Friday Afternoon Kitten Blogging
Oh you knew it was going to happen.
Gotta rebuild traffic somehow.
Lucy and Charlie contemplate life in the bathtub. Not named after Peanuts,...
Webcomic Alert: The Expositor by Van Sciver and Remnant
Okay. This is exciting.
A new webcomic site called The Expositor presents the new work of Noah Van Sciver and Joseph Remnant. These two...
Beat Man of the Year, Non-Comics Division: R.A. Dickey
Is there a more feel good story anywhere this year than the R.A. Dickey saga?
Once cast on the scrapheap of pitching due to lacking a crucial ligament in his elbow, Dickey went through purgatory and emerged with the determination to claw his way back, and gripping the baseball with his knuckles. The Mets pitcher won his 20th game yesterday, the first Met to do so since 1990, and along the way he's having one of the greatest seasons ever by a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckleballs.
Mark Millar is Now a Movie Consultant For Fox (On the Marvel Licenses)
By Todd Allen
Mark Millar continues his migration to the world of film. Millar is now a "creative consultant" to 20th Century Fox. As you...
As Editor Brian Smith leaves DC, we learn you can’t spell schadenfreude without “Liefeld”
Former Marvel and now DC editor Brian Smith tweeted the other day that he was moving on to go back to his freelance work. Which is a fairly normal occurrence. Except when not long ago, the one and only Rob Liefeld was tweeting that you were a horrible editor and had small appendages. And so Smith's departure was the occasion for another Liefeld broadside:
Gillen and McKelvie Roundup
By Steve Morris
Artist Jamie McKelvie and writer Kieron Gillen have taken the spotlight today, with several pieces of news - both good and bad...
Amethyst’s long heritage of attempted rape
So Amethyst is finally back! I admit this fantasy saga of a 13-year-old girl who finds she actually a princess of Gemworld was one...
Legendary Spotlight: Matt Wagner on developing THE TOWER CHRONICLES
[Multiple Eisner Award winning cartoonist Matt Wagner has long been known for his sure hand with adventure comics; the breadth of imagination for his signature creations Mage and Grendel and his distinctive re-imaginings of Batman in various titles over the years. Now he's imagining for the first time John Tower, a new character created by Legendary Pictures studio head Thomas Tull and debuting this week as part of the new Legendary Comics line. THE TOWER CHRONICLES: GEISTHAWK #1 is being published in the "prestige" format—a squarebound 64 page comics—well-known to 90s comics readers but not much used today. But it seems appropriate for the story that Wagner is telling, along with artist Simon Bisley inker Rodney Ramos and colorist Ryan Brown. In the following interview Wagner walks us through the process of developing John Tower and talks about his entire approach to making comics. We previously talked to Legendary's COO Tim Connors here. ]
Brooklyn Book Festival offers great comics programming
New Yorkers who are are still in withdrawal from the amazing SPX just concluded, rejoice—this weekend's Brooklyn Book Festival features a full line-up of comics programming, and some comics-focused programs during the week that will keep you in comics nirvana. The festival takes place all day Sunday, September 23rd, but there are satellite events listed below.
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest announces guests: Ware, Chast, Blexbolex etc.
Those still smiling from the high of SPX can take comfort that the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festical is only 55 days away -- Sunday, November 10th to be exact. And the guests have been announced:
Interview: Former Marvel COO Bill Jemas tells us how to wake the F#ck up
[You can't run a comics company without making some waves, and the name Bill Jemas still conjures up strong reactions from many who were around when he ran Marvel from 2000-2004. Jemas, along with Joe Quesada, oversaw a period of revolution and rebirth for Marvel as they started the Ultimates line and made many other business changes. Controversial at the time, Ultimization and other bold moves definitely put Marvel back in the game and provided a blueprint for future company-wide changes—as well as making Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and J. Michael Straczynski household names in households where comics are read.
First Look: Claudia's Story by Anne Rice and Ashley Witter
Among fall's many anticipated releases, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE: CLAUDIA'S STORY is an interesting twist on the graphic novel anticipation. Although Anne Rice's ...



















