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The nominees for the Inkwell Awards, which recognize the stars of inking, have been announced and they are below. You can find out more about the awards, which will be presented at this year's Heroes Con, at their website. Inking may be one of the more fragile vocations in the comics ecosystem, but these talenetd people deserve all the recognition they can get.

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.

Comics veteran Paul Smith—X-Men, Leave it to Chance and The Rocketeer— has a website with lots of art to keep you busy for ages. Smith...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsjtg7m1MMM Spoiler: I am totally going to see this movie. Unlike past teaser trailers this one is all about the plot, and all the "You...

Brief and to the point -- over on his Formspring Tom Brevoort was asked about Marvel's continued hammer-blows of relaunches, Do you think the frequent...

I saw Sam Alden reading these at the NY Comcis SYmposium the other night and let's just say it gets better and better. He...

So yesterday I tweeted this, and there was quite a bit of outcry before during and after about Janelle Asselin's Tumblr post, linked to in this said tweet. The kind of short version of it all is:

Sometimes the wheels of comics grind exceedingly slow, and Multiversity, a now somewhat outdated multiversical look at the DCU that folds in various...

If you were to guess what the 10 most banned or challenged books in the US in 2013 were, you might guess 50 Shades...

Speaking of Amazology, Lauren Davis at io9 got right to the darkest conspiracy theories of all with a post titledWill Amazon Do To Comic...

Over the weekend Portland, OR saw Linework NW debut as a new indie-styled comic arts festival to replace Stumptown, which has merged with Rose...

People are STILL talking about Amazon's announced plans to acquire Comixology, although it has settled into the wait and see mode for now, as...