Spotlight on the comiXology Submit Experience with W. Maxwell Prince
ComiXology Submit lauched on March 6, 2013, as a platform for independent comics creators to upload their comics, wait for approval, and if accepted,...
INTERVIEW: Marie Javins on Super-Geekdom and Compassion in IRON MAN: EXTREMIS
Reading Marie Javins new IRON MAN: EXTREMIS prose novel, released April 16th, on my iPad, gave me an eerie moment of realizing how much...
INTERVIEW: From Dragons to Vampires to Super-Spies, with Emma Vieceli!
It's St George's Day today, so to celebrate here's an interview with the only other person on known record to have slain a dragon -...
Interview Part 2: Alan Moore may be making movies with Kickstarter
PÓM: Jimmy’s End. The whole Jimmy’s End project, how is that coming along?
AM: Well, let me see. We have the first cycle of films,...
Today’s money breakdown from the Penny Arcade Report: paying for journalism with panty shots
The Penny Arcade Report is a video game news and commentary site run by....well, we'll let you figure it out. Yesterday editor Ben Kuchera ran down the economics of running a website in dollars and cents. Although he's talking about video games, it all applies equally to comics journalism:
Neil Gaiman and The Beat think exactly alike: “Nobody knows.”
Coinciding brilliantly with our post yesterday on the nagging uncertainty of making a career in future media, world-renowned best selling author Neil Gaiman said pretty much exactly the same thing in a keynote address at the London Book Fair which urged everyone to just try new shit (we're paraphrasing) to find what works:
MEGA-INTERVIEW with Matt Kindt: ‘find the territory that nobody has staked out yet’
Interviewing Matt Kindt at WonderCon brought with it some unusual circumstances. Just prior to speaking to Kindt, I had the opportunity to hear him...
INTERVIEW: 2000AD’s Arthur Wyatt Explores The Streets of Dan Francisco
Starting this week, Arthur Wyatt will be the writer for a new series in Judge Dredd Megazine which focuses on Dan Francisco, the former...
INTERVIEW: Dustin Nguyen’s Big Ideas behind LI’L GOTHAM
I caught up with longtime DETECTIVE COMICS and BATMAN artist Dustin Nguyen at WonderCon to find out about the L’IL GOTHAM phenomenon, a regular...
INTERVIEW: Jimmie Robinson Hits Out with Five Weapons!
Jimmie Robinson can do basically anything. Writer, artist, designer and letterer, his most recent work Five Weapons has been receiving great acclaim from fans...
Interview: Alan Moore on Providence, Jerusalem, League and more – Part 1
On Tuesday the 9th of April I interviewed Alan Moore. This is the fifth time I’ve interviewed him, but I still get nervous every...
Comics…it was the worst of times
In the Brian Hibbs column I quoted in my previous post, he also wrote this:
We also live in an industry where a significant number...
