Catch up on your comics history with The Superhero Reader
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...
Alan Moore talks Superman in Occupy Comics: “The seamy and disreputable practices of comics...
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...
The week in women: do we write about gender issues too much?
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...
Comics History in Photos: Stan Lee and Jenette Kahn at Temple University in 1978
In 1978 Stan Lee was the publisher of Marvel Comics, and Jenette Kahn was the publisher of DC, and together they made a speech...
Meet Kate Lane: the early days of Siegel and Shuster
Brad Ricca digs into Siegel and Shuster comics from More Fun and Fun Comics that featurevarious precursors to Lois Lane from comics they did before Superman.
Poisoned Chalice Part 14: Back to Marvelman
In Prince of Stories, towards the end of the chapter on Neil Gaiman’s involvement with Miracleman, there are two paragraphs that say,
According to Gaiman,...
Retro Zeus Comics line is now on Kickstarter
Note: This Zeus Comics is in no way associated with the well known Texas store Zeus Comics.
Back on April 1, we told you about...
Poisoned Chalice Part 12: All About Angela
In February 1992 Todd McFarlane, along with six others, announced the founding of Image Comics, after having failed to negotiate more favourable terms for...
Poisoned Chalice Part 11: The Twilight of Eclipse
Although Alan Moore had finished with Miracleman, it wasn’t the end of the character, or the comic. Knowing he was nearing the end of...
Cartoonists visit Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, stand in stunned wonder
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is the largest collection of comics and comics art in the world. In this charming video by Julie Sokolow, curator Caitlin McGurk leads lucky cartoonists Ed Piskor, Jasen Lex, and Jim Rugg on a magical history tour as they gasp in awe at Bushmiller, Schulz and Kubert originals...as who would not. Along the way the joyous news that the facility will be moving from it's current 7000 sq. ft. to a massive 40,000 sq. ft. facility this fall. Not that's progress.
Poison Chalice Interlude: 1953 – 1985 Roundup and Some Notes on Copyright
So far, this history of Marvelman - more correctly called Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman - has taken...
