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While at the New York Comic Con, June Vigants caught up with comic creator Wes Craig to talk about Deadly Class and Blackhand Comics.
JUNE VIGANTS: So what'd you tell me earlier about how you were brought in on Deadly Class, something about how Remender was hanging out and saw someone coloring your stuff?
WES CRAIG: Yeah, I've[...]
Straight from Stitch in New York... Well, Scott and Jock have plenty to celebrate with the film deal!
My Web comics are still online at my website You can check them out in the Mymisiu Gazette There you can read, "Waking Up Abbey", "Imagination Station" and "You, Me, and Zombie" Those are also available in book form on Amazon For the time being Ponies will be taking up most of my time.
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What do you get when you add a Bleeding Cool reporter, New York's famous Friday evening traffic and a particularly lazy and disinterested taxi driver? The answer is 3/4 of a Kieron Gillen panel! After opening the creaking doors of the panel room fifteen minutes late and grabbing a seat near the back as everyone turned around to[...]
John Odum writes for Bleeding Cool:
Anybody who thinks the future of comics is to be relegated to Hollywood R&D market testing wasn't in the teacher's lounge the 3AM panel full of educators chomping at the bit to bring comics into the curriculum – and clearly many of them already had…
But as serious as the panelists[...]
At the New York Comic Con Vertigo panel today, two new books were announced from the mature readers imprint of DC Comics, debut books for most of the creators involved.
Gail Simone and Jonathan Davis-Hunt on Clean Room, and Tim Seeley and Marley Zarcone on Effigy.
The former is the story of a church leader with technological secrets[...]
And fun.
DS: What's your approach when it comes to licensed comics like Army of Darkness? Honor the original while injecting your own brand of lunacy into the story? Speaking of which, did you have any limitations regarding the story? For instance, is there an Army of Darkness series bible somewhere that says Ash can't be[...]
Nikolai Fomich writes for Bleeding Cool:
There are thousands of booths and tables at New York Comic Con – here are four attendees should definitely check out.
Locust Moon Press (Artist Alley V7) – Josh O'Neill on Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream:
"Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream is a tribute to Winsor McCay and Little Nemo, his turn[...]
People might often overlook the importance of defending comic book content – especially creator owned publications.
The American Library Association sponsored a panel titled "Saving Indecent Comics" this afternoon, and it was a very well organized and meaningful account of the harsh reality faced by some of the most influential graphic works in the industry.
Panelists included[...]
He though that geek culture, much like sports, requires one to "put time in" to become a "dedicated fan." Though he became hooked into the sports world at an earlier age than comics, he admits that he dedicates more time and money to collectables and conventions than tickets for a ballgame Johnny Gramuglia, a 31[...]
They're showing new footage. They're talking about the future of Marvel TV. And no phones are allowed... And executive producer Jeph Loeb is in the house.
We have 55 more cosplay photos from the convention floor at the New York Comic Con. These photos were taken by Ray Flook, Derek Trum and Thom Dunn. Enjoy!
Whether you hate the digital program, or are more than happy using your tablet to get your pull list, Comixology's influence is revolutionizing the way people read comics Now, they intend to change the way people make comics as well However, they aren't out to advise Marvel and D.C what they offer is support for[...]
John Odum writes for Bleeding Cool:
A wide range of anecdotes and perspectives were naturally on display from a variety of panelists on the LGBT in comics panel, presented by the New York Times and Geeks out Thursday evening Noelle Stevenson talked about the great reception Lumberjanes has received ("we [thought] we could do whatever we[...]
Big Dog Ink publish a line of action adventure comics with famed salacious covers, and are considered by some a kind of mini-Zenescope.
We'll not any more The publisher is now a part of Aspen, a publisher of action adventure comics with slightly less salacious covers.
What the details of the deal were, we may not know[...]
If I was editor-in-chief of a comics publisher, and I saw the Dirk Gently rights going spare, you are damn right that a) I'd snap them up and b) I' write the damn thing myself.
In partnership with Ideate Media, IDW Publishing is proud to announce that Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams' beloved fictional "holistic detective" will be[...]
She made her first appearance in Edge Of Spider-Verse #2. I do hope you got a copy. Because, after promises that the alternate universe Gwen
Chen weighed in, "The writer is the more important person in the collaboration, because we are just telling it visually." Sara Pichelli agreed with Chen, but also shared that "comics are all about teamwork," and if the writer doesn't fit well with the artist it won't work I silently wished that the panel talked more[...]
There may have been an official apology from DC Comics But Norm Rapmund, currently working on The Flash for DC brooked no such concerns and wore his Superman Scores Again shirt at his booth on Artists Alley at NYCC today Indeed he only bought it because of all the fuss I wonder how many other[...]
Dennis Barger Jr of Wonderworld Comics in Detroit saw the Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer at the Marvel retailers meeting at NYCC this morning.
He tells us,
Yeah… Wow, the trailer has an amazing scene with the whole cast relaxing in their down time that strikes me as something Brian Bendis would have written[...]
IDW's Library of American Comics imprint is adding one Wall-Crawler The Amazing Spider-Man newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr and others will be collected in a new deluxe hardcover edition.
Launched in 1977, the Spider-Man newspaper strip begins with Peter Parker's arachnid alter-ego facing off against the deadly menace of Doctor Doom! Classic Spidey villains, including[...]
At the Marvel 75th Anniversary X-Men panel with Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Fabian Nicieza, they talked about their past
At the Marvel 75th Anniversary Panel discussing the art of the event, with Tom Brevoort, Kurt Busiek, Brian Bendis, Tom DeFalco, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom and more, telling their tales of working on "event" comics, and how the form grew.
During which, Kurt Busiek talked about an approved Marvel event that never happened.
Talking about working on[...]
The first target: their minds! But who are all these all-new enemies? Are Quantum and Woody really hitting it off with a sexy duo of cat burglars? And, dear god, what have they done to the goat? Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Sex Criminals isn't the only comic that can quote[...]
Our Jake Barlow dropped by the Avatar Press booth at NYCC and managed to grab a few words with the one and only Garth Ennis (creator of PREACHER, THE
Visually stunning and compelling from cover to cover, this con exclusive is available for purchase at IDW, booth #1811, and the multitalented artist and author will be tabling at BOOM! studio's booth #1344 for the rest of the convention.
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Christine Marie Vinciquarra writes for Bleeding Cool:
You could almost hear the sounds of shiny gold coins chiming in combination with a few "pew pew pew's" from a mega buster as the room quickly filled with die hard Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man fans.
The Archie Action Hour: Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man panel consisted[...]
Question askers received free digital comics and there was a round of applause for everyone who'd turned up in costume Image once again proved that, with the stable of creators they currently have on bored, I is definitely for Immersion "
Jake Barlow writes for Bleeding Cool:
The first of four Image panels at NYCC included[...]
Imaginary Drugs is a creator driven exploration of life, love, death, and ray gun-toting, multiversal adventure featuring more than thirty different stories from over three dozen strangely gifted voices working in independent comics today Skirting the fears and fringes and subverting the hopes and expectations of the modern imagination, Imaginary Drugs tackles the possible future[...]




























