Tag: Process
Ruth Redmond on Colouring, Comics, and Getting In With Marvel [Interview]
The Irish comics scene is one of the busiest in the world right now, and almost certainly one of the fastest growing. Spurred on by creators like PJ Holden and Declan Shalvey, more and...
As DENVER launches, Jimmy Palmiotti talks the new era of Kickstarter
JImmy Palmiotti talks about how to run a Kickstarter and where he sees it going for comics creators, as well as his new project, Denver, a story inspired by European comics albums.
Getting Into Inking with Mark Morales [Interview]
Mark Morales is a comic book superstar. Having worked on many of the best-selling Marvel titles of the last few years, he's worked as an inker alongside artists like Olivier Coipel, Jim Cheung, and...
It’s Colorist Appreciation Day 2014!
Colourist Appreciation Day started last year, essentially, from the mind of Jordie Bellaire - who subsequently spent the rest of the year becoming one of the most famous and well-known colourists in comics. In...
Must Read: Becky Cloonan on self-publishing
This is a good one to leave the year on, I think, a 4000 word essay by Becky Cloonan on the evolution and execution of her self-published minis, which have won Eisner awards and...
Charles Soule reveals how the heck he’s writing seven books a month
If you wonder who is the hardest working man in comics biz, there is only one answer: Charles Soule, currently scripting seven monthly titles and running a law firm. As he admits in this post, people are always asking him "HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS???"—in fact I asked him that the last time I saw him—so he has written a blog post to explain so he doesn't have to waste precious time answering that question any more.
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Ren Kimura
Fearless Defenders, the Marvel series from Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney, is drawing to a close. After twelve issues with the characters, next month's issue will be the last. Which is sad - but...
Spotlight Cartoonist: Connie Sun — “How to be an Artist”
Keep your chin up, Jim Lee got lots of rejection, too
Marvel historian Sean Howe has collected a bunch of Jim Lee's instagrams of rejection letters from the '80s, including this one from Eliot R. Brown. Although the curt advice "come back when you are...
Go See! Kate Brown and Paul Duffield’s ‘Crown of Blood’
Now playing at the Tower of London, comic creators Kate Brown and Paul Duffield have created a two-minute video about the princes in the tower story - which is being screened every day in...
SPX 2013 Panel Report: The Awesomeness of Influence
By Adam McGovern
One of the final panels of SPX 2013 was about fruitful points of departure. “Paying Tribute: Traditions of Style,” hosted by Joe McCulloch and featuring comics re-creators Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Tom...
Learn the secrets of Todd Klein’s lettering lore with his new print
For 20 years, ace letterer Todd Klein has been releasing a series of prints showcasing his calligraphic skills. Many were done with writers supplying the text—Neil Gaiman and Bill Willingham among them—but his new...