KISS has been an icon in the world of rock for decades, both in and out of their notorious makeup. With the announcement of their final tour, Dynamite and writer Amy Chu (Red Sonja, Poison Ivy) have teamed up to create KISS: The End, a companion miniseries to go along with their farewell to fans. Launching this […]
The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 4: New projects from Amy Chu, Janet Lee, Roman Muradov, Otto Soglow, Ben Towle and more
This one has a ton of preview art!
The strange history of Amy Chu, Poison Ivy and Eddie Berganza
Now that the dirty laundry is swishing about in the washing machine, some interesting stories are coming to light. Women Write About Comics’ Rene Rosen and Claire Napier tag team on a story about the four-issue Poison Ivy mini-series written by Amy Chu and published by DC last year. According to the piece, when she […]
The Beat podcasts! More to Come with Neal Adams, Amy Chu, and Ron Marz
At the recent New Jersey Comics Expo I had the good fortune to talk to Neal Adams, Amy Chu and Ron Marz about comics, life, art, history, the Mets and many other topics. I haven’t had a chance to write it up but the NJCE, where I was a guest, is a really fun laid back […]
INTERVIEW: Amy Chu on KISS: THE DEMON and redeeming “Music from the Elder”
While everyone knows the band Kiss defined loud music and showmanship for all times, via bassist Gene Simmons they were also pioneers of the whole “comics nerdlebrity” movement – Simmons went to high school with Marv Wolfman and must have picked up a thing or two about comics. Anyway, Kiss is back in a regular […]
Interview: Amy Chu on Red Sonja’s loincloth and the subway
Amy Chu gives us the straight scoop on the new Red Sonja series from Dynamite that finds the she-devil with a sword in modern day New York City!
Dynamite announces KISS: The Demon spinoff starring Gene Simmons
The magic and music of the band KISS is just too huge to be contained in ONE comic book title to the upcming Kiss title is already getting a spinoff starring Gene Simmons: KISS: The Demon co-written by series writer Amy Chu (Poison Ivy) and Erik Burnham (Back to the Future,Ghostbusters), with art by Eman Cassallos (Jennifer […]
Gallery: Lots of covers for Kiss #1
The band Kiss has a long history in comics, from their blood soaked early graphic novel in the 70s, to the new comic by Amy Chu and Kewber Baal that’s coming out in October. Just in time for Halloween! The book will feature a bevy of variant covers, of course, including one by John Cassaday […]
INTERVIEW: Amy Chu Tells the World What Her Take on KISS is All About
We discuss KISS’ newest comics adventure with writer Amy Chu!
The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 3: The year of diversity
Here’s the third part of our annual creator survey with a varied look from people in all aspects of the business from creators to publishers to journalists. As always, buried among the answers you will find a bunch of news items for the sharp eyed and also some preview art. In case you haven’t noticed, our panel certainly did: 2015 was the year diversity broke around the comics industry, although much, much, much more needs to be done. Read on to see what our our respondents thought about the year past and what they have coming for 2016.