Omar Spahi Archives

If you squint, you'll see my name in this list of over a hundred far better comic book creators contributing to Help! The Hero Initiative Anthology is a new graphic novel anthology created to benefit The Hero Initiative, courtesy of former Bleeding Cool editor-in-chief Hannah Means-Shannon and comics writer Omar Spahi You can see a preview[...]

In any case, Sina Grace is a slice-of-life king, and co-writer Omar Spahi blends well with him, but Getting it Together will really soar if the other storylines can be treated with the same balance and realism as Jack's. The scratchy but graceful interiors by artist Jenny D Fine and colorist Mx[...]

Getting it Together, the new Image Comics series from writers Sina Grace and Omar Spahi, artist Jenny D Fine, and colorist Mx Struble makes its influences and intentions clear from the cover: it's Friends for the modern era The cover works as an interesting visual elevator pitch, but does it tell a story worth reading? Getting it Together[...]

Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell from Flash and Arrow are crowdsourcing their new film Code 8 on IndieGoGo  It is currently on over $570,000 in two weeks. Well, $50,000 of that is from Omar Spahi, founder of OSSM Comics and writer of the comics Xenoglyphs and Thaniel. For that he'll get "access to the full filmmaking process and all stages[...]

Omar Spahi, the founder and President of OSSM Comics and Buccellato took some time to sit down with me and talk about their relationship, Sons of the Devil, and what's next for them both. Alex Wilson: Hey guys Thanks for taking the time to chat today. Brian Buccellato: No problem. Omar Spahi: Thanks for having us. AW: Of course[...]

Unfortunately, Sam could not make this episode but when he's replaced by someone as awesome as Chase Magnett, we can hardly complain. The OSSM Comics crew returns to the podcast and this time Omar Spahi is joined by EIC Siike Donnelly for this week's show! It's a grand ole' time, laced with condescending half-truths and backhanded compliments that only your best[...]

You can find out more about Separators at the OSSM website here. OSSM describe the book, written by Omar Spahi, with art by P.J Catacutan thus: The events that led Steven and Dom toward their current path were nothing short of life-threatening This issue delves into their past to reveal how these two best friends began their[...]

By Alex Wilson Omar Spahi returns to comics with a follow up to his first series Xenoglyphs from OSSM Comics You might remember Spahi from his series that wrapped up a few months ago titled Thaniel, a four issue series that told the story of the son of the grim reaper and his quest to break the[...]

The group meets every Wednesday on Google Hangout to discuss news, the latest comics, creator interviews and the pick of the week. This week, we're discussing Atomic Robo vol.1: Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne by Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener, Ronda Pattison and Jeff Powell. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrH0t_TX4M4[/youtube] Joining us for our third episode is multiple Harvey nominee James Asmus whom you may know from Quantum and[...]

What you end up with is a well thought out, morality tale like nothing else on the shelves. I don't know Omar Spahi the writer and creator nor the artist Terry Huddleston I have no idea how much experience either of them have but I can say that both of them have a lot of potential[...]

I'm hoping for a long and prosperous collaboration with him… his work really excites me! As far as the short film, I wrote it and will be directing it, with Juan Vazquez and Omar Spahi (of OSSM) producing We are all good friends and have been looking for something to collaborate on across different media… Sons[...]

Yep, shameless plugs will follow. Ryan Liebowitz, owner of Golden Apple, has assembled an amazing lineup of creators who will be signing during FCBD: * Marc Silvestri, the legendary Top Cow / Image artist & Rise of the Magi creator! * Scott Shaw, the fan favorite Simpsons artist & cartoonist! * Omar Spahi, the writer of OSSM Comics's THANIEL (and my boss)! * And[...]

From the mind of Omar Spahi with the imaginative artistic style of Terry Huddleston,  Thaniel tells the story of the son of death and his ironic journey through life The dark brooding tale spawned from the past of its writer, Spahi. "It's a personal story for me," said Spahi, "as it's about a young man who has[...]

We've got an exclusive first look OSSM Comics at the cover and interior pages from Thaniel #2 by Omar Spahi and Terry Huddleston as the final order cutoff date approaches The book will be on the shelves April 23rd so let your retailers know if you want one right away. After discovering who the person behind[...]

OSSM Comics, the publisher created by Omar Spahi has its newest title Thaniel in Previews now with issues #1 and #2 being released in April Spahi writes the series along with artist Terry Huddleston. The story follows a young man who grew up around death his whole life, losing his friends, enemies, and his mother Soon after[...]

A real company, clearly, must strive to go on. Omar Spahi has been pursuing that dream of building his own comic company since 2011, when he was 22 years old Beyond ambition, passion, talent, finances, and luck, Omar learned that creating a comic book company, in this current market, was going need new ideas and gifted[...]

Matt Hawkins is a great teacher, on top of being a great writer, and I highly recommend you pick up the books Top Cow puts out. While resting, my friend, Omar Spahi (creator of Xenoglyphs) came to me, offering me an editing and marketing job to keep a roof over my head while bouncing back into[...]