Sonny Liew on “Charlie Chan Hock Chye”, Mapping Your Path & Creative Appropriation
The Beat sat down with cartoonist Sonny Liew to chat about The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – hisvnew graphic novel recently published in the US discussing Singapore’s tumultuous history after WWII through the work of prolific Singaporean cartoonist Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
ECCC ’16: How Do Comic Books Belong in Higher Education?
Comic books continue to reach mainstream audiences and have stretched into academia. At the Panels and Pedagogy: Teaching Comics panel, panelists aimed to help answer questions that arise about—teaching comic books, formal instruction for creators, and establishing the academic discipline of comics. Where do comic books fit in your academic life?
Wondercon’16: Chris Hardwick and Nerdist News Speak About Community and Nerdiness
By Nicholas Eskey
If you label yourself a “nerd” and wear it with pride, undoubtedly you already follow Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist News. The quick witted...
Nice Art: Kyle Baker’s variant cover for Black Panther #3 AND FREE COMICS
Via this month's solicits. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Kyle a bit and interviewing him for an upcoming "More to come"...
Pages, Sunny Singh and The Kickstarter Underdog: How I plan to fund my first...
Who am I? Nobody important. Well, as far as the Independent Comic Book scene is concerned. Go ahead. Google Sunny Singh. You won't see a thing about Comics. Maybe some banging Punjabi music. But that's as far as your search for me goes.
These Students are Using Comics to Get a Fresh Look at Cancer
Dr. A. David Lewis is not afraid of exploring tough questions. The writer, who was previously nominated for an Eisner for American Comics, Literary Theory,...
TCAF guest list expanding with even more international cartoonists
TCAF is coming down the pike, with dates of May 14th and 15th, and the guest list includes the usual bounty of international domestic...
As cartooning becomes a female dominated profession, will rates get lower?
As you may have noticed, female cartoonists are dominating sales charts (well graphic novel sales charts, anyway) and awards and current cartooning classes are anywhere from 50 to 75% female. It seems that a majority of the most notable "emerging cartoonists" are women, and a lot of folks have been joking that it's hard to find up and coming men in comics.
Comic books show up at the White House with Marvel’s Sana Amanat and more
https://twitter.com/vj44/status/710234170451034113
Since it's been a shitty week for representation in comics and in American society, this photo of Marvel's Sana Amanat, Director of Content & Character Development,...
Tolja! WonderCon cracking down on copyright violators
The great unsanctioned print crackdown we predicted a few weeks ago may be roaring down the highway. The following letter has been sent to...
Comics losing its most relevant critic as Comics and Cola announces shut down
Yesterday Zainab Akhtar announced she was shutting down her Eisner-nominated website Comics & Cola. The reason was not the usual ones — no money in it, moving on, life changes. It was something much more troubling and dangerous.
Commentary: Sarah Connor and the Importance of Suffering
by Bryan Hill
“Thank you, Sarah for your courage through the dark years. You must be stronger than you imagine you can be. You must...
