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WHAAM! – Rian Hughes, Roy Lichtenstein, and IMAGE DUPLICATOR

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London's Tate Gallery are running an exhibition of work by Roy Lichtenstein, who is famous for stealing 'appropriating' panels from comics and representing them as works of high art. The exhibition runs until the 27th of May, if you're interested.

Dresden Codak is fastest funded comics project yet

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Popular webcomics getting immense Kickstarters is a real dog bites man story, but here it is: Aaron Diaz has a print project for his fantasy webcomics Dresden Codak up and after a day or so it has $189,773 with 27 days to go. The initial goal was a mere $30,000. It's already the 8th biggest comics Kickstarter of all times, and who knows how big it will get.

Watch! Jesse V. Johnson’s Wonder Woman Fan-Trailer

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We all want Wonder Woman to be in a movie. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say we want...

Review: Batman Incorporated #8 – The Boy Wonder Returns

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(Spoilers!) Well, we can't say that we didn't know it was coming. From early on in the run, Grant Morrison has said in interviews...

Monkeybrain Comics coming to print from IDW and Image

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In a move that is the opposite of a shock, some of the titles from the digital-first Monkeybrain imprint are coming to print at IDW, starting in June. The line will kick off with founder Chris Roberson's EDISON REX and continuing with AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD, RED LIGHT PROPERTIES and more.

To Do March 20: “Surely you’re joking, Dr. Wertham!”

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Well here's a must do: a chance to see Carol Tilley, the heroic professor who proved Dr. Fredric Wertham was a fraud, in person with Paul Levitz, David Hajdu, Craig Yoe, Sharon Packer and Danny Fingeroth at a talk celebrating Wertham's 118th birthday on March 20th. I

TopatoCo launches crowdfunding fulfillment house

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I don't know how long this has been around—and I feel stupid for not knowing—but TopatoCo, the great unifying force of the comic book universe, has started a crowdfunding fulfillment house called Make That Thing. An excerpt from their about page:

Some ComicsPRO and retailing notes

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My annual write around on the yearly meeting of the retailing organization ComicsPRO was in PW yesterday, including new president Thomas Gaul'sfirst interview. As usual, reports from the show were all about positivity and productivity and good sales news.

DC Backs Off From WTF Month

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In what may be a case of calmer heads prevailing, word is leaking out of the ComicsPro members meeting that DC is taking a...

Advance Review: Uncanny Skullkickers #1 tests out The Adjective of Power

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Uncanny is such a strange word to use to describe a comic, much less a range of different comics which tend to feature characters...

Tom Tomorrow wins Herblock prize

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Tom Tomorrow, creator of This Modern World, is this year's Herblock Prize winner. Established in 2004, and nemed for famed editorial cartoonist Herblock, the prize is given for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts. The finalist this year was Jack Ohman, who left his post at The Oregonian last year.

Podcast alert: More To Come

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People often ask me "Why don't you do a podcast?" I answer "I do."

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