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Angouleme Day 2 – Where We Celebrate the Medium of Comics – with photo galleries
The festival is a whirlwind of encounters and conversations and comparing itineraries, centered primarily on indulging in the delicious food and drink available in this region of France.
FIBD Angoulême 2018: Day 0 – Richard Corben wins the Grand Prix
It takes about 18 hours to get from Manhattan to this charming medieval town in France including lots of jetlag so the first day had a bit of a surreal quality to it. My last time here was 2014, and unlike some other shows which I attend every year, Angouleme seems to evolve a little […]
Preview: Rat God #1 by Richard Corben brings the backwoods horror
This preview of the new Richard Corben book from Dark Horse came in my email yesterday to promote the FOC of the book—the last day that retailers can adjust orders. So I missed posting it when it would do any good (I was in meetings and on deadline yesterday). But perhaps consumers will be interested as well! Corben is a powerhouse of the first wave of self-publishing and “ground level” publishing in the 80s, and he’s still rocking out with the art.
Richard Corben’s Luke Cage…as you’ve never seen him before
Speaking of Marvel and diversity, in 2002, Marvel published a Cage mini written by Brian Azzarello with art by Richard Corben. It was rough, gritty and unforgettable. However, on one page, Corben—known for his take-no-prisoners, wear-no-pants underground comics—drew Luke Cage au natural. Colorist Jose Villarubia played “Il Braghettone” to this particular incident, putting some shadows […]
REVIEW: Double Great Art in HELLHEIM #3 & THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
[*spoilers throughout] I’ve been following Oni Press’s HELHEIM since it started and have been impressed with it all along, but some of the plot elements have finally started emerging that make it not only an interesting story, but a very promising one for a longer run. HELHEIM follows the life, death, and undead life of […]
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 much stranger it must be for founder and indie comics creator Cliff Galbraith. What started in a bowling alley turned music […]
Review: Richard Corben’s THE CONQUEROR WORM from Dark Horse
Rightly speaking, the title of this review should read, “Richard Corben’s Edgar Allen Poe’s THE CONQUEROR WORM”, but that seemed particularly wordy for an article header. It introduces the nature of Richard Corben’s latest works, however, to have layers of authorship and titling. Based on Corben’s notes provided in the back of THE CONQUEROR WORM, […]
Frankenstorm Reading: Weathering the Evacuation Blues
On Sunday, I went out and got groceries from the already Walking Dead-like store with its empty shelves and zombie walkers and then I stashed everything that could be blown around outside my house, causing damage. Then I settled in for some 30 Rock on demand and snatched some Halloween candy from the pile, getting […]