The Rock Tweets that he’ll play Black Adam
"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014
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Small Press Spotlight: Breakdown Press and Mutiny Bay
When TCJ.com co-editor and former PictureBox publisher Dan Nadel goes on a rampage ANYTHING can happen but he had a pretty good one today,...
Comic Con India teams with ReedPop
According to a forwarded email, ReedPOP, the event company that throws New York Comic Con, C2E2, PAX and many other popular fan events, has...
Dragon-Con: Congressman Lewis Hopes Graphic Novel Makes Noise
By Hannah Lodge
A little more than 51 years ago, Rep. John Lewis was one of ten people to speak at the March on Washington,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/3/14: Lady with hawk breasts and a nation’s shame with Comic...
§ Dara Naraghi's Indie Cover Spotlight is celebrating its 200th post today with a proto-nerdlebrity comics that features likeness of Mark Hamill, Julie Strain,...
Is today one of the greatest days in comics history?
Just looking over various "Week in review" posts at various sites it strikes me that today is an amazing day in comics history, with new...
Last Call: Rocket and Groot make The New Yorker
When I first saw the Rocket Raccoon and Groot toys at Toy Fair back in February—or maybe earlier when I first saw the Guardians...
Must Read: Gene Luen Yang on the importance of diversity
Okay this isn't "The Comics Diversity Times" but, issues of diversity and identity seem to be the most pressing ones these days. And so to cleanse the palette, here's a transcript of Gene Luen Yang’s speech at the 2014 National Book Festival this weekend. With American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints and now The Shadow Hero, Yang has become one of the best selling and most important graphic novelists and he's also one of those heroes I was alluding to earlier, standing up for people who don't have as big a voice.
It was a rotten week to be a woman on the internet
What a tiring week it has been even though I'm technically on vacation. You are probably sick and tired of reading about the irrational,...
Bookmark: Small Press Previews
Here's a good idea: Small Press Previews, a new site that I was informed of by Jared Smith. They have 46 publishers signed up to create a single spot to see previews of small press comics coming out each month.
For instance I didn't know there was a new Derf coming from Alternative Press!
Spider-Woman’s Butt: unfortunate but unforgettable
I know I promised that I would never write about Spider-Woman's butt again, but the topic has proven incredibly durable. The Telegraph was only the latest mainstream entity to look at the overall semiotics of it, and referred to many experiments in the captivating pose imagined by Italian erotic master Milo Manara. For instance, this Reddit user rendered the pose in 3D and the result was a hideously deformed freak that will haunt all our nightmares. "Crouching like a Jaguar" indeed.
“A Cosmic Fairytale” – D.J. Kirkbride incites The Bigger Bang [Interview]
Author D.J. Kirkbride has been an important force in the comics’ industry for years now spearheading projects like Amelia Cole for Monkey Brain...
