MATT CHATS: Tim Daniel on Designing Comics and Constructing Stories
I’ve enjoyed Tim Daniel’s design work since he started working on books with current Captain America writer Nick Spencer at the Image Comics imprint Shadowline. I...
MATT CHATS: Chris Lewis Talks Violence, Karma and Kickstarter for Digital First Series
I always know I’m getting something unlike anything else on the shelf when I buy a Chris Lewis comic. His last multi-issue series, Drones,...
INTERVIEW: Marc Guggenheim talks Representation in DC’s ARROW and the Marvel Universe Pleasant Hill...
Unlike the eponymous ABC TV show, Marvel’s new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comic isn’t bound by budgets, cameos or contracts. Series writer and Arrow executive...
C2E2: Robbie Thompson on Supernatural, Spidey and Fandom
Robbie Thompson first came to prominence in the nerd sphere as a writer on the long-running Supernatural TV series, but recently he jumped into...
MATT CHATS: Ryan K. Lindsay on a Digital Comic for a “Buck” with DEER...
For a comic inspired by a typo, Deer Editor has already had a pretty rich history. A successful Kickstarter, especially given that the comics...
MATT CHATS: Paul Allor on the Geopolitical, Topical, but not Allegorical, Fantasy ‘Past the...
With something as subjective as a comic book there is never any guarantee of quality, even from creators you trust. I asked Paul Allor, who...
Interview: Tom Hart on How Tragedy Gave Birth to New Life in ROSALIE LIGHTNING
"It was mostly about seeing her reflection. I guess maybe love and grief are very similar because you’re very open to experience. At least they are for me."
MATT CHATS: Otis Frampton on ‘Oddly Normal’ and its Atypical Journey to Publication
Oddly Normal marked a rare foray for Image Comics into the children’s book market, and it appears to have been a successful one. Image...
MATT CHATS: IDW Editor Bobby Curnow on the Balance Between Licenses and Original Concepts
IDW is mainly known for its publication of licensed work, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers and My Little Pony. But the publisher has been transitioning lately...
MATT CHATS: Shaun Simon on Collaboration with Gerard Way, Brilliant Artists and in a...
A collaboration with rockstar and comics writer extraordinare Gerard Way on Killjoys guaranteed that I’d read something written by Shaun Simon, but the stellar...
Page rates: what’s fair is fair except when it isn’t
I'm late in commenting on the industry rates survey posted by Fair Page Rates an anonymous industry watchdog. But along with the sales softening...
INTERVIEW: the Legendary R.O. Blechman on the Beauty of Film and the Graphic Novel
"I think the reason I made comics was because I liked to write as much as draw."
