chris roberson Archives

Gibson, Wells and Kaluta – Chris Roberson Talks Shadow Inspirations
As Dynamite Entertainment continues their peer to peer interviews, who better to interview The Shadow writer Chris Roberson than master of the macabre himself Steve Niles The two writers talk about inspiration and the Shadows of the past. STEVE NILES: The Shadow has appeared in a lot of different media since his creation Was there one[...]
Pop Culture Hounding People of the Year Chris Roberson & Allison Baker from Monkeybrain
By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode68.mp3] After last week's show featuring Mike Carey & Sean Phillips in conversation at Malta Comic Con 2013 (which you can listen to here) I'm pleased to bring you this very special interview with Pop Culture Hound's People of the Year … Chris Roberson & Allison Baker of Monkeybrain Comics. We talk about how they[...]
Getting To The Heart Of Moriarty – David Liss Talks About The New Series
Chris Roberson had a chance to chat with Liss about his titular character and the new series. CHRIS ROBERSON: I've always been fascinated by the character of Moriarty, and one reason is the fact that he is so compelling a villain even though he's barely glimpsed in the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories Watson doesn't even[...]
Tony Lee Talks About Starbucks… Not The Coffee Place, The Space Pilot
Chris Roberson chatted with Tony about his favorite episodes, original vs reboot and the amazing Fred Astaire. CHRIS ROBERSON: Tony, if the internet is to be believed, you and I are the same age, both born in 1970 I was the PERFECT age for Battlestar Galactica when it first started airing in the States, and I was[...]
Jeff Parker Stands The King's Watch With The Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon
Chris Roberson sat down with Parker to discuss the King's Watch series and his heroes Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom.  CHRIS ROBERSON: I'm curious to know your first introduction to these characters I didn't really get exposed to the Phantom and Mandrake until later in life, since the newspaper my folks subscribed to[...]
Chris Roberson Talks Our Man Flint, Captain Action And Wereterriers
Between his alternate history novels and his work with pulp heroes on the Masks series,  Chris Roberson was the perfect choice to tell the tale of those same pulp heroes when government legislation targeting them is passed Jai Nitz caught up with Roberson to talk about Captain Action, iZombie, and the future for the series. JN:[...]
Tony Lee Talks To Chris Roberson About Doc Savage
Tony Lee talks to Chris Roberson about working on Doc Savage for Dynamite; TL: Chris, you're best known in comics fandom for your work in the Fables universe and iZombie, both for Vertigo What brought you to this project? I've been hinting (not so subtly) to the good people at Dynamite that I adore Doc Savage since[...]
Chris Roberson Writes Doc Savage For Dynamite
Dynamite have signed a licensing deal with Conde Nast to publish comics featuring the character. And they appear to be being written by a man fired from DC Comics, Chris Roberson Which should be interesting The book is to be drawn by Bilquis Evely, and published from December Chris is quoted as saying; "We start in 1933,[...]
It's Possible That JMS May Not Be Writing For Dynamite Any Time Soon
From the sparsely-attended but big-name-filled Dynamite panel at ECCC last night, with the likes of Chris Roberson and Mark Waid amongst Matt Wagner, Ron Marz and more.  Roberson was credited with scripting over Joe Michael Straczynski's plots on the Superman Grounded arc, though has stated that he wrote the whole issues, but had to give[...]
Masks #1 – A Writer's Commentary By Chris Roberson
Chris Roberson writes for Bleeding Cool; PAGE 1 I've always been a huge fan of the Green Hornet and Kato I think I was first exposed to them in those episodes of the Adam West Batman series that guest-starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee, and I later sought out reruns of the Green Hornet TV series they[...]
Eighty Alex Ross And Jae Lee's Original Art "Sketch" Retailer Covers
Masks #1 by Chris Roberson and Alex Ross may be making quite an impact when it hits in November's charts I'm told it has received 68,000 preorders, which is a record-breaker for Dynamite of late Outside of Marvel and DC, that means they were probably just behind My Little Pony and The Walking Dead. Helping get[...]
Remember, New Walking Dead Governor Story In Tomorrow's CBLDF Liberty Annual 2012
Here is a shot that a nice retailer sent me… And with a number of stores being shorted on copies, this year's CBLDF Liberty Annual 2012, also featuring work from Jonathan Hickman, Andy Diggle, Ben Templesmith, Howard Chaykin, James Robinson, CHris Roberson, Roger Langridge, Terry Moore, Kieron Gillen and so many more, maybe in even greater[...]
Review: Thoughts On A Winter Morning by Kurt Busiek and Steve Lieber
Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; Chris Roberson continues to put his money where his mouth is as Monkeybrain Comics rolls out more and more exclusive, digital (creator owned) titles through Comixology Out this week and available for the incredibly fair price of $.99 is Thoughts On A Winter Morning written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated[...]
Image Announces Chris Roberson's Reign
Chris Roberson has announced at the Image Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con, his new comic, Rain. UPDATE: Okay, okay, it's Reign, not Rain Seriously, how was I to know that? Chris Roberson has announced at the Image Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con, his new comic, Rain. UPDATE: Okay, okay, it's Reign, not Rain[...]
Monkeybrain Review: Edison Rex by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver
There's just so much unoriginal crap in the world that we forget about that moment when a story does that-thing, the moment when it turns around, when Xavier stammers out, "Why is that map upside down?" and Xorn removes his helmet, what little bleeder's would probably lovingly refer to as that "punch the sky and[...]
Monkeybrain – A Digital Image Comics For The Twenty-First Century
Today, it's been announced that Chris Roberson and Allison Baker are launching a new comic book publisher, Monkeybrain Comics, exclusively through comiXology. Creators for the new publisher, as well as Chris Roberson of course, include Grace Allison, Nick Brokenshire, J Bone, Chad Bowers, Wook-Jin Clark, Colleen Coover, Kevin Church, Dennis Culver, Matt Digges, Ming Doyle, Curt[...]
When Chris Roberson Got James Robinson's Copies Of Earth 2 #2
Issue 1 featured a new Alan Scott, originally the first Green Lantern, who it is rumoured (and reported by Bleeding Cool) will be revealed as a gay man in issue 2. Chris Roberson is a writer who was working for DC Comics until spoke out about what he saw as immoral publishing practices at the company,[...]
Chris Roberson: Further Beyond DC
iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson famously announced his decision to stop working for DC Comics publicly on Twitter, only to find that decision stepped by rather rapidly by DC, and his Fables arc disappear in a puff of magic Something that one could read into the most recent iZombie issue… Still, it doesn't look like he's too[...]
Monday Trending Topics: New 52 And Watchmen Too
It's been a busy few days on the DC Comics front… Chris Roberson acts, DC reacts, and everyone — including Jim Lee and Dan Didio — talks about it  Then there's New 52 wave 2 and Before Watchmen sneaks And the week is just getting started. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Is Boy Chimney The Great DC Character[...]