3AM Comics: Nate Simpson talks Creative Constipation, Artificial Intelligence, and ‘Nonplayer’
On the questionably damp morning of the last day of ECCC '15, I caught up with Image creator Nate Simpson in a small breakfast place called The Crumpet Shop in Downtown Seattle's world famous Pike Place market to talk about the second issue of Nonplayer, close enough to taste. The conversation spans his interest in narrative art, AI, and a discussion on creating comics in an rapidly gestating environment. Simpson is known for his work on Nonplayer, the first issue of which came out a few years ago. He lives in Seattle with his wife and young child and while he's not working on game art, he wakes up at 3AM daily to turn out comics pages.
Digital pioneer 2000 AD offers DRM-free downloads
Quick, which publishers are the pioneers of digital comics? You might think IDW or Marvel, but the UK's Rebellion, publisher of 2000 AD, has been selling digital editions of its book since all the way back in 2005 with great success—it's the fastest and cheapest way to get Judge Dredd if you don't live in the UK after all. Now they are making their downloads DRM free. All comics purchased—past and present—via any method—web, Android, iOS—will now be available in DRM-free PDF and CBZ files.
C2E2 2015: Where Everything Is! (With Secret Insider Hints!) UPDATE
C2E2's on once again, and just like your favorite superhero who is--yet isn't--quite the same, it's being held again in the same place, but...
Kaptara #1 Review: Sex Criminals Dreaming in Space
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Kagan McLeod
Color Assist: Becka Kinzie
Editing: Thomas K
Production: Drew Gill
Kaptara is a wild card for Image Comics right now. Chip Zdarsky is...
Marvel and Telltale Games to Create New Game in 2017
Marvel to partner with the game developer of the Walking Dead and Fables.
A day of remembrance with Operation Nemesis, Dan Panosian and Harry Bogosian
Some anniversaries are painful to remember, and so is today's: the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A while ago we told you about a graphic novel about this event, OPERATION NEMESIS: A Story of Genocide & Revenge. The book is out now and in memoriam of those who lost their lives, here's two illustrations from the book, one by Dan Panosian above and one by Harry Bogosian, below, a student of Paul Pope.
Conundrum’s fall line allows you to become a kitten
Of course there are some great graphic novels in Conundrum Press's fall line, but the book I'm choosing to headline is "You Are a Kitten!' -- a shoose your own path book that will redefine how we perceive reality and yarn balls. But all these books look great. In particular, Fitzgerald had a great debut with Photobooth, a non-fiction graphic novel about the history of the photobooth. Turning her storytelling to her own tale sounds very promising.
Doctor Who vets team for 5 issue series Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch, writer of the pivotal 1988 Doctor Who episode Remembrance of the Daleks which saw the pepper pot villains levitate up a flight...
C2E2 2015: How To Get Around
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, also known as C2E2, is set to begin Friday! If you’ll be attending, here are some helpful hints...
Who will be the new Spider-Man? Five major contenders emerge
We're inching ever closer towards a new Peter Parker
Jill Thompson is working on ” A Very Selfish Princess” a standalone Wonder Woman...
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I was at HeroesCon a few years back and ran into Jill Thompson. "Whatcha working on, Jill?" I asked. She said it was secret, but showed me a page of art with an island on it. So I guess that Jill Thompson's Wonder Woman project has been a badly kept "Secret" for a while. However on FB yesterday she cleared up what the project is and even gave it a name:
