21, 7-10pm
For more info.
Nice art: Chris Ware New Yorker covers
As collected by Daniel Benneworth Gray
Above is Ware's cover for last week's "back to school" issue—in some ways thematically similar to his Halloween cover...
















