Paperfilms crew announces spring convention schedule and website sale
What is Paperfilms? It's not really a studio, but not just a loose confederation either. It consists of Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Justin Gray, Paul Mounts,...
Announcing the 2016 Comic Creators Survey – digging into page rates and royalties
As we make our way through the current era of disruption, there's an ever greater need for clarity, verifiable information and real news. In that spirit, I'm...
Ardian Syaf: “My career is over now.”
After a couple of days of dissembling, defensiveness and saying he did nothing wrong, artist Ardian Syaf has posted an apology/farewell note on his...
WonderCon ’17: Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman Share Touching Memories of Jack Kirby
This year marks the 100th year anniversary of legendary comic book writer and artist Jack Kirby’s birth. The artist’s influence has undeniably touched the...
WonderCon ’17: Comics Change the World: A History of Activism in Comics
If you are familiar, or in the least semi-familiar, with the early history of the comic medium, images of fit men flying and punching...
RIP Dave Hunt
Painter and comics inker Dave Hunt passed away this weekend at age 75. He had been fighting cancer for a while and took a...
RIP Jay Lynch
Undergound legend Jay Lynch has passed away at age 72. He was one of the foundational underground cartoonists with such titles as Bijou Funnies...
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Spotlight on John Semper, Jr. – Talks Spider-Man lore...
John Semper, Jr. holds an ever growing list of credits, ranging from his work as a screenwriter, producer, and story editor. His body of...
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Interview with SDCF’s Founder, Mike Towry, covers Jack Kirby...
For this year’s San Diego Comic Fest, it had a great deal on its plate; A fifth year, a new venue, the announcement of...
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Arlen Schumer Pays Tribute to Jack Kirby and Denounces...
Artist, illustrator, writer, and in a way Jack Kirby historian are a few of the titles that Arlen Schumer would claim for himself....
San Diego Comic Fest Kicks Off with a Heavy Storm and Jack Kirby
As the winds howled outside and rain beat against the roof of the Four Points hotel by Sheraton, one thing was blatantly obvious: bad...
Does San Diego need both San Diego Comic-Con and San Diego Comic Fest?
Once upon a time, there wasn’t a San Diego Comic-Con.
Some would mark this period as “The Dark Ages of Conventions” (those being myself). It...
