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An Avenger For The Young
Jamie McKelvie is one of the hottest young comic book artists in the industry right now, with projects such as Phonogram (pictured above), Suburban Glamour, X-Men Season One, Young Avengers and the recent The Wicked + The Divine. But instead of talking about Jamie today, we're talking about his father, Peter McKelvie. After the emergence of the hundreds[...]
The Jetpack/Forbidden Planet Exclusive Cover For Launch Of The Wicked + The Divine
Not long now. The Jamie McKelvie exclusive cover for the upcoming launch of The Wicked + The Divine shared by Forbidden Planet in the UK and Jetpack Comics in the US… Both Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie will be launching the comic with a signing a Forbodden Planet London on Wednesday 18th June at 6pm. It's interesting to see the[...]
Young Avengers Wins GLAAD Award For Increased Visibility And Understanding Of LGBT Community
From the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles, this weekend, reflecting the portraying of gay characters and gay themes in pop culture, Marvel scored a win. Outstanding Comic Book:  Young Avengers, written by Kieron Gillen (Marvel Comics) It was also drawn by Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton with colorist Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles and a whole bunch of other folk for the[...]
Tales from the Four-Color Closet – LGBTQ Young Avengers
Tumblr is in tears, critics are applauding, and fans all over kinda wish it wasn't so. The critically acclaimed and fan-favourite run on Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie et al is finished, with a wonderful, heartfelt and fun farewell to a team they've been working on for just around a year now[...]
Is Young Avengers The First Mainstream All LGBT Superhero Team?
Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (and a few friends) comes to an end today, and it also concludes Gillen's Loki story, even more that Journey Into Mystery did The new Loki story picks up in All New Marvel Now Point One today. But before that, we get a revelation. After one or three examples,[...]
Bleeding Cool's 11 Best Graphic Novels of 2013
Young Avengers Volume 1: Style > Substance, from Marvel Comics, written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton, colors by Matthew Wilson, and letters by VC's Clayton Cowles Young Avengers made waves, as a series, from its first issue, and here in one sitting you can appreciate more fully the planning and[...]
Christmas Swag – From Sandman to Doctor Who
Craig Russell's art on issue #50 The first collected edition of Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie I hate to admit that I haven't read it yet (though I've been collecting them and not reading them yet to avoid spoilers), but now I can rectify that. A Timelord t-shirt, Whovian of course, with Smith's Doctor[...]
Comics Industry Responds To… Steve Wacker Moving West
— Graeme (@graemem) December 19, 2013 Sad for me, and for Marvel comics, to hear of @StephenWacker's departure, but sounds like a great opportunity! Good luck Steve! — Jamie McKelvie (@McKelvie) December 20, 2013 @StephenWacker a) I GOT this, don't worry b) Do I still work for you? ;-) — Joe Caramagna (@JoeCaramagna) December 20, 2013 Threads can be found[...]
Young Avengers Reinvents Comics Again. Probably More Than Once.
There is resolution, there is reason, there is music, there is sex, there is parental responsibility and, as you can see from above, there is love. But there's also more of the page-twisting comic play that Young Avengers has been famed for, somewhere between Acme Novelty Library and The Filth. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie established that[...]
The Postmodern Pinky Swear: The Young Avengers Wrap Party
Almost the entire creative team were there, including Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Annie Wu, Ming Doyle, Matt Wilson, Christian Ward, Becky Cloonan, Joe Quinones and a special appearance by a scale model of Emma Vieceli. Firstly, Gillen asked the audience if anyone minded the panel being recorded An avid podcaster, he recorded the audio and it'll[...]
Where's Loki? (UPDATE)
This is the cover to issue 13 of Young Avengers, solicited for December. And these are the covers to Young Avengers #14 and 15, solicited for ecember and
Young Avengers 11 Image Released By Accident
He contacted Marvel to let them know and they gave him permission to release it. The Thor Battle Variant by Deodato Jr and colors by Rain: This is the solicitation text for the issue and the regular cover: YOUNG AVENGERS #11 KIERON GILLEN (W) JAMIE MCKELVIE (A/C) THOR BATTLE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE • They say you can never go home[...]
Chris Ware, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Joe Sacco, Posy Simmonds, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Paul Cornell And More At Edinburgh's "Stripped" Event
Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Paul Cornell and Posy Simmonds are taking are part in Stripped as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Other names include Denise Mina, Paul Gravett, Melinda Gebbie, Warren Pleece, Roger Gibson, Chris Riddell, Jon Naught,  Stephen Collins, Robin and Lorenzo Etherington, Robbie Morrison, Jim[...]
Kieron Gillen Talks Young Avengers, Indeed, It's Difficult To Get Him To Stop.
For the last few weeks, Kieron Gillen has been writing about the cast of his new comic with Jamie McKelvie and friends, Young Avengers, commentary and soundtracks It comes out tomorrow So here are a few snippets from each with links to the main events. Marvel Boy Noh-Varr has two saving graces Firstly, he hasn't collapsed completely[...]
Kieron Gillen And Jamie McKelvie Promote Their Comic Without A Name (UPDATE)
Being handed out by Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen outside Orbital Comics last night, before everyone went to the pub. Followed by an entertaining evening of me saying "Young Avengers" occasionally and them both saying "I don't know what you're talking about, Richard." I was wearing my Misfits T-shirt Only to discover at the bar was an[...]
Thursday Runaround – Little Death Of A Family
By everybody I mean you and me. — Jamie McKelvie (@McKelvie) October 3, 2012 This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online One day I will rule Until that day, read on. They say I am a work in progress The fools. DC[...]
Will You Forgive Young Avengers For The Phonogram Delay?
At NYCC, Marvel will probably announce this new Young Avengers series from Phonogram creators Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. But we already know one side-effect Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl has been delayed until next year Kieron writes; Some good news and some bad news That are entirely unconnected, though we understand that people are going to think[...]
Young Avengers, Guardians And X-Force In Marvel NOW's Point One
  So we have Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie on Young Avengers,  Brian Bendis and Steve McNiven on… well that could be Guardians Of The Galaxy with a new looking Star Lord… and Dennis Hopeless and Gabriel Walta on  Cable And X-Force Looks like Forge has a lot of work to do. [...]