Jim Steranko on Art, Experimentation, and FROGS [Interview]
Amongst the many pieces featured in the relaunched A1 Annual this year is FROGS from Jim Steranko. Originally published in COMIXSCENE #3 in April 1973, FROGS is a experiment in storytelling, in which Steranko sets out 48...
Gail Simone Continues Red Sonja’s Rollicking Rampage [Interview]
This week sees the end of the relaunched Red Sonja's first arc, with Gail Simone and Walter Geovani drawing the story to a - likely rather bloody, one would imagine - conclusion. The last...
Greg Pak Talks Turok and the Lost Art of Dinosaur Hunting [Interview]
One of Dynamite's big announcements this year was the imminent revival of their Gold Key Properties - with four titles relaunching as a result. This will see Doctor Spektor, Magnus: Robot Fighter and Solar:...
Must read: Ryan Estrada on making and selling ebooks
Webcartoonist Ryan Estrada (Plagued, Aki Alliance) has a tutorial complete with widget on how to make an ebook out of a webcomic, and then how to sell it. It really is about as...
Alison Bechdel and Hillary Chute Reunite At NYU for a Distinguished Faculty Lecture
It's been more than a year since Alison Bechdel and Hillary Chute publicly convened at 2012's momentous Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference, an event personally significant to both Chute and Bechdel due in part...
The cost of art theft: from Spike Lee to Rachel Dukes
I'm sure over the holiday you heard about how graphic designer Juan Luis Garcia presented pretty compelling evidence that his striking design for a poster for the Oldboy remake was shamelessly ripped off by...
INTERVIEW: An Artful Daggers Primer
I first noticed Artful Daggers, an ongoing series published through Monkeybrain, due to the artwork of Andrew Losq, who creates incredible abstract page sequences. Having read the first issue, I decided to catch up...
INTERVIEW: Bill Willingham Brings Legenderry To Life
Coming in January this year, Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure will see writer Bill Willingham and artist Sergio Fernandez Davila take on a host of Dynamite's most recognisable characters for a seven-issue re-imagining. Not only will...
The Dynamite Interviews: Brandon Jerwa Interviews Fred Van Lente
Dynamite have been conducting creator-on-creator interviews over the last few weeks, sending out the transcripts to various websites - ComicVine, Bleeding Cool, and so on. And here's an interview between Vampirella writer Brandon Jerwa...
Interview: Tod Emko Talks A Piggy’s Tale and the Real Life Super Piggy
I’ve spoken before about A Piggy’s Tale, a very loveable animal adventure comic that is currently in the last week of its Kickstarter campaign, written by Tod Emko and illustrated by Ethan Young. I...
INTERVIEW: Justin Aclin and Nicolás Selma S.H.O.O.T. First
Although published by Dark Horse, S.H.O.O.T. First isn't a biography of Greedo from Star Wars. In fact, this miniseries from Justin Aclin and Nicolás Selma is an action-adventure, in which a team of atheists track...
INTERVIEW: Fred Van Lente Inaugurates the Action Presidents
Out this week is Action Presidents: George Washington, a rippingly enjoyable biography of the first US President by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey. While Van Lente details Washington's life - as accurately as...
