Denver Conference Tackles Violence in Comics
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, sponsored by Comic Book Classroom, the same organization that supports the Denver Comic Con, celebrates its first anniversary this year from May 28th-30th and takes...
This Weekend: Pittsburgh is Comics Town USA with NCS in town
This weekend the traditional Memorial Day annual meeting of the National Cartoonists Society will be held in Pittsburgh, PA. Although Saturday's Reuben Awards banquet is a private affair, the rest of the weekend has...
Today: The International Comic Arts Forum in Portland, OR kicks off
One of a number of impressive comics events this weekend, the annual The International Comic Arts Forum kicks off today in Portland, OR and runs until Saturday. Primarily a scholarly conference where papers on...
To Do Tonight: MoCCA Awards of Excellence art show and reception
When the MoCCA Awards of Excellence were announced, an art exhibit of the winners was promised, and the opening is tonight. The winners turn out to have been pretty excellent, so I suspect this...
“A Contract With God” goes on display at Scott Eder Gallery
Brooklyn's Scott Eder Gallery has announced an impressive show for next month devoted to art, sketches and other drawings from Will Eisner's A Contract With God, the groundbreaking graphic novel that helped inspire comics...
Great Moments of TCAF 2013
If you want to see all the great moments of this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I recommend scrolling back through Deb Aoki's twitter feed. My roommate for the fest seemed to know where...
On the Scene: Long Beach Comics Expo Photo Extravaganza
The semi-annual Long Beach Comics Expo landed on May 11th with a substantial line-up of guests and also some smart choices in programming. Guests included Rich Avons, Joe Benitez, Brian Buccellato, Ale Garza, Joel Gomez,...
MIX: call for proposals
MIX is a comics confab held each year in Columbus, OH by the Columbus College of Art and Design. This year's event will be held September 27-28th, and they are currently accepting proposals for...
Free Comic Book Day: What’s Happening Near You?
On top of all those free comics you can get your filthy little unwashed mitts on tomorrow, comics creators will be swarming comic shops worldwide in order to sign, sketch, smile and hug their...
On the Scene: Pros Wrestle with Tony Stark’s Appeal in ‘Iron Man at 50’...
The fact that both the Iron Man character and the Avengers team has reached their 50th anniversary since creation hasn’t received a lot of attention in the press, and this could be because the...
Matt Fraction Says Iron Man 3 is as Big as The Avengers!
Matt Fraction skyped in to celebrate Iron Man’s 50th anniversary at a Comic Book Round Table event held at John Ordover's Soho Gallery for Digital Art in New York on Wednesday night, and provided...
