Comics Archives

Amazing Spider-Man 700 Day – Wednesday Trending Topics
 The comic book industry gets better and better at making mainstream news, year by year, and that's good. Meanwhile… somewhere in New York, Steve Ditko is probably quietly going about his business, still making comics and writing about them, and likely politely turning down several more press requests for interviews than usual this week[...]
A Song Called City
They both studied Illustration and Comics at the Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design Rik went on to study Philosophy and is also a certified teacher Bram Michielsen took up Filmstudies, specializing in screenwriting and storytelling (both traditional and interactive) Together they co-create A Song Called City, a free-to-read, long-form webcomic intended for[...]
Darrin O'Toole Of The Trade
Kaviraj as runner-up in the 2012 Dundee Comics Prize He then took Tales from the Void to Thought Bubble and O'Toole and Kaviraj and rounded out 2012 by releasing Perspective, a seven page crime tale with a twist, online for free (see below). For 2013, O'Toole has a number of new books out Earthruler, a 6[...]
David Lloyd Talks Aces Weekly
David Lloyd writes; Aces Weekly is something I'd wanted to do for a few years before getting a mental nudge to go for it finally in the summer of 2011. The simplicity of putting together a bunch of folks in an online digital comics magazine that echoed the universal appeal of the Sunday pages in the US[...]
Mara And A Return To The Girls Comics Of My Youth
When I was a kid, I read comics All sorts of comics Anything I could lay my hands on The Stan and Jack Fantastic Four reprinted by Marvel UK, kids comedy comics like The Beano, Buster or Whizzer And Chips, action adventure comics like Tiger and Commando, and girls comics like Mandy, Jackie or Bunty[...]
Is Atlantis Meant To Be Israel? (Justice League And Aquaman Spoilers)
You know, because of war.   Batman, the world's greatest detective there. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.   A response that's "ten times harder" and "your people" seem to be the biggest giveaway here, in this conversation with Batman in Aquaman #15 (which you should also make sure you read after Justice League #15). Or course, another reading may[...]
Preview: Edison Rex #5
This week, your comics shop will have a paucity ofcomics in store… but digital comics keep on rolling it seems Such as Edison Rex #5, not skipping a beat, with a new issue out on Boxing Day Here's a preview… EDISON REX #5 $.99 – Ages 12+ – Edison Rex has invited the press to the grand[...]
Christmas Presents For Comics People
So what did your favourite comic book people get for Christmas today? And then post on Twitter? Here's a look... ONE PUNY GOD. On the first day of
Deep Dive Daredevils – Some Serious Underwater Love
About seven years ago we decided to take the plunge and make our own comics. After a bunch of false starts and some successes too (our 12 page short, Baby Girl, was a featured back-up in Joe Keatinge's Hell Yeah issues 3-5), I believe we've finally hit our stride with the Deep Dive Daredevils It's a[...]
Top Of The Irish Comics, 2012
Colin O' Mahoney writes; These are my top three picks for Irish comics in 2012 I have picked these to give those not blessed with ease of access to Ireland's fair green hills and fine black porter a chance to make up for this by reading our comics As such, I have only considered work available[...]
A Towering Babble
Shortly after I started to chip away at the UK small press scene, I got paired up with Bryan Coyle for a strip in the anthology FutureQuake (http://www.futurequake.co.uk); we worked together on some more shorts for Accent UK's (http://www.accentukcomics.com) themed anthologies and then started to talk about the possibility of doing a full length project,[...]
The Center Of Somewhere, Everywhere
I've always loved the comics medium as a way to tell stories, and spent many hours when I was young creating characters and worlds and trying to draw comic strips that might someday appear in the newspaper alongside the work of my heroes It took the invention of the Internet and a few years longer[...]
Sunday Review: Witch Doctor Mal Practice #2 – Where Were You When?
Louis Falcetti writes; Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #2 is out and not only is it another dark, fun outing from Seifert and Ketner, but another feather in Image's hat for delivering comics jam packed with story at the most reasonable of cover prices This series differs from the first (if you're just joining us) as[...]
How Magic Wind Will Be Blowing Across America
Last week we ran some news on the US version of the Italian comic Magic Wind from Epicenter Comics in San Diego. Now we have some idea of how they are planning to do it. Each of the 96 page black and white original Italian editions will be reprinted as three 32 page colour editions Which means,[...]
Four Ways Marvel Makes Image Look Bad
At Image, exactly how serial is in doubt, with several series running late, comics getting cancelled while future issues are still being solicited and books skipping months Whereas Marvel's aberration are few and far between, Uncanny Avengers, we're looking at you But so many other titles not only ship one a month, but twice, so[...]