History

March: Volume 1 has already had pretty huge success since its release at Comic-Con—and last night it got one of the ultimate media accolades—a slot on The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert grilled the civil...

The Word Balloon podcast is one of the most important thing to happen to comics in the last eight years. It was announced on that John Siuntres' comic book podcast "Word Balloon" podcast has hit...

The other day I received an email from comics historian and artist Jim Amash on behalf of inker Terry Austin to alert people that a mailer sent out by retailer Joseph Koch wasn't all...

Well that's the short hand version. Basically, back in the 90s, Jim Lee bought two piece of Jack Kirby art. At the time everyone was unaware of the backstory as to how they were...

From 1983 until 1997, Mary Mashcal assembled an extensive collection of memorabilia and aritifacts, filling virtually every room of her Golden Hill home with historic documents, banners, posters, and books. Her collection eventually became the...

Thanks to Sarrah Horrocks, this undated but 80s ish photo of Jim Steranko and Jack Kirby shows that Steranko-ing has a long, proud tradition. Steranko has recently gained a whole new audience with his...

Anyone who has ever met him knows that they want to be Al Jaffee when they grow up. The master of MAD's fold-ins is vital and witty well into his 90s, with a vocal...

Here are some comics to get you in the mood for hot dogs and fireworks. And some videos. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_tyWt_9Bfs?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELVsfU2rDiQ?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ7puU2yOAw?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]

The University Press of Mississippi has published many excellent scholarly works on comics and here's a new one: The Superhero Reader, a volume of critical essays edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent...

  The second issue of Occupy Comics is coming, they've sent out an lengthy excerpt of a lengthier essay by Moore on Superman, comics Original Sin and more.   Excerpts from BUSTER BROWN AT THE BARRICADES by Alan Moore Cover of "Spicy...

I had about 20 posts in various stages on gender issues this week...let's put them all into one big roil, complete with shocking personal confessions: § Villain Month is for boys: When the New 52...

In 1978 Stan Lee was the publisher of Marvel Comics, and Jenette Kahn was the publisher of DC, and together they made a speech at Temple University on the occasion of the oversized epic...