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s this the Nolan-ized Iron Man? The quasi-Bane-like narration, dark tone and "hero must struggle against himself" are certainly a bit different from the light hearted screwball comedy of the first two. In Shane Black we trust.

Kickstarter has become the go-to crowdfunding website for a variety of comic projects, whether they be furiously exciting or somewhat dubious. But up until...

Almost certainly due to the news that The Daily Planet was long-ago outstripped by The Beat in terms of superhero coverage (suck it, Perry...

The Kick-Watcher takes a break from Kickstarter to show you what indiegogo projects you should be supporting. By: Henry Barajas   Crowd funding for indie comic creators...

Arrow, the TV series based on the Green Arrow comic, has hit the target for the CW, with a full season pickup announced this...

I've been lucky enough to meet a few of the greatest visionaries of the last 50 years, and men and women who have shaped...

Last weekend, The Frankfurt Book Fair showcased two German comics awards: The Deutscher Cartoon Preis (German Cartoon Prize), awarded since 2006 Sondermann Publikumspreis (Sondermann audience award),...

If you're a fan of the X-Men, then you should thank editor Jordan D. White for handling them so well. Marvel's finest moustache has been busy...

It's been quite some time since Sam Henderson inked a new issue of MAGIC WHISTLE (almost four years in fact), but finally his return...

by Matt O’Keefe Welcome to Six In Six, where I ask comic folk six questions and get my answers in six minutes or less. Here...

As I mentioned in the opening column, when it comes to landing a bestselling title there are a lot of moving parts. I remember an editor talking about book campaigns during a panel session at Book Expo back in 2005 and he said most authors don’t realize that we put just as much effort into marketing and campaigning for a book as they do in writing it. Never were truer words spoken. From determining which audience the book is best suited for, what the cover should look like, how to build the buzz, and when the book should hit-these are all critical elements that need the same level of concentration as the writer has given to characters, dialog and setting.

If the juicy, fact filled excerpts aren't getting you to run down to the bookstore to pick up a copy of Sean Howe's MARVEL: THE UNTOLD STORY, you must be dead to comics. io9 has a lengthy excerpt that goes right to the heart of the glory days of Lee and Kirby. I cut and pasted five different revelatory paragraphs before to settled on this one, regarding Carl Burgos, the original artist on the Human Torch, and his thoughts back in the 60s of trying to get the rights back.