The Dynamite Pre-vinterview: Frank Barbiere on Solar: Man of the Atom

04/16/2014 12:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

There’s been a lot of buzz about writer Frank (Five Ghosts) Barbiere of late. As in literally. I keep hearing “Frank Barbiere this” and “Frank Barbiere that.” All good. Likewise, Dynamite’s Gold Key revival has been a surprise hit thus far, with some sturdy characters getting a fresh update. So Barbiere’s take on Solar: Man of the Atom along with artist Joe Bennett definitely qualifies as a buzz book.

The first issue of the book is out today, and Dynamite provided this preview and interview with Barbiere.

Frank Barbiere on Five Ghosts: “It’s About to Get Pretty Crazy” [Interview]

02/24/2014 12:00 pm by Steve Morris

Buoyed by the success of the five arc of Five Ghosts, the ship-shape creative team of Frank Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham and Lauren Affe have been sailing forward these past few months on a wave of critical acclaim. Okay, sorry, no more ship puns. With the second arc of the much-loved Image series now underway, protagonist […]

Dynamite Tease Project Involving Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Frank Barbiere

10/09/2013 2:00 pm by Steve Morris

Dynamite have started teasing projects this week, with the arrival of three images promising a project from Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Frank Barbiere. Each of the teasers – released since Monday – have gradually started building up a phrase, which presumably when completed will form the tagline for whatever the writers have planned. […]

SDCC’13: Genre in Comics: Can Image Do Anything?

07/21/2013 10:00 am by Beat Staff

If today’s “Image Comics and the Genre Fiction Renaissance” panel at Comic-Con can be any guide, there are only two genres in the comic book industry: superheroes and everything else. Image are putting out a lot of ‘everything else’ these days, and genres are crossing like crazy. A panel including Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, Ed […]

Preview and Interview: 5 GHOSTS with Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham

01/24/2013 2:00 pm by Hannah Means-Shannon

5 GHOSTS is a new genre-splicing series premiering with Image Comics on March 20th, 2013 from writer Frank Barbiere (recently of THE WHITE SUITS series in Dark Horse Presents) and artist Chris Mooneyham (ANATHEMA). Frank and Chris produced the first issue of 5 GHOSTS independently and distributed the issue in a limited edition at New […]

New and Noteworthy: 5 Self-Published Singles

10/26/2012 10:00 am by Hannah Means-Shannon

EASY PIECES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ME & YOU, by Neil Dvorak Neil Dvorak’s series EASY PIECES premiered and continues to appear on the web platform ACT-I-VATE, but his print issues were available at NYCC and sold out. Dvorak composes in large format on light weight cream colored paper and uses white space around […]