Must read: Jerry Ordway on ageism in comics
The gravy train usually has a very short ride.
Interview: The Odyssey of Neal Adams
Interviewing Neal Adams over at the New Statesman in the run up to this month’s London Super Comic Con, we chatted about his legendary role in providing greater creator rights for all within the...
Interview and Exclusive Preview: Peyo’s BENNY BREAKIRON with Jim Salicrup of Papercutz
Following a multi-volume and ongoing celebrated run of bringing Peyo’s original SMURFS comics to English-speaking reader, all ages comics publisher Papercutz is poised to release the first volume of another Peyo classic, BENNY BREAKIRON...
A little bit more on the con that snubbed the colorist
Yesterday's kerfuffle concerned a convention that wouldn't name a colorist as a guest. Although a smallish type kerfuffle, it did lead to a day of praising hard working colorists on twitter, so good came of it.
Preview and Interview: 5 GHOSTS with Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham
5 GHOSTS is a new genre-splicing series premiering with Image Comics on March 20th, 2013 from writer Frank Barbiere (recently of THE WHITE SUITS series in Dark Horse Presents) and artist Chris Mooneyham (ANATHEMA)....
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Valkyrie
Marvel seem to be making a proper investment in their female characters in 2013, with a number of new books launching and several of their more prominent female characters getting a boost in profile. Of...
Interview: Moyoco Anno “I really don’t like women that much!”
by Melinda Beasi
Manga creator Moyoco Anno is best known in North America for her smart commentary on affairs of the heart, both in adult romantic comedies like Happy Mania (Tokyopop) and Flowers and Bees...
INTERVIEW: Ron Perazza’s Think Tank!
Ron Perazza has been at the forefront of new digital comic projects for years, with his work at Zuda and ComiXology helping to pave the way for digital comics as we now know them....
The Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Experience with Studio YOLO
In October of 2012, eight cartoonists spent three creatively game-changing weeks at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Master Artist-in-Residency program with Emmy Award winning...
All the Comics Reporter Holiday Interviews
Tom Spurgeon has posted his meta list of his holiday interviews for his year, and with one exception they are all fantastically informative chats with some of the key people in the industry at...
Interview: Image Publisher Eric Stephenson on the year behind and ahead
As announced earlier today, Image publisher Eric Stephenson was decisively voted The Beat's Comics Industry Person of the Year by comics professionals. Stephenson graciously agreed to be interviewed on the big impact Image had on the industry in the past year and what's next for the publisher.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 1/3/13: Still living in ’12
People are doing it...EVERYWHERE> Let's dive right in.