AMP! to publish READING WITH PICTURES: THE GRAPHIC TEXTBOOK
Reading with Pictures, the long running drive to create a school-certified textbook using comics, has entered into an agreement with Andrews McMeel to publish...
Does Harley Quinn Signal The Return of “Fun” Comics?
It would seem many of you probably picked up an issue of DC's new Harley Quinn series. The Comics Chronicles estimates sales as 114,212 for #0...
Commentary: The Continuing Marvel of Miracleman
by Sam Thielman
Eventually, in Alan Moore’s final story arc from Miracleman, our hero makes contact with an alien who, after a breakdown in communication,...
Must Read: Remembering Morrie Turner by Jimmie Robinson
Artist Jimmie Robinson remembers his fellow Bay Area cartoonist Morrie Turner, who died this weekend, and what Turner meant to him. You should read...
The Angoulême Dining Guide: it’s a lot more than crêpes
by Abby Denson, with Jessica Abel and Xavier Lancel
So you're going to Angoulême? Lucky you! I’ve exhibited with Xavier Lancel for the past several...
You have a few hours to help support the Sequential Artists Workshop in 2014
SAW—the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainsesville, FL founded by Tom Hart and Leela Corman— has been doing some great work educating cartoonists, publishing mini comic, giving out micro-grants, and in general being a benefit to the comics community. They've been running an IndieGogo campaign for the last month or so, and it's in its final hours -- if you haven't thrown a few bucks their way, now is the time.
Marjane Satrapi’s new horror film makes a splash at Sundance
What could be cuter than the above image of Ryan Reynolds talking to a kitty and a puppy and...a woman's severed head? Oops. It's...
Gary Edson Arlington (1938-2014), Creator of the Comic Book Store
by Bob Calhoun
Gary Arlington's comic book store on 23rd Street in San Francisco's Mission District seemed more like a feat of engineering than the...
Help Batman co-creator Bill FInger get his own Google Doodle
February 8th will mark the 100th birthday of Bill Finger—the unsung writer who actually created most of the Batman mythology that we know and...
Stephen Bissette makes an important point about Miracleman
The long LONG awaited arrival at long last of Marvel's Miracleman reprint series has led to many conversations: on pricing, on censorship, on credits....
It’s Martin Luther King Day
It's a holiday for many of us, and what better way to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luthor King than to suggest that if...
