A Year of Free Comics: Today’s New York Times Sunday Magazine is one big,...
A long time ago, the NY Times ran serialized comics every Sunday. That ended after a few years, but cartoonists are frequently seen in...
This Lynda Barry/Family Circus crossover may make you cry
The other night at the Reuben Awards, cartoonist Lynda Barry was presented with the Milton Caniff award for her lifetime achievement because, after all, she...
A Year of Free Comics: Speculative SF in The Offering by Alexandra Beguez
The SF genre – especially social science fiction - has been well represented in comics of late with works like Tillie Walden's On a...
How a comics marriage broke up over financial stress
Just to stay on this cheerful topic while everyone is so happy to be back at work after the holiday, Maggie Umber, cartoonist and...
Graphic novelist quits making graphic novels after trying to live on $10k/year for three...
Hannah Berry is a UK cartoonist whose 2010 gn Britten & Brülightly was a well-received mystery tale (and an Angoulême prize nominee when it...
Interview: Chatting with The Allreds about BUG!, Kirby, Free Will, Young Animal and more!
Interview conducted by Kyle Pinion and Alex Lu
Today in comic shops, you can now buy the first issue of Bug!: The Adventures of Forager,...
Dave Gibbons reveals the origin of Watchmen’s 9-panel grid – and has an...
Speaking of David Gibbons, the subject of the nine-panel grid was debated on Twitter the other day following a conversation spark from J.A. Micheline:
https://twitter.com/elevenafter/status/856606785922367488
You can...
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...
