Ben Blacker Archives

NYCC welcomed Ben Blacker (Hex Wives), Zoe Quinn (Goddess Mode), Dan Watters (Lucifer), Tina Horn (Safe Sex), Kat Howard (Books of Magic), Rob Sheridan (High Level) and Executive Editor of the Vertigo imprint Mark Doyle.  #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

But also, you're in luck, because BOOM! Studios has released a first look preview for The Thrilling Adventure Hour #1, the comic book based on the popular old school radio drama podcast of the same name by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, and M.J Erickson. Some press release info for you: Based on the wildly popular Hollywood stage[...]

From creators Ben Acker and Ben Blacker and artist M.J Erickson, the new series launches in July From the press release, a synopsis: Frank and Sadie Doyle are the toast of the upper crust – headliners on the society pages…and they see ghosts When one night of having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly, and[...]

Here to tell us these stories is a fantastic list of authors, with more to be announced at a later date.   Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Renee Ahdieh Tom Angleberger Meg Cabot Rae Carson Adam Christopher Zoraida Cordova Delilah S Dawson Paul Dini Alexander Freed Jason Fry Christie Golden EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein Paul Kemp Mur Lafferty Ken Liu Griffin McElroy John Jackson Miller Nnedi Okorafor Daniel José Older Mallory Ortberg Madeleine Roux Gary D[...]

Harry Houdini #5, talk with writers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker about KING: Flash Gordon #3, both on sale now Art by Lee Ferguson. ANTHONY DEL COL & CONOR McCREERY: You guys love your pulp classics (Yay, Thrilling Adventure Hour) What is it about this meta-genre that gets you all frisky and ready to write? And[...]

The series is written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker and connects to the other King Features characters like The Phantom, Prince Valiant, Mandrake the Magician and Jungle Jim The cover art here is by Declan Shalvey. For more information on King: Flash Gordon #3, click here. We have a look inside at[...]

Since then, I have been hoping to catch Brubaker at a speaking engagement and/or a book signing, so I was thrilled that there was a WonderCon panel this past weekend that spotlighted this amazingly talented and very busy comic book writer. Hosted by Ben Blacker, co-creator of Thrilling Adventure Hour, Blacker asked Brubaker about his writing[...]

Here we have the other half of the writer-to-writer interview with Fred Van Lente, writer of Magnus: Robot Fighter #12, talking with Ben Acker and Ben Blacker about KING: Flash Gordon #2, both on sale March 11th Interior art by Lee Ferguson. FRED VAN LENTE: Wow I mean Lee Ferguson, right Right? I know that's not[...]

Brian Clevinger, writer on KING: Phantom #1, talks with writers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker about KING: Flash Gordon #1, both on sale now! And with the way this interview went, I'm surprised one of the questions wasn't asking if it's supposed to be pronouned Gor-Don BRIAN CLEVINGER: Acker and Blacker? C'mon, admit it You guys[...]

This series is being written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker with art by Lee Ferguson and a first issue covers by Darwyn Cooke and Rob Liefeld. For more on King: Flash Gordon #1, click here. We have another first look, this time inside the new King Features crossover from Dynamite, King: Flash Gordon #1[...]

Byron Brewer chatted with the writers of the upcoming Flash Gordon series Ben Acker and Ben Blacker about taking on a character that inspired so much of the science fiction that followed. BYRON BREWER: Halfway through a miniseries celebrating the 100th anniversary of King Feature Syndicate Could you see the story you are telling now as[...]

Daniel Löf writes for Bleeding Cool: Listen up Thrilling adventure fans! There is a lot going with the nations favorite new podcast in the style of old time radio! Ben Acker & Ben Blacker had a lot of interesting things announce Thrilling adventure has been going on for 10  years back 2005, starting at the M-Bar,[...]

Jake Barlow writes for Bleeding Cool: The first of four Image panels at NYCC included a plethora of talent, namely Kelly Sue Deconnick, Jamie McKelvie, Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Kyle Higgins, Jason Latour, Brandon Montclaire and Tim Seeley The theme was world building and how to get readers lost in stories, where the only thing that[...]

But Archaia have taken the original vision for the work, written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, one, if not several steps further by translating the already multi-media tradition into a multi print media experience. Rather than simply presenting the basic stories of the comic, which already would have expanded Archaia's catalogue by reaching out to[...]