Marie Severin enjoys ice cream
Not much of a headline, really, but Scott Edelman posts of a visit to the Marvel legend with fellow Bullpenner Irene Vartanoff. It's always great to see this inspiring lady.
21 Days of Halloween: Richard Thompson
Today's artwork is by the amazing Richard Thompson, author of the wonderful strip Cul de Sac. Click for a larger version.
We'll be having a Halloween blowout over the next few days as we...
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teen nominations
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has their nominations for their annual great Graphic Novels for Teen list up. The list of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18 is prepared...
Comics Journal to beef up online presence
Starting with a letter to subscribers which Tom Spurgeon unveiled, today's it's being announced that The Comics Journal, which is about to release its gala 300th print edition, is going to change its presentation...
21 Days of Halloween: Nick Gazin
Artwork created as a T-shirt for the band The Black Dahlia Murders, entitled "Monsters." Details here. Gazin is an NYC-based illustrator and the comics editor for Vice Magazine.
21 Days of Halloween supplemental; Chris Ware in the New Yorker
Ware did the cover and a comic inside this week's issue.
21 Days of Halloween: Ben Templesmith
An avid blogger and prolific tweeter, Ben Templesmith is the creator or co-creator of Fell, 30 Days of Night, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Welcome to Hoxford, and the upcoming Choker.
Newsarama sold to TopTenReviews
Newsarama, the long-running comics news site, has been purchased by TopTenReviews, a content aggregation site out of Ogden. UT, it was announced today. The site, along with Space.com, and LiveScience, were sold by Imaginova,...
Library report: Some good, some not as good
A couple of stories spotlighting the matter of graphic novels in libraries-- GNs remain among the most popular books to check out, and libraries have been a major force in getting younger readers exposed...
A look back: Stimpy’s Invention
John K. recalls a '90s classic: Stimpy's Invention:
Stimpy's Invention was 2 months late because of Nick delays and because they hated it and sat on it.
The next year, they told us to make...
21 Days of Halloween: Matt Sundstrom
As we enter the final stretch, today's Halloween art comes from Matt Sundstrom, illustrator and sometime cartoonist (Dark Horse Presents.) Click for a full-sized version of this boo-tiful piece, and check out Matt's website...
21 Days of Halloween: Donald Duck
How about a double dose of William van Horn (above) and Carl Barks (below) to get you into the mood? Thanks to Susan Daigle-Leach for the suggestion.
