Tag: Comics
Editorial: Why I won’t be watching Man of Steel
Okay, I'm prepped for ridicule. I know people say you can't judge a film without having seen it, but if a trailer acts as an advertisement to entice viewers to pay to watch the...
The Best of New York City in Comic Books
As our own set spy photos this morning show, New York is one big playground for superheroes. It's also the background for some of the greatest literary and indie comics ever, too. Bookish—an Amazon-alternative...
Hot stuff: Farel Dalrymple is Delusional
Oh, Adhouse, why must you torture me so? The publishers of fine comics and art material have been on a streak of fire recently, releasing quality book after quality book. And now here's another...
On The Scene: LA Zoo hosts ‘Wild’ Comics Event + Photo Gallery!
Comics are everywhere. In the boom of the small comics event, even the LA Zoo staged a “Comics Jungle” event last Saturday geared at kids but drawing in families, artists, illustrators, and cosplayers. The...
Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell is Back!
Once more, I’ve dragged myself away from my usual obsessive witterings about Marvelman to write about another, different, long-lost British superhero. Right now, as you’re reading this, the Internet is about to explode/has already...
The Doors App Tells Morrison’s Tale through Haspiel’s Comics
You might have caught wind of the fact that a multi-media iPad app has been released this week featuring The Doors as part of a “fan experience” that was created to coincide with the...
Great Beast Comics Expands with Dangeritis, Hitsville UK and more
Great Beast Comics, the company set up by creators Adam Cadwell and Marc Ellerby, has been quietly building up a catalogue over the last few months. Originally founded to create a professional foundation for...
INTERVIEW: The Phoenix’s Tom Fickling Guides Us Through the Oxford Children’s Comic Festival!
This weekend sees the first-ever Oxford Children Comics Festival, held on Saturday 4th. I'll be heading over meself, and there promises to be heaps of stuff going on, including workshops, tables, ice cream and...
Patton Oswalt Pitches a Star Wars/Marvel Crossover Movie
Patton Oswalt has been rather busy over the last few weeks. When not convincing the World that he should be cast as The Penguin in the next Batman movie, he's appearing in Parks and...
INTERVIEW: Jimmie Robinson Hits Out with Five Weapons!
Jimmie Robinson can do basically anything. Writer, artist, designer and letterer, his most recent work Five Weapons has been receiving great acclaim from fans and critics alike. Set in a school for young would-be-assassins,...
Exclusive Sneak Peek: Liberator
I've already pegged this as potentially the debut of the year, and with Liberator #1 now available for pre-order, we get a sneak peek at the new artistic team.
When Black Mask Studios went live back...
MEGA-INTERVIEW: Cliff Galbraith on the Meteoric Rise of the Asbury Park Comicon
If you’ve been following the history of the Asbury Park Comicon, which opened only a year ago in March of 2012, you know it’s been a strange, yet rather astonishing ride, but imagine how...