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Opening remarks are a prerequisite to talking about the final Vertigo issue of the imprint’s longest running series, the only from Vertigo's original armada...

This comic was a no-brainer and rumored for some time, but DC has finally announced their new Batman/Superman comic, titled Batman/Superman.  (World's Finest is now Worlds' Finest with...

Although towards the end of his life, Jack Kirby did some work in animation, he never really got to sink his pencil into doing concept art for film or stage. Current best picture nominee Argo is based on a real story, and there was actually a movie planned to be made based on for Lord of Light, an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's novel. And Jack Kirby did some concept art for the project. Int he film Argo this is portrayed as new art commissioned for the phony movie, but Kirby's art was extant before the plot to save the hostages. Although bits of it have been floating around for a while, Buzzfeed has the big files.

  A remarkable fusing of underground and mainstream comic tradition, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez's Love & Rockets still remains as noteworthy and distinctive since its...

As we noted the other day, Brian Michael Bendis is a newly announced guest at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, and it's a very rare convention appearance for him. On his Tumblr he was asked if he'd be doing any other cons and his answer was pretty blunt:

The winners of the CYBIL Awards were announced last week—Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards -- recognizing books that librarians and kids love. The winners are:

Today an EXTRA LONG installment of Kibbles 'n' Bits that literally spans the world of comics and art. There is something for EVERYONE here -- please join us on our journey of clicks. § Spotlight on comics in India! The third Indian Comic-Con wrapped up a few weeks ago, and left a brand new comics industry in its wake!

Since they seem to have decent library penetration, I've been going through and reading the tpbs of some of the DC relaunches that didn't...

As reported earlier, DC Comics has announced their new lineup for the Green Lantern family of titles and they're going for new blood.  Geoff...

Poisoned Chalice Part 2: Marvelman - The Miller Years I If American comics can be said to have begun with the publication of Famous Funnies: A...

While cartoonist Raina Telgemeier has been revealing a few details of her next graphic novel on her tour for Drama, Publishers Weekly made it official: her next book will be a companion of sorts to the autobiographical Smile. Called Sisters it deals with “the inner workings of [Telgemeier’s] family,” specifically, her relationship with her young sister, which as you can see from the above artwork posted on her blog, wasn't always smooth sailing.

The Infinite Wait by Julia Wertz Koyama Press I have a complicated and knotty relationship with auto-bio comics, beset by apprehension and cynicism. There's no doubt the...