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John Williams FTW!
Surrounded by a football game so horrid that Eli Manning must have wished he could just be put into carbon freeze,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/20/15: You won’t believe what Captain America did this time!
Captain UN-America? Some think so. Also: go see Harvey Kurtzman and don't touch your cel phone because it's dirty. Plus Brian K Vaughan reveals something awesome. And is manga really a cat?
The Ten Most Noteworthy Items from DC’s January 2016 Solicits
DC Comics' December solicits were marked by a number of cancellations from the much heralded over the Summer "DC You" line-wide relaunch. A critically...
The direct market, sustainability, future of comics, disruption and all that other fun stuff
We're entering a period of disruption, if we're not already well into it. Is it something in the air, an upcoming election, the increasing consolidation of big media/big tech, millennials taking over? Probably all of that. And how does that affect comics? Of late the "slow patch" hit by direct market periodicals due to faltering by the Big Two seems to have cast all of this into discussion. Kate Leth, a creator and also a former comics shop employee, has a much linked to post about the direct market process which talks about how pre-ordering is key in what she calls a "system [that] is so deeply twisted":
INTERVIEW: Jessica Abel on Intersection of Comics and Radio and the Limitations of Art
by Alex Dueben
Jessica Abel has produced a unique body of work in comics that ranges from two collections of her award winning comic series...
MATT CHATS: Jim Zub on Finishing Skullkickers and Continuing his Wayward Path
Jim Zub, easily my most-interviewed creator, is on a tear lately. In addition to wonderful corporate-owned work like Figment, he more than stuck the...
REVIEW: Marvel’s Jessica Jones Starts as a Slow Boil, but Does it Get Steamy?
We screened the pilot episode of Marvel and Netflix series Jessica Jones at NYCC 2015 to see if the show has the potential for Daredevil-level success.
Chris Ware battles for graphic literature with “Why I Love Comics”
It seems that Chris Ware, the genius behind Building Stories and other structural comics masterpieces, and Hajime Isayama, the Attack on Titan creator we...
Review: “THE SHIELD #1” is Dark Circle’s “Most Intriguing Endeavor Yet”
By Harper W. Harris
The Shield is a character that few probably recognize, and most will probably see the new series that debuts this Wednesday...
Indie Portland comic book retailer and cafe launches GoFundMe to re-open after robbery
Attention good Samaritans: a small Portland based hybrid cafe and comic book store needs your help to re-open after a vandal raided and robbed...
31 Days of Halloween: “We Choose Our Friends Alone” by Chris Jones and Elaine...
Just in time for the spookiest season, here's We Choose Our Friends Alone" : a short horror comics about a little girl who goes...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/19/15 – Isayama: “I thought I woud work in a...
§ The BBC has a short video interview with Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama, which I can't embed because BBC. Isayama talks about his struggles to get AoT published, and the rejection he faced, and confesses "My self esteem was so low when my editor showed interest I thought what's wrong with this guy." He says he thought he would end up working in a manga cafe because his art was considered so bad. This is the typical low self esteem expressed by cartoonists, so there is really no difference between manga and US comics. But who is laughing now, with AoT having sold some 52 million copies.
