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Corinna S. Bechko Talks The First Superhero Created And Drawn By A Woman
I don't know much about being super rich (although I did once work on the grounds of a mansion as a zoo keeper) but I do know a lot about caring about your job, so hopefully that's something modern audiences can relate to as well. DA: Is there a comics creator – writer or artist –[...]
Be A University Lecturer In Comics In The North Of England?
Winter is coming… Teesside University, in the North East of England, requires a second lecturer in Comics, Graphic Novels & Sequential Art as part of a Bachelors & Arts Degree. You can apply here, at a senior or junior level. Teesside University – School of Design, Culture and the Arts Location: Middlesbrough Salary: £29,847 to £47,801 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 29th July 2016 Closes: 10th August[...]
Last Ride Into The Sunset
After four years in the making, Pariah, Missouri, the occult western graphic novel series will be concluding with book 3: Stone Age Pagans.  The
Is Marvel's Spring Event For 2017 A Little Bit Of Meta-Commentary?
Marvel Comics teased this quote at San Diego Comic-Con – though only Bleeding Cool seems to have reported it – for their Spring 2017 event. We initially thought this might have been Inhumans Vs X-Men – but that was announced elsewhere for the winter. Will it deal with the Marvel heroes divisions since Civil War, Avengers Vs[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Bob's Burgers Ongoing #1
Dynamite is having a big line-wide sale over at Comixology for the next week and they've sent us a bunch of free comics to share with you guys A little bit of everything We now move to Sunday of their sale and since the animated TV series it's based on airs on Sunday, seems today's[...]
Civil War II #1 Sold Over 425,000 To Comic Book Shops
Star Wars #1 may have sold a million copies for Marvel Comics a year-and-a-half ago. But that included a close-to-half-a-million copies of a Loot Crate variant copy. The final numbers of the $4.99 Civil War II #1 were announced by Marvel during the Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con at 425,000, while they distributed half a million[...]
Talking Boom! Studios' Lucas Stand With Caitlin Kittredge At San Diego Comic-Con
Unfortunately, Lucas Stand is one of those comics that's under the radar, at least for the moment, but it's definitely worth picking up and checking out! Penned also by the talented Kurt Sutter, the creator of fan-favorite shows like Sons of Anarchy, Lucas Stand is fantastic. In San Diego to promote her work on Lucas Stand,[...]
The Future Of The Babylon 5 Movie
We've talked a bit about J Michael Straczynski's presentation at his Spotlight panel at San Diego Comic-Con last weekend. During the Q&A section of
Keep On Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!
However, one thing that stuck in my mind were the many curious con-goers who would look at my comics, ask if they were complete stories, and then lose interest when I explained they weren't. It made sense to try and address that with this new title. Decision 1: Write a series of one-shots, to give people more[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Army Of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #1
Dynamite is having a big line-wide sale over at Comixology for the next week and they've sent us a bunch of free comics to share with you guys A little bit of everything As we move into day two of the sale and after two weeks of overwhelming political coverage, seems like a good day[...]
JMS Quits Comics, Switching To Writing Novels And Plays
He also pulled back the veil on his time as a comic book writer, explaining why he began to write fewer comics in recent years. He started cutting back after noticing problems with his eyes—particularly after long periods of concentration. He already knew he was near-sighted, but he learned that he also suffered from cataracts and Fuchs'[...]
Tracking Down The Groupon Half Million
Yesterday we reported on how one Groupon had sold over half a million Marvel and DC Comics for a buck to eighty cents a piece. But where did they all come from? Well, Dennis Barger of Quickstop and WonderWorld comics told us that he sold a quarter of a million mostly Marvel/DC titles to  Midtown Comics back in 2014[...]
Man Bites Mohammad Jilani
We spend the next couple of days at the con talking about our love for comics, as well as the beautiful struggle that is self-publishing within an industry that still favors the Two Publisher system So, when I decided to reach out to independent writers and artists to give readers a chance to not only[...]
An American Knight And A Likeable Guy
Arthur Bellfield writes, Rick Lozano is an artist on the verge! He's become a fixture on the independent scene working with HB Comics and the web-collective Creators United to help other like minded comic book makers live their dreams After weeks of chatting with him I realized why he's become a maven within the field and[...]
Free Comics From Marco Lopez
Marco Lopez writes, My name is Marco Lopez and I am a writer and I make comics I mean, who doesn't make comics? With the technology, we have at our fingertips and the internet Saying I can't really isn't a good excuse And yes, you can always go on about how it's hard to find collaborators[...]
"Star Wars Poisoned My Career" – Howard Chaykin Speaks Out
The guys that I was aware of was the Julie Schwartz edited stuff at DC, the Silver Age of comics when I was 12 or so; Kubert's Hawkman, Infantino's Flash, Gil's Green Lantern, those kinda guys Those were the guys to follow, and I was a Gil Kane fan I met him when I was[...]