INTERVIEW: ARCHIE’S Fernando Ruiz on Life and Work at The Kubert School
Anyone who has ever worked with Fernando Ruiz or benefitted from his teaching skills knows what a seriously impressive contributor he is to the...
Kick-Watcher: Michael Moreci on MINI COMICS INCLUDED
One of the ways many people stumbled onto their first comic was through the promotional comics that used to come bundled in with action...
Siegel Heirs Reject 21 Million Dollars
In keeping with the court's schedule, yesterday Marc Toberoff filed his response to DC's summary judgment motion in the Superman/Superboy lawsuits. Toberoff has filed...
On the Scene: After Hours at Emerald City Comic Con
by @AmyChu
Day 1
After an exciting first day at Emerald City Comic Con on Friday, a sea of attendees flooded the many downtown venues around...
It’s “Clear” why people love The Walking Dead so much
Just why is The Walking Dead the most popular cable show of all time? It's gory, unrelentingly grim and even the most likable characters act out of brutal self-preservation. There are no feel good moments, only increasingly distant memories of what it was like to feel good. (When a Tom Waits song, which closed last week's episode, qualifies as a gentle lullaby, you know things have gotten tough.) I guess all of this explains why it's a guilty pleasure: soap opera with the threat of a horrific death at any given moment.
Meanwhile, back in the 60s and 70s, teenagers were working for DC
Via Sean Howe's invaluable Marvel tumblr, this photo of future Marvel editor in chief Jim Shooter at age 14. At that age he sent a spec script to DC editor Mort Weisinger and was hired to write the Legion of Superheroes at that age. While the world of superhero comics was not quite as harsh as it is now...it was still probably no place for a boy, as Howe writes in MARVEL: THE UNTOLD STORY:
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 3/5/13: Starting the day with Alan Moore
Let's start out with Dylan Horrock's drawing of Alan Moore. Because you can never have too much Alan Moore. Via Lulu Bonanza and Forbidden Planet
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces First Guests
It's not particularly grim oop North if you head to the right parts, and you can't go wrong with Kendal. It's a lovely part...
“Superman Unchained” is the New Lee/Snyder Title
We knew there was a new Superman title coming up, but we didn't know the name of it. Jim Lee and Scott Synder will...
Review: X-Men Legacy #6 FEATURING PIXIE
X-Men Legacy completes the first arc, with writer Si Spurrier taking its lead character - which, I still can't really believe, is Professor X's...
Mini Marvels: Hawkeye #8 – My Bad Penny
Hey bro. Bro! You reading Hawkguy bro? Missin' out bro.
So I'm not exactly a new Marvel reader. I've read decades of old titles and...
John Allison and Matt Bors weigh in on making money in comics
It's a Monday early in the month, you just paid the rent and you're now wondering how you are going to live on celery for the next 27 days—that must be why so many posts on how to make a living at this here thing are coming out today. We've already seen Jerry Ordway plead to be taken seriously as a creator. But it's not just the old paper and ink crowd that's fretting this day. The webcomickers are at it too.
