Break into comics with Neal Adams, Kevin Smith, and the million dollar UcreateComics —...
...and then take a long, long time to finish them.
Just kidding. This new buddy pictures in the making will tour four cities as...
Interview: Will Brooker on My So-Called Secret Identity, A New Kind of Superhero Comic
Rave reviews from across the press, prominent features in the mainstream media, and plaudits from huge names within the industry; this new comic is...
Doing it their way: Cyanide & Happiness
Since we've been talking about career paths and what not for the last few days, here's another one: after turning down three TV development deals, including Comedy Central, the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness has decided to go DIY.
Jerry Ordway responds and more on comics career paths
Following yesterday's much quoted post on wanting to be hired, artist Jerry Ordway responded to the outpouring of support with more on the perils of exclusives and the freelancers life:
INTERVIEW: ARCHIE’S Fernando Ruiz on Life and Work at The Kubert School
Anyone who has ever worked with Fernando Ruiz or benefitted from his teaching skills knows what a seriously impressive contributor he is to the...
Kick-Watcher: Michael Moreci on MINI COMICS INCLUDED
One of the ways many people stumbled onto their first comic was through the promotional comics that used to come bundled in with action...
John Allison and Matt Bors weigh in on making money in comics
It's a Monday early in the month, you just paid the rent and you're now wondering how you are going to live on celery for the next 27 days—that must be why so many posts on how to make a living at this here thing are coming out today. We've already seen Jerry Ordway plead to be taken seriously as a creator. But it's not just the old paper and ink crowd that's fretting this day. The webcomickers are at it too.
INTERVIEW: ACTIVATEcomix at 7 Years with Fraser, Dougan, Dvorak, Kendall, Ortiz
For a webcomics platform to reach the ripe age of seven years in the daily-changing world of the internet is a remarkable accomplishment, and...
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...
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...
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.
























