TCAF in 195 pictures by Jamie Coville
Just what it sounds like/ Looks like it was lovely.
More on the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Mark Siegel/First Second
Rey Ortega
Jasmine C
Dayuse, who says there were "smells" but we don't believe it!
Paul Rivoche
Danielle at BlogTO
Sequential...
Notes from around the world
ITEM! Quick and Flupke, two also-ran characters created bhy Tintin great Herge, are getting their adventures rereleased in India.
ITEM! Venerable Brit comics Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are making the jump...
Brittany on Minx
We don't know who Brittany is, but she seems to be female, and she liked the MInx books, going back to our question from last week.
Growing up I wanted to read comic books...
Snoopy Scottish author spying on Rowling – UPDATE
Scottish mystery writer Ian Rankin knows how to make headlines! Just recently he stirred up a bee's nest of controversy by suggesting that lesbians write the most graphic crime fiction. He's also pals...
Jason Starr pens graphic novel
Vulture reveals another literati going graphic, Cold Caller's Jason Starr:Q: I understand you’re working on a graphic novel for DC Comics.A: I can’t really talk in depth about it, but it’s an original graphic...
Floyd Norman defends mavericks
Regular readers, and people who know The Beat know how much we adore legendary animator Floyd Norman. Many were the times during our Disney days when Norman would stand in our office and deliver...
LInks: Scenes from Michael Turner’s past
§ A high school rival of artist Michael Turner comes to grips with the present day:
Years later, a co-worker in my design department brought in a comic book magazine that listed the top artists...
Before there were steroids…
Superheroes WORKED OUT to stay fit! Stan Kleefeldposts excerpts from the 80s Marvel Strength & Fitness Book:
Comiket kicks off
Think San Diego was stressful? Imagine half a million otaku streaming through Tokyo Big Sight hunting for their favorite doujinshi. :
About 36,000 organizations will put cartoons, novels, music and game software programs on...
More 80s comics memories
The Forbidden Planet blogposts a Brit con flyer from 1985 where you could rub elbows with everyone from Alan Moore to Alan Davis and back.
Steve Bissette on STARDUST
Prolix Steve Bissette has a very very long review of STARDUST and observations on the role of illustrators in film and great links and why Charles Vess getting his name on the movie is...
Questions about Minx, DC
Another newspaper, another favorable review of the Minx line (along with other comics):
The hip Minx series is consistently cranking out some of the sassiest, fun-to-read comics this year. The top-rate talents attached to...
