Bleeding Cool had the absolute pleasure of taking part of the press preview for FX Networks' "FX Fearless" activation at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2019. One of the coolest things I got at the con this year was a giant box from the people at FX promoting their show Legion, with the show's third and final […]
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards is once again being held at San Diego Comic-Con. Straight from Indigo Ballroom, Joshua Stone and Dan Celko are Live Blogging the event.
WEBTOON creators have been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards – three in 2019, as well as winning a multitude of Ringo Awards – seven in 2018 WEBTOON is available on iOS, Android, and desktop.
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Greetings, Dieselfunkateers! Abrams ComicArts has just announced at San Diego Comic-Con the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Done by the same team of writer Damian Duffy and artist John Jennings, the story will be a major undertaking. This, however, does bode well for the adaptation, as the team won the Eisner […]
Alex Arevalos and Marcos Salinas are liveblogging from the 2018 Eisner Awards at the San Diego Comic Con. Alex Arevalos and Marcos Salinas are liveblogging from the 2018 Eisner Awards at the San Diego Comic Con. Alex Arevalos and Marcos Salinas are liveblogging from the 2018 Eisner Awards at the San Diego Comic Con. [...]
Nichelle Nichols, Benedict Wong and Cas Anvar join Dave 'Watchmen' Gibbons, Sergio Aragones and Bill Morrison in presenting the 30th annual Eisner Awards on Friday week, on July 20th in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront, alongside the San Diego Comic-Con The American comic book industry's most prestigious awards invited those who have been[...]
Comi Con International has posted the list of nominees for the 2018 Eisner Awards Fantagraphics and Image have the both individual and shared nominations, followed by DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Marvel, BOOM!, Nobrow, and Andrews McNeel. Emil Ferris's My Favorite Things Are Monsters cleaned up with five nominations, while Monstress and its creative team of Marjorie Liu[...]
The Eisner nominations were released earlier today, and could those judges be any more wrong?! Why, we haven't been this mad at the list since last year, or the year before that, or the year before that!! What we mean to say is, Matthew Rosenberg took to Twitter to call out the judges for leaving […]
The full list of nominees for the 2017 Eisner Awards have been revealed over at the Comic Con website As it does each year, the list will undoubtedly spark both acclaim and debate Personally, we were glad to see favorites like Kim and Kim get a nomination in the Best Limited Series category, and that[...]
Tonight is the night! The 2016 Eisner Awards have begun, and now it's time to find out who the lucky winners are John Barrowman is our host for the evening! Stay tuned right here to get the latest information on the winners in each category I've got my fingers crossed for a few talented creators,[...]
Know these faces well. For the next few weeks, they can walk into certain bars in New York, New Jersey, Portland and Los Angeles and find people willing to buy them drinks. More than usual, that is. For these are the judges of the Eisner Awards for 2016, who will create the nomination list to be voted […]
Filmed by Bleeding Cool's Patrick Willems from the 2015 Eisner Award Ceremony at San Diego Comic Con, the awards presented by Orlando Jones and Michael Davis. You have been warned… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJnef_CWPq8[/youtube]
I've been to a number of Eisner Awards over the decades - it's one of the highlights of San Diego Comic Con, and you can read this year's results right here But this year, it went in a stranger direction Rushing to the awards, I was a little late as usual, I all but bumped[...]
The Eisner Awards have begin, at San Diego Comic-Con, in the Indigo Ballroom As the night continues, we will endeavor to "bold" the winner of each category from the nominees below.
Best Short Story
“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“Rule[...]
When it comes to comics journalism, there are plenty of options available to the reader in this day and age. Websites dominate in this fast-paced new world, publishing articles and exclusive interviews with creators and publishers alike in mere minutes. Nowadays people are less likely to have meltdowns over social media in fear of making […]
Looking at my own graphic novel library, some books definitely stand out because of the quality of their design. Size doesn't matter, despite what your girlfriend tells you, for you can produce the biggest Artist's Edition in the world, but if the design is unattractive, then no one wants to display it in their library […]
If you don't even realize you're reading the word balloons or sound effects in a comic, then the letterer is doing a fantastic job leading you throughout the story by an invisible hand. The only time you really notice bad lettering is if it doesn't fit inside the balloon properly, the font is something similar […]
When coloring, it's always a good idea to use a scheme that appropriately matches the tone of the comic. One does not color Batman in rainbow attire (unless written that way by Morrison), but rather in the traditional black, dark blues, and grays. Color can make or break a comic, and really helps make the […]
For a few years, I covered (pun intended) my favorite comic book covers each week for Bleeding Cool. I enjoyed browsing the new release section at my local shop because it was a bombardment of different colors, shapes, and stylings to the eyes, making me "Ooooh!" and "Ahhhhh!" in delight. In the industry, sometimes the […]
Watercolors were always difficult to me. There's such a finality of it all, that if you mess up coloring one object, it's all ruined (unless you know how to adapt and fix it (I don't)). Lots of time and patience is required when using paints of any sort to illustrate your work, and the more […]
