Cherry-picking the Eisner nominations: 5 comics you NEED
Okay, I put my hand up: I feel inordinately and stupidly pleased when comics I've loved and enjoyed are nominated for awards, particularly those...
Poisoned Chalice Part 10: Alan Moore at Eclipse
The original contract between Quality Communications Ltd and Eclipse Comics called for Quality to provide enough material for twelve issues, but this ran into...
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,...
Poisoned Chalice Part 9: The Dawn of Eclipse
Although Marvelman last appeared in Warrior #21 in August 1984, and the last issue of the magazine, #26, appeared in February 1985, this wasn’t...
Batman: Arkham Origins Announced for October
Arkham Origins, the third game in the Arkham series handled by Rocksteady Studios - but now by Warner Bros Montreal - has been given...
Poison Chalice Interlude: 1953 – 1985 Roundup and Some Notes on Copyright
So far, this history of Marvelman - more correctly called Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman - has taken...
Iain Banks is Unwell
On the morning of Wednesday the 3rd of April a personal statement from Scottish author Iain Banks appeared on both his own website and...
Kickstarter: Tim Pilcher’s Comic Book Babylon: A Cautionary Tale of Sex, Drugs & Comics...
As of midnight last night - my midnight, here in Western Europe, not your midnight, in one of America’s many time zones - Tim...
Carrie Kelley Returns? DC Tease a New Robin
Here's a curio! DC have revealed the second half of Batman & Robin's gatefold cover, which features the first appearance of Carrie Kelley in...
Preview: Sonny Liew’s and Gene Luen Yang’s retro superhero book
Over at his blog, Sonny Liew's been posting some lettered pages from his as yet untitled upcoming book with Gene Luen Yang for First...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Kate Brown
I first came across Kate Brown's work via the now defunct DFC Library, for whom she produced a gorgeous comic called The Spider Moon,...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Hannah Berry
I've never met Hannah Berry, but the thing that has always struck me from her online presence (and a somewhat reluctant one!), is that...
