“Marvel Comics, The Untold Story” Invades Grantland
By Todd Allen
Sean Howe's book Marvel Comics, The Untold Story gets double-duty today on Grantland, the ESPN-spin-off webside fronted by Bill "Sports Guy" Simmons. The...
The Most Unusual Cosplay You’ll See Today
By Todd Allen
The following photo is not a drawing. It's a person.
That's Anastasiya Shpagina. She spends 2 hours every day applying makeup to look like...
Bryan Lee O’Malley interviews Andrew Hussie – world shifts on axis
Or, basically, the 'Scott Pilgrim' Guy Interviews the 'Homestuck' Guy and explains it for those who find it somewhere between dubstep and
Gangnam on the...
Batman Hates Bronies
The battle is over and Batman won.
Or so he thinks.
Animation by James Lee. Via Cartoon Brew
Becky Cloonan working on a book for First Second
We nearly forgot to mention the newsiest item from First Second publisher Mark Siegel's diary: Becky Cloonan is working on a book for First...
TONIGHT: Fifty Shades of Banned!
Banned books week is upon us, and the CBLDF is doing its part by hosting what will be a night of erotically sensational readings...
On the Scene: MorrisonCon—how life changing was it?
That’s a lot to promise. When mold-breaking comics retailers James Sime and Kirsten Baldock united with iFanboy podcast host Ron Richards to put together a show—“all magick, no science” as Sime repeated over the weekend—their goal was to dismantle the current model of comic book conventions and build something new in its place.
Nice Art: Skottie Young’s Tumblr
We always link to Skottie Young art whenever it hits our inbox, but you can tap right into the source right here.
31 Days of Halloween: Ikea Strala Haunted Forest
Okay two of our favoritest things in one post -- Halloween and Ikea. No, it's not the existential dread of assembling a Målm. It's a hack of an old lamp painted black and turned into a ghostie forest! Brrrrrr.
SPX: The Videos
The SPX youtube channel is posting tons of "talk show" type interviews with everyone from Lamar Abrams to Jeff and Adam Zwirek, but most...
MUST READ: Art or money?
In advice to an aspiring cartoonist, ABA finalist Gene Luen Yang lays out the dichotomy of career paths:
You have to decide whether self-expression is...





















