Arizona Comic Mini Expo, Massive Guest List
May is shaping up to be a great month for comics fans in Arizona. This Saturday AZ retailers are holding various Free (to you) Comic Book Day signings and benefits for local charities, and promoting the highly anticipated Phoenix Comicon...
To do this Friday, NYC: Fresh Meat at SVA
Looking for the future superstars of comics?
Stop by SVA's Fresh Meat show tomorrow night—it's a mini-convention of the best SVA students have to offer. AND it has a great poster by Kat...
On the Scene: Sex and Violence? “Blame it on New York!”
A group of New York City inspired comics creators descended on the Soho Gallery for Digital Art on the 17th of April to discuss the good, the bad, and the strange elements of the...
The Phantom Hand’s Art Opening on 4/20 in Philly
By Dre Grigoropol
The artist collective The Phantom Hand is having their art opening for their show The Last Meal this Saturday on 4/20. The show is at Jinxed, an art gallery at the Piazza in...
On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, SelfMadeHero’s Englishmen in New York
It’s a truism that comics culture and the comics industry varies radically from country to country, but MoCCA Fest’s efforts to bring in an international perspective is laudable, to get past the stereotypes of...
On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, Words from the Market-Wise at the ‘Art as...
Holding panels in the wood-panelled bowels of the Armory this year at MoCCA Fest did bring a certain gravitas to the proceedings even if the location was a little difficult to locate for the...
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Go “Live” at Bard College
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Red Hook, New York, hosted "An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer" on the 6th of April, an event packed with poetry,...
Cartoonists on Tour: Gilbert Hernandez
Few cartoonists can hope to have as great a year as Gilbert Hernandez is having, with two upcoming releases of majestic power: JULIO'S DAY and MARBLE SEASON. And you'll be able to meet the...
MoCCA Party Poop
As usual, you will need many metro cards or cab fares to get to all the social events surrounding MoCCA, this weekend's indie comics festival. I'm not sure I have them all so if...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013 Recap and Photo Gallery
As I suggested in my early con impressions, WonderCon had a reasonable amount of space and handled the numbers of attendees pretty well. It was no surprise that Saturday brought bigger numbers than Friday,...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti Are ‘Interactive’
“I’m sorry I’m late with my book”, Jimmy Palmiotti said rather humbly, opening a "spotlight" panel on March 31st 2013 at WonderCon, and asked the audience if he ought to put on some “background...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013, Nerdist’s Chris Hardwick Pushes Fan Empowerment
While the Nerdist Industries’ arena event at WonderCon this year was ostensibly about the future of the Youtube based pop culture conglomerate, and, indeed, plenty was said about upcoming projects, the question and answer...