Tag: History
A tribute to Shelly Bond: the most mod editor of them all
Today is the last day at Vertigo for Executive Editor Shelly Bond after a 23-year run as an editor, mentor and friend to many creators. It's truly been one of the most extraordinary editing careers in recent comics history, and I've reached out to some of her friends and others in the comics industry to give her the send off she deserves.
Comics toxic heritage strikes again as DC editor named as sexual harasser
The firing of Shelly Bond after more than 20 years of loyal service to DC has had an unintended consequence. Although referencing incidents utterly...
She Makes Comics to be distributed by XLrator
Hey mom, that movie I was in may be getting much wider distribution! She Makes Comics, Marisa Stotter's documentary about the history of women making comics is being picked up Lifeframe a new documentary division of indie distributor XLrator Media.
Must read: Stan Lee, Hero, villain or a bit of both?
Abraham Riesman. New York magazines resident comics expert, has a long and long brewing profile of Stan Lee called Why Is Stan Lee’s Legacy...
Anti-Wertham comic from the 40s found in library collection
Prof. Carol Tilley, who previously revealed that anti-comics crusaderDr. Fredric Wertham's research wasn't all that is at it again. While rummaging through the archives...
Comix Creatrix: the blockbuster art show is now a free 200 page book about...
The timing was fortuitous with Angoulême-gate, but Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics an art show co-curated by Olivia Ahmad and Paul Gravett ...
Very cool Infographic: Deadpool’s cast compared to their comics origins
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The Beat's own Kate Willaert, infographic queen, has been at it again with a comparison of the characters in the...
Comics sales increase by 2.1 million units in five years
The top 300 comics charts are out for January, and John Jackson Miller has his monthly analysis which reveals that graphic novels were heavily...
Marvel’s terrifying mullets
In 1992, the MTV News crew visited the Marvel Bullpen and talked to then Editor in Chief Bob Harras, the late Mark Gruenwald and...
Steranko’s Ages of Comics: naming our eras
In addition to popularizing "Sterankoing," artist Jim Steranko is quite a tweeter. Every Sunday night he holds a regular talk, and last night he...
Comics Detective: Todd Klein has nearly solved that big DC Comics Christmas party photo...
Just before Christmas, I ran a picture tweeted by DC Comics of the 1945 DC Christmas party, with many figures from comics history—from artist Joe Kubert to publisher Harry Donenfeld —in the room. The photo conveyed a palpable sense of the past brought to life, the clinking of glasses, the laughter of women, the camaraderie of the still young industry. And now Letterer/historian Todd Klein has identified as many of the people in the photo as possible.
Author Marc Tyler Nobleman seeks video of a WonderCon panel
Marc Tyler Nobleman is the author of Bill the Boy Wonder, a kids picture book bio of Bill Finger, illustrated by Ty Templeton, and...
