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This weekend’s Big Apple brings comics history to programming with Royer, Fradon and more

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  By James Romberger and Heidi MacDonald This weekend, New Yorkers will get a chance to meet some comics industry legends when the Big Apple Con...

Eleanor Davis, Julia Gfrörer and more in this years New York Comics Symposium killer...

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MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, renaissance man and all time great cartoonist Ben Katchor is not busy enough being a certified G(enius). He also organized...
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Watching Star Wars for the First Time in 2017: Boldly Going Where Literally Everyone...

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Fresh takes on long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Did Jack Kirby really say “Comics will break your heart, kid”? – UPDATED

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Let's investigate one of the most haunting quotes ever attributed to a cartoonist.

The Alan Moore 2016 Christmas Interviews – Part IV – A Walking Tour of...

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In what may or may not become a long-standing tradition, Alan Moore has answered questions at Christmas set by the members of a Facebook...

A Year of Free Comics: Jack Kirby’s Golden Age

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  As we mentioned earlier today, as e celebrate the 100th birthday of Jack "King" Kirby, he was a master of all comics genres. From...

Interview: Jon Morris regrets nothing with his Regrettable comics histories

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Quirk Books is running their BOOK POP! online comic-con this week - with Quirk Books authors being interviews on social media and across multiple blogs and...

A Year of Free Comics: Hurricane Hazel by Seth

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I just received my copy of the new Palookaville with the finale of Seth's Clyde Fans - a saga of mid century decay that...

Kevin Eastman is Kickstarting a semi-autobiographical comic called DRAWING BLOOD

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Kevin Eastman is Kickstarting a semi-autobiographical comic about a creator who has it all...or does he?

Cartoonists Van Cook and Romberger revealed as NYC’s time capsule “bomb” planters

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In a classic only in New York story, a bomb scare in Manhattan yesterday turned out to be an 80s disco times capsule. And cartoonists...

RIP: James Galton the man who revolutionized Marvel

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James Galton, CEO and President og Marvel from 1975-1991 has passed away at age 92. Galton came on at a tumultuous time, as newsstand...

Journey back to 70s comics with Jonathan Winters and Neal Adams – you won’t...

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    https://youtu.be/Wsykqt5D8yg   "Comics have become a big business, high stakes....making millions and millions of dollars." A quote from yesterday's Beat comment thread? No, from a 1978 documentary about...

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