Personnel moves at Oni: Yarwood, Reed and McIntire
It's hiring season in comics! Portland's Oni Press has joined the party, hiring Andrew McIntire as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Rachel...
Comings and goings at Oni, IDW and Valiant
Some new positions at Valiant and IDW, and a new media partner for Oni. For the details read on!
Valiant Entertainment has hired Geeta...
MATT CHATS: Zander Cannon on the Hierarchies of Monsters and Benefits of a Smaller...
Zander Cannon has been hard at work on his series Kaijumax in 2015, which he writes, draws, colors and letters. He's delivering odd, amusing, poignant stories about Godzilla-like...
MATT CHATS: Jeffrey Burandt on Music in Comics with Oni Press
As a medium that requires you to listen, music doesn’t seem like it would meld with traditional comic book storytelling. That assumption, however, has...
SDCC ’15: Less than 1% of Open Submissions Might be Published
Scott Pilgrim and Sixth Gun publisher Oni Press made waves a few months back when they announced the opening of their open submission program, which...
SDCC ’15: Oni Press Announces Three New Series: Another Castle, Over the Surface, and...
Today, Comic Book Resources broke the news that Oni Press would be publishing three new series.
First up, Another Castle, which is written by Andrew Wheeler...
SDCC ’15: Invader Zim is back, and he’s brought variant covers
The first issue the Invader Zim comics, based on Jhonen Vazquez's cult cartoon, arrives on July 8th, and Oni is making a big deal...
Ready, Steady, DRAW! Oni Announces Guidelines and Schedule for Open Submissions
A month or so ago, Oni Press announced that they would start taking Open Submission for new series. This essentially means that ANYONE can send them a comic pitch and someone will eventually look at it. Not too much else was discussed, but it certainly caused a buzz. Today, Oni Press posted their submission guidelines for their first wave and the date when people can let loose the floodgates.
MATT CHATS: Gabo Gabs about Writing and Drawing Micro-Fiction
Welcome to MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series in which I talk to a creator, consumer or seller of comics. This week I spoke...
Oni announces Lion of Rora and Blood Feud
Two more of Oni's clever March Madness PR event with two more new books announced:
• Lion of Rora is a graphic novel by Christos...
Oni to publish print version of Towle’s Oyster War
We've covered Oyster War here quite a bit, Ben Towle's historical fantasy webcomic about 19th century Chesapeake bay oystermen engaged in a territory war with some magical assistance— it's part Scalped, part Sailor Twain. Towle alluded to a print publisher a while and ago and Oni just made it official: the print, color version is coming in September for SPX! Towle is a three time Eisner nominee for books like his Amelia Earhart bio, and this is a fun, frolic of a book.
Hopeless Savages is back with Break
More Oni Press news! Jen van Meter's Hopeless Savages, a family drama about the kids of a punk rock family growing up and coming of age, has run since 2000, a very early example of a comics genre now common. Along the way it picked up some pretty amazing artistic collaborators in Christine Norrie, Chynna Clugston, Andi Watson, Bryan Lee O'Malley, and Vera Brosgol. Now it's back in an updated story with older character. Van Meter writes, Meredith McClaren draws, and original artist Christine Norrie does the flashbacks.
