Rich Resurrects BACK TO THE GUTTERS Comics Interview Show
Jamie S. Rich, Senior Editor at Vertigo is resurrecting his interview series Back to the Gutters from it’s grave. New episodes start Wednesday February 17th and have a slew of guests from Vertigo projects and...
The Marvel Rundown: Spider-Man Enters the 616 Stage Left
Miles' has a fresh start in the 616 -- but is it any good?
You are your environment: Louise Bourgeois, Julia Wertz and the eternal mini-comic problem
Storage: the secret shame of the comics world. Like many in the comics industry I'm a bit of a packrat (to put it mildly) and getting free books all the time doesn't help. (Tough...
Black Comics Month: Clusterf@#K
I'm a firm believer that we shouldn't celebrate black history or women's history only one month a year, but 365 days (or even 366 days) a year. However Black History Month has given rise...
Four French women cartoonists turn down knighthoods to protest poor treatment
by Xavier Lancel
In a never-ending whirlpool of controversy, Fleur Pellerin, french minister of Culture, released a list of people who will received a medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of Arts...
Avatar schedules a monthly visit to the movies with CINEMA PURGATORIO
Avatar Press might not be a publisher that most fans keep their eye on, however the company publishes key titles from important creators like Alan Moore (V for Vendetta) and Kevin O’Neil (The League...
The gigantic beard that was on one comic book writer is no more…
For a long time, writer Jason Aaron (Star Wars and Southern Bastards to name but two) has had one of the most impressive beard in comics.
But last night, as shown in Instagram, all that ended.
Angoulême controversy just won’t stop, as the jury issues an apology and Franck Bondoux...
The controversy over the "faux Fauves" at Saturday's awards ceremony at the Angoulême comics festival just won't die down, and festival director Frank Bondous has been revealed as even more of a Sepp Blatter-like...
Alan Payne joins Dynamite as vp of Sales and Marketing
Completing today's personnel merry go round, Alan Payne, formerly of IDW, has joined Dynamite as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Payne perviously worked at ToykoPop, Malibu and Dream Haven Books, so suffice to...
Personnel moves at Oni: Yarwood, Reed and McIntire
It's hiring season in comics! Portland's Oni Press has joined the party, hiring Andrew McIntire as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Rachel Reed as publicity coordinator, and promoting Ari Yarwood to Managing...
Angoulême Festival manages to get even worse by humiliating cartoonists with “Faux Fauves”
Angoulême has really jumped the shark this year. Not content with showing a medieval level knowledge of art and comics history by claiming that there were no significant women in the history of comics,...
Young Adult Librarians Select Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
Since 2007, YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, part of the American Library Association, has been releasing lists of Great Graphic Novels for Teens. The long list (112 titles this year!), and Top...
