Tag: Comics
Interview: Eddie Campbell — “My theory is that we cannot stand the idea that...
In May Top Shelf in the US and Knockabout in the UK will be co-publishing The From Hell Companion. The Top Shelf website describes it as
An astonishing selection of Alan Moore's original scripts and...
Behold: Bartkira! An intriguing comics jam proposal
Ryan Humphrey posted this fantastic Simpson/Akira mash up comic on his tumblr last night and it's been picking up a healthy number of notes since. The comic (which you can see below) is really striking,...
A Salute to The Pope in Comics
As we celebrate the arrival of Pope Francis, let's look back on the great popes in comics history.
Of course, the DEFINITIVE papal statement in comics—and one of the greatest in all of literature—is Cerebus...
Kick-Watcher: The way it should be: Lars Brown’s Penultimate Quest
Kickstarter has been a talking point in the comics industry ever since its conception, most recently and prominently for the fallout between Mark Andrew Smith and the problems he's been having with his Sullivan Sluggers book....
Review: The Adventures of Superhero Girl
Sometimes a book comes out that I'm so ridiculously excited about I get paranoid that I'm going to be disappointed in some way. And then it arrives and turns out to be even better...
Interview: Will Brooker on My So-Called Secret Identity, A New Kind of Superhero Comic
Rave reviews from across the press, prominent features in the mainstream media, and plaudits from huge names within the industry; this new comic is off to a flying start.
Those familiar with my writing here...
Advance Review: Viva Lost Vegas #1 (spoiler-free!)
Reuniting the team behind the Eisner award winning Return of the Dapper Men, Lost Vegas is a fun mix of science fiction space play and hustler inspired shenanigans Oh, and it is very, very pretty.
Writer Jim McCann...
Mini Marvels: Hawkeye #8 – My Bad Penny
Hey bro. Bro! You reading Hawkguy bro? Missin' out bro.
So I'm not exactly a new Marvel reader. I've read decades of old titles and kept up with Daredevil til a few years back. I'm...
WHAAM! – Rian Hughes, Roy Lichtenstein, and IMAGE DUPLICATOR
London's Tate Gallery are running an exhibition of work by Roy Lichtenstein, who is famous for stealing 'appropriating' panels from comics and representing them as works of high art. The exhibition runs until the 27th of May, if you're interested.
Review: Batman Incorporated #8 – The Boy Wonder Returns
(Spoilers!) Well, we can't say that we didn't know it was coming. From early on in the run, Grant Morrison has said in interviews and at convention appearances that his six year Batman run would end...
Review: Completely Happy!
The concluding issue of Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson's Happy! has finally made its way to the shelves, and has seemingly divided critics right down the middle. It's perhaps no surprise to anyone who...
Review: The Infinite Wait by Julia Wertz: bio, booze and books
The Infinite Wait by Julia Wertz
Koyama Press
I have a complicated and knotty relationship with auto-bio comics, beset by apprehension and cynicism. There's no doubt the genre produces some interesting material- Art Spiegelman, Seth, Robert Crumb,...
