By Olly MacNamee I picked both of these titles up on my recent trip to Birmingham’s International Comic Expo back in July, but being a teacher the lure of
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But why did he disappear in 1930, and why did the mayor, the mob, and the cops all want him dead?
Bill Morrison, a Detroit native, is a writer and artist best known as the co-founder of Bongo Comics, and work on their Simpsons comics, but his wife-ranging interest in the history and development of comic[...]
Expect to be fired, it is an axiom in Hollywood.
These are the words of Frank Miller who once famously tore up an issue of Wizard Magazine, the dominant comics news magazine of the time and proponent of all things "hot", warning creators to watch out for corporate greed and mistreatment.
This same Miller has evolved into[...]
Lots of big comics coming from DC Comics Some expected, some not But all in the DC Comics Spring 2015 listings Thanks to Aaron Hale for kicking this off for us.
A new rapport with Neal Adams seems to have resulted in the following,
Neal Adams Omnibus (June 2, 2015)
This hardcover omnibus collects: Material from Batman #200, 203[...]
So, last year Ben Templesmith was replaced as the artist on JMS's Ten Grand comic series for Image Comics A work-for-hire gig for Ben, he seemingly went incommunicado after being sent a script At the time JMS wrote,
Most recently, we gave Ben a full script on July 26th It is now September 4th, and we[...]
Kelly Fitzpatrick's colors' are pitch perfect, mixing muted and vibrant tones to make Bivens' strange landscapes and unique line work pop off the page.
Dark Engine feels almost like a new incarnation of the old principles and tones that suffused the great original Vertigo horror comics in the early days of Milligan, Delano, and Gaiman –[...]
Those are both very dangerous mentalities that a great deal of sexual harassment/assault stem from, so please refrain from making such statements.
As Comics Alliance's Betty Felon posted, not everything Yale has done has been quite so apologetic She also states,
For the record: I did not personally receive dick pics from Yale, but I know the victims who[...]
This Soviet era monument in Sofia, Bulgaria, of Cold War might and muscle, has been given a more modern makeover, with the strength of soldiers
When the comics distributor he owned, Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors found itself the exclusive print distributor for both the comic shops and bookstores – and for Amazon.
And before long, one in every two books from Diamond Book Distributors was The Walking Dead Diamond were rescued from potential insolvency and Geppi survived the[...]
By Olly MacNamee
Bringing the summer long celebration of Batman's Birthday here in Birmingham to a close local, well loved indie cinema Electric Cinema has teamed up with the good people behind Comics4Causes to present a Bank Holiday weekend film schedule that is all about The Bat Well, mostly Only recent cinematic releases as well as[...]
The nice thing was that it immediately gave these comics a different feel than the other "Grimm" titles And the noir theme carried over into the second arc with Renard.
KP: Speaking of Noir, were there any influences, you found yourselves going back to as you worked on the comic?
KM: I'm insanely obsessed with LA Confidential and the[...]
Ron Marz (Green Lantern) and Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099) have teamed up on a new limited-edition comic series called Unbreakable Valor for the new
Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan.
They say:
We forgot the cake… but the books this episode are what made it a real party! Futures End #16 let us know what's up, the TMNT 2014 Annual[...]
But who will pip them to the post?
This could be the opportunity for the comics folk to put together a new Year Zero style Doctor Strange book, twelve issues mirroring the look of the film, written in consultation with the screenwriter, that can be collected in a nice thick volume and sold to movie goers[...]
Comics from a cast of international talent that includes: In The Green Fairy, by Jason Paulos (EEEK!), Struggling artist Anton Goffroy finds heaven and hell in the arms of a mysterious sorceress!, Swamp Girl takes us back to a barbarian era where a young girl finds more than she's looking for in a watery hole of horrors, by Forte[...]