Grant Morrison Named Editor of Heavy Metal
Crazy comics mastermind Grant Morrison is at it again. Now that he's finished his run on DC's Multiversity, Morrison is turning his sights away from tights...
Interview: Cecil Baldwin shares Welcome to Night Vale’s origin story and talks inclusivity in...
We sat down at Flame Con with Cecil Baldwin, star of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, and talked WTNV's origins, it's explosive popularity and how serialized storytelling expands representation of LGBTQ characters
AfterShock announces initial line-up with Ennnis, Gaiman, Palmiotti, Conner and more
When AfterShock Comics, a new line headed by veteran writer/publisher Joe Pruett (Caliber, Desperado), was announced people might have thought, "OK." When the line-up of financial backers—including Michael Richter (eBay Facebook), reality TV producer Jon Kramer, Lee Kramer (Endeavor) and SVP Investor Relations Jawad Qureshi — people probably though. "Hm." When it was announced that Marvel editor Mike Marts was leaving Marvel to join AfterShock as Editor in Chief people definitely sat up and took notice. And now that the initial line-up of writers has been announced, I imagine a few people fell off their chairs.
SDCC ’15 Comics Journalism Panel – You-know-what vs. the Beat?
What will you be wearing on Thursday night at 6:30pm? The answer could reveal where you stand on the theme of Heidi's latest SDCC...
Dark Horse signs “first-look” deal with Universal Cable Productions
Just a few months after signing Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick to a television production deal, Universal continues to link up with comic...
Hill hired, Gonia promoted at Top Cow
Top Cow has just announced a few personnel changes, with writer Bryan Hill coming on board as Story Editor, and Betsy Gonia promoted from Managing Editor to Editor. Hill co-wrote Postal with publisher Matt Hawkins and had been helping Hawkins on a a number of projects. This is a new position, "created specifically to use Bryan’s talents to best facilitate making Top Cow stories better,” says Hawkins.
Sean Murphy drops truth bombs on Comics’ ongoing money problems and more
In the debut issue of Sktchd.com's Off Panel podcast interview series, David Harper sat down with Sean Gordon Murphy, prolific illustrator of titles including The Wake and Hellblazer: City of Angels. Recently, he collaborated with Mark Millar on Chrononauts, a time-hopping action miniseries that was optioned for a movie deal before the release of its first issue. While Murphy is known as one of the most talented artists in comics, he's also one of the most brutally honest, and this podcast is full of truth bombs about the harsh realities of working in comics.
SDCC ’15: Dynamite Announces Two Panels and Exclusives; Variants of Will Eisner’s THE SPIRIT...
If you missed it, earlier today Dynamite made the following big announcements:
They're opening an office in Manhattan
They're partnering with Atari to reprint Atari Force and...
Garth Ennis Injects Passion Into his Violence in New Dynamite Series, A Train Called...
What a Dynamite day. The comics publisher previously announced that they'll be opening a branch office in New York's flatiron district and that they'll...
Name’s Ellis, Warren Ellis: Dynamite’s James Bond 007
Author Warren Ellis chooses his projects in comics extremely carefully, especially his licensed comics work. The author previously expressed these thoughts in a blog...
Dynamite Pens Deal with Atari to Publish New Titles and Reprint 80s Series Atari...
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Dynamite's Manhattan take-over, the publisher just announced a partnership deal with Atari, the video game publisher...
Dynamite to open a Manhattan office
Dynamite is joining Valiant, Marvel and Secret Acres as comics companies with a New York City presence as they've announced a branch office opening...
