John Seven reviews The Nib #3
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/21/19: What is your favorite George Pérez cover?
Also, changes in the business models at Spit and a Half and The MNT.
Facebook: Passmore’s “Your Black Friend” Cartoon Taken Down “in error”
Facebook has often been criticized for what some consider to be confusing community standards, guidelines, and the manner in which these standards are applied. Video depictions of breastfeeding were banned, a policy Facebook has since reversed, while videos depicting bullying and harassment remain an ongoing and painful problem. Questions were raised yet again on Friday, January 26, […]
Ben Passmore’s ‘Your Black Friend’ is now an animated short
Ben Passmore‘s critically acclaimed Your Black Friend won an Ignatz award, a Dinky Award and a Broken Frontier Award andwas nominated for an Eisner Award. It continues to be a powerful starting point for the conversations we need to have about race in America. And now it’s been turned into a 3-minute animation courtesy of Silver Sprocket and Doggo […]
Exclusive: Silver Sprocket Announces 2018 Spring Line-up with Nowack, Passmore, Sweater and more
Silver Sprocket is an SF-based indie comics publisher with a growing presence. In addition to putting out comics–most notably the Ignatz winning Eisner Nominated Your Black FRiend by Ben Passmore – they also put out records, put out webcomics and run a storefront on Haight Street “until their they find a real tenant.” They’re self […]
To do this weekend: CALA in Los Angeles wraps up the indie fest season
CALA is coming to LA this weekend, and you’ll want to check out the limited edition of a new graphic novel by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore.
SPX 2017: The year of getting woke
This was an SPX unlike any previous SPX, as the tumult of the outside world has reached even Camp Comics. But the welcoming spirit of unity and creativity was still there, and strang as ever.
A Year of Free Comics: On matter of the day by Passmore, Kobabe and Thomas
You’re probably sick and tired of the disturbing news that the US has been embroiled in for the last week. But in case you aren’t – or are, like The Beat, just glued to the Internet and TV with your eyelids propped up, here are some comics about recent events and background. All the way […]
Review: Shortbox #2 – Impressive Comics
Zainab Ahtar Short Box project has delivered its second collection, and it’s another strong outing.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/27/16: Stephen King, George RR Martin and Neil Gaiman walk into a writer’s workshop…
§ Webcomic of the day: “Your lack Friend” by Ben Passmore. Just read it. It’s an excerpt of a longer work that will be sold at MICE in Boston, Ripexpo in Providence and NOCAZ Fest in New Orleans, and available online from .Radiator Comics. § This kept coming into my inbox: a Spidey Zine […]