John Allison and Matt Bors weigh in on making money in comics
It's a Monday early in the month, you just paid the rent and you're now wondering how you are going to live on celery for the next 27 days—that must be why so many posts on how to make a living at this here thing are coming out today. We've already seen Jerry Ordway plead to be taken seriously as a creator. But it's not just the old paper and ink crowd that's fretting this day. The webcomickers are at it too.
INTERVIEW: ACTIVATEcomix at 7 Years with Fraser, Dougan, Dvorak, Kendall, Ortiz
For a webcomics platform to reach the ripe age of seven years in the daily-changing world of the internet is a remarkable accomplishment, and for it to keep producing original, fresh, and engaging work...
Must read: Jerry Ordway on ageism in comics
The gravy train usually has a very short ride.
Interview: The Odyssey of Neal Adams
Interviewing Neal Adams over at the New Statesman in the run up to this month’s London Super Comic Con, we chatted about his legendary role in providing greater creator rights for all within the...
Interview and Exclusive Preview: Peyo’s BENNY BREAKIRON with Jim Salicrup of Papercutz
Following a multi-volume and ongoing celebrated run of bringing Peyo’s original SMURFS comics to English-speaking reader, all ages comics publisher Papercutz is poised to release the first volume of another Peyo classic, BENNY BREAKIRON...
A little bit more on the con that snubbed the colorist
Yesterday's kerfuffle concerned a convention that wouldn't name a colorist as a guest. Although a smallish type kerfuffle, it did lead to a day of praising hard working colorists on twitter, so good came of it.
Preview and Interview: 5 GHOSTS with Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham
5 GHOSTS is a new genre-splicing series premiering with Image Comics on March 20th, 2013 from writer Frank Barbiere (recently of THE WHITE SUITS series in Dark Horse Presents) and artist Chris Mooneyham (ANATHEMA)....
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Valkyrie
Marvel seem to be making a proper investment in their female characters in 2013, with a number of new books launching and several of their more prominent female characters getting a boost in profile. Of...
Interview: Moyoco Anno “I really don’t like women that much!”
by Melinda Beasi
Manga creator Moyoco Anno is best known in North America for her smart commentary on affairs of the heart, both in adult romantic comedies like Happy Mania (Tokyopop) and Flowers and Bees...
INTERVIEW: Ron Perazza’s Think Tank!
Ron Perazza has been at the forefront of new digital comic projects for years, with his work at Zuda and ComiXology helping to pave the way for digital comics as we now know them....
The Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Experience with Studio YOLO
In October of 2012, eight cartoonists spent three creatively game-changing weeks at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Master Artist-in-Residency program with Emmy Award winning...
All the Comics Reporter Holiday Interviews
Tom Spurgeon has posted his meta list of his holiday interviews for his year, and with one exception they are all fantastically informative chats with some of the key people in the industry at...