Comics Archives

Rai #1 Slips Forward To April
But comics slipping forward? Not too common. That's what's happening with Rai #1, now Shipping one week early, so as to be out for Free Comic Book Day And give those folks who have picked up the Valiant FCBD title a chance to… spend some money, as well as the Rai #1 Plus Edition with 16[...]
Monday Morning Runaround – The Life Of Bryan Talbot
Also no one tell Eric Stephenson about that "third" thing… Noted comics writer and editor Scott Allie will appear at Northern Essex Community College on Tuesday, March 25, from 6:30-8:30 p.m in the David Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St This event is free and open to the public. Allie will discuss the[...]
Stan Lee Promotes Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day has put together a video of Stan Lee promoting this years upcoming Free Comic Book Day... This is the kind of thing Stan "The Man" can
It Pays To Listen To Your Parents
Luke Foster writes for Bleeding Cool: Shortly before Thanksgiving 2012, I was complaining to my parents that I was in a rut both personally and in my day
Pop Culture Hounding Hellboy Day! With Mike Richardson, Scott Allie And Friends
By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode81.mp3] Following on from this week's chat with Mike Mignola (which can still be heard here) – I continue the Hellboy Day celebrations with Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson, Mouse Guard's David Petersen, and editor Scott Allie – as well as Maura McHugh & Kim Newman, who have just been announced as writers on[...]
Four Reasons To Pre-Order New Image Book Genesis From Nathan Edmondson And Allison Sampson
Genesis is a wonderful, feverish, odd book that reads like David Cronenberg's version of Inception and it's available for pre-order until March 24th from Image Comics.  The code is FEB140504, you should absolutely pre-order it, and here are the four reasons why. 1 Everything You Ever Wanted Nathan's script follows an idealistic young man called Adam, who[...]
11 Things All Failed Kickstarter Projects Do Wrong
I've run three successful kickstarter campaigns in the comics and tabletop games categories, and I'm in the middle of my fourth: The Flight Deck Playing Card series based on early airship and airplane designs The campaign runs until April 1st! In putting my projects together, I've done research into hundreds of campaigns, following them from start[...]
G.I. Pony: Freedom Is Magic
Publisher of both comics, IDW's Dirk Wood joked that it could be done. Well that retailer has gone a little further to make his case Sean Williamson has mocked up the following… This has to happen, doesn't it? At the Diamond Retailer Day a couple of weeks ago, one retailer asked aboutvthe possibility of a GI Joe/My[...]
Catbeard The Pirate Book Three: Shipwrecks And Shedding
Ah, now we're into more unfamiliar territory. Catbeard is a concept that, at first glance, could be tailor-made for webcomics People love cats on the internet (as do I), and let's face it, there's no better place for piracy! But it's always been my hope to make something more. I grew up reading comics, and among my[...]
The Terrible Twos of a Kickstarter Project
 Yes, I'm a proven commodity as a creator, but it's tricky to get new readers to jump onto a series in media res (a highly common problem in the comics industry) It's like trying to sell tickets to a movie that already started 20 minutes ago  My Book 1 backers are a great, reliable bunch,[...]