National Cartoonists Society announces Reuben nominees
While the three nominees for THE Reuben, the top award of the year from the National Cartoonists Society, have been announced —and they are Brian Crane, Rick Kirkman and Stephan Pastis, the NCS has just announced the nominees in the divisional races. Many familiar names in many catgories, and the new spliut wbcomics division—one for long form and one for short form—makes is debut.
WonderCon, CCS, etc., etc.
• I regret to inform the dozens of people who were looking forward to my being there, that I won't be at WonderCon after all. Some travel stuff and other factors made it unfeasible. I'm sad I won't be seeing everyone, but not as sad that I won't be complaining about the line at Starbucks every morning.
MEGA-INTERVIEW: Cliff Galbraith on the Meteoric Rise of the Asbury Park Comicon
If you’ve been following the history of the Asbury Park Comicon, which opened only a year ago in March of 2012, you know it’s...
Kick-Watcher: Interview with Vera Greentea on PAPA
Writer/publisher Vera Greentea is shooting for her fifth successful Kickstarter comic book campaign. Since 2010 she has raised $22,601 and this time she's trying...
The most nerve-wracking job in comics
Looking to work in comics? There are quite a few openings at DC Entertainment—most of them in the Burbank office—but this one in NYC...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 3/25/13: Echoes of WildStorm
§ J. Caleb Mozzocco looks at the remains of WildStorm in the New 52 with a focus on Stormwatch, and he has some...
FablesCon: It’s a Different World
by Matt O'Keefe
Many of the FablesCon panels were held in the Talk Show Room. Set up like a late night program, at the front...
FablesCon: The Fables Panel
by Matt O'Keefe
It was a packed room at the show’s official panel for the comic for which the convention was named. Bill Willingham, Mark...
On the Scene: Sparks Fly at ‘Surely You’re Joking, Dr. Wertham’ Event
As the first of several “Comic Book Roundtable” events to be held at the Soho Gallery of Digital Art under the auspices of gallery...
REVIEW: ‘Shoot This’, FORCEFIELD FOTOCOMIX, #.01
Photocomix are strange creatures. They look like a hybrid of a photography medium and a comics format, and when you spot them in the...
DC to publish digital comics based on 1966 Batman
Holy licensing deal, Batman!
It seems that the campy, kitschy 1966 version of Batman—which was long verboten to be mentioned at DC and WB in general due to it's campy, kitschy nature. But as many noted, a line of toys based on the show was introduced at Toy Fair, and now we see that a whole line of merchandise, including a digital-first comic -- is coming.
Interview: Bob Fingerman on remaking Minimum Wage and making a career
Bob Fingerman talks about the new definitive version of Minimum Wage, surviving as a cartoonist, why people like the apocalypse and more in a wide ranging interview.
