WinterCon is coming to Queens, NY
Wait there is ONE MORE CON for New Yorkers! It's called WinterCon and it will be held December 6th in Queens at the Resorts...
Con season winding down with Comics Arts LA
It's been a long, long year of cons, with new ones springing up every where. The CAF season is winding up with Comic Arts...
13 is the unlucky number of episodes for CONSTANTINE
Constantine's production has been halted at 13 episodes, Deadline reports, but it may not be gone for good.
While NBC recently made a similar...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 11/24/14: No one remembers this old DC series, but what it...
§ In case you missed it, that half million dollar Tezuka Kickstarter missed the mark by a huge margin. Johanna Draper Carlson has commentary....
Weekend Webcomics: Michael DeForge’s “Winter Break” will make you want to eat turkey
Here's a little holiday jam to get you in the mood for next week's Turkey Marathon. Upchurch removed as Rat Queens artist following arrest
Rat Queens co-creator Kurtis J. Wiebe has posted a statement regarding his co-creator Roc Upchurch's recent arrest for domestic violence after attacking his ex-wife. The upshot: Upchurch is off the book.
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Comic Arts Brooklyn Interviews
Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The...
Special edtion of City of Glass: The Graphic Novelgoes up on the PEN Auction
The US branch of the international literary organization PEN America is holding an auction of "Firest EDitions/Second Thoughts" tpo help support its mission of...
Holy cow, James Jean
After some well publicized difficulties, artist James Jean has been back making great art for a while now. And better than ever, as this already sold out print Seasons may indicate. Yet Another Must Read: Jeff Trexler analyzes the Kirby settlement
I've long been awaiting Jeff Trexler's analysis of the Marvel/Kirby Settlement, and he starts a two-part piece with Should the Kirby Family Have Settled? In case it hasn't been explicitly stated enough, it was Trexler's exploration of the potentially ground breaking work for hire aspects of the case that Kirby family attorney Marc Toberoff seems to have used to get the Supreme Court to even look at the case. To allow it to go to decision would have established an important precedent—but it was extremely risky for the Kirby heirs:
Chip Zdarsky: “Ha ha, I’m writing Howard the Duck!”
Exhibit A: A Howard the Duck cameo at the end of the years #1 movie
Exhibit B: Marvel brings out a Howard the Duck Omnibus, reprinting the masterful comics by Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, Val Mayerik and more.
It doesn't take much detective work to figure out that a new Howard the Duck ONGOING COMIC was on the way. And it's by Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones , EW reveals. Did I ever think I would be writing a story about Chip Zdarsky writing for Marvel? Writing Howard the Duck? No, I did not.
Must read: Nathan Fairbairn on coloring Pax Americana
Wow speaking of comics crafts, coloring is definitely one of the key components of today's comics golden age, yet one of the least understood,...
