INTERVIEW: Confessin’ sins and talkin’ SAINTS with Sean Lewis
You might recognize Ben Mackey’s name because of his kick-ass Twin Peaks tarot cards or Sean Lewis for his work on This American Life. How the hell did these two guys meet? We're about to find out.
MATT CHATS: Greg Rucka on Creator-Owned, Collaboration & Extra Content
Greg Rucka has been on a tear lately. Not only has he written two Star Wars novels and a comic book series set post-Empire, he’s...
Interview: Writer Rafer Roberts on Mashing Up Indie and Superheroes in “A&A,” the New...
Comic Book author Rafer Roberts is best known for his independent work on titles like Plastic Farm. Now, he is making his Valiant debut, partnering...
Interview: Özge Samanci on Art, Family, and a Love of Learning
By Cal Cleary
Özge Samanci is a multi-media artist, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, and a talented cartoonist who has had exhibitions of her work...
MATT CHATS: Nicola Scott on Making ‘Magick’ with Greg Rucka
Nicola Scott is probably best known currently for her time drawing for DC Comics. Her smooth, sleek linework on titles such as Secret Six and Earth 2 was distinct...
Life With Greg: Swierczynski preps the next arc of Archie’s The Black Hood
Duane Swierczynski put Greg Hettinger, the star of his series from Archie's Dark Circle imprint, through the ringer in the first arc of The...
MATT CHATS: Declan Shalvey on Injecting Himself into the World of Creator-Owned
After making his presence in the comic book industry felt in a big way on a run with Warren Ellis on Moon Knight, Declan...
INTERVIEW: Tom Taylor Breaks Limbs, Hearts, Universes in GREEN LANTERN: EDGE OF OBLIVION, BATMAN/SUPERMAN
We sit down with Tom Taylor, the master of vestigial limb slicing and universe spanning conflict.
INTERVIEW: Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo on Creating the Family in BATMAN and Greg’s...
The Comics Beat recently sat down with DC Comics' biggest stars to talk about their epic run on BATMAN and the future of the series as Greg goes on hiatus to work with Mark Millar.
It’s about disclosure in comics journalism
For the past few days there has been a kerfuffle in the extremely high profile, glamourous and profitable world of comics journalism.
Rather than comment on this hot mess, I'm going to talk about why it happened. And what we an do to improve things.
Cartoon Network and Nick are the new Big Two as Kris Mukai’s Adventure Time...
In re the last piece, here's a direct link to my first piece for Slate in which I investigate the comics/cartoon connection with quotes...
INTERVIEW: Mark Russell’s & Ben Caldwell’s PREZ Wants to Spark a Political Revolution
"I hope that...when people read PREZ, they'll have a laugh. Then, the next week, when someone has sex with a pig...they say 'wait a second, that sounds familiar.'"
