Lives on the Edge – 25 Years in the Rich and Textured World of Carol Swain
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! I’m not sure many creators set out hoping to be a ‘cult’ success, but I guess there are worse places you could end up. British cartoonist…
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Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.
“Comics Are Truly International and Transnational” – A Guide to Comica Festival 2014 from Paul Gravett, the Man at the Crossroads
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Comica Festival returns to London this month with its traditional autumn programme of events celebrating the diversity of approach to comics craft, art and form. First…
Comica Festival Special Guest Junko Mizuno Sprinkles Your Comics with Blood, Guts and Sugar
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Spiders crawling over cute baby cheeks, half naked charming geishas eating blood dripping organs, beautiful flowing hair infested with black mice, drizzling with green ejaculate. Welcome…
Why Superheroes Always Come Back from the Dead: A. David Lewis Studies Superhero Afterlife in New Book
“If someone stepped back and looked at all the times superheroes went into the afterlife, yeah, it’s ridiculous and perhaps even embarrassing.” A. David Lewis has always had an affinity…
An Artist for All Seasons: Patrick Atangan Discusses the Design Process for ‘Invincible Days’, Furniture, and Why His Next Book Might Just Be His Last
The title for Patrick Atangan’s latest project, Invincible Days, comes from a quote from The Stranger, a novel by the great French author Albert Camus: “In the midst of winter, I…
‘Rocket Girl’ Artist Amy Reeder Talks about Loving the 1980s, Collaborating with Brandon Montclare and Double-Fisted Drawing!
Talk with Amy Reeder and you will be immediately aware that not only does she love comics, she truly understands them as a unique storytelling medium. Her collaboration with writer…
SPX 2014: Small Press Expo Turns 20, Stays Awesome
Small Press Expo 2014 (SPX) is over but the energy it generates isn’t gone yet. I’d love if I could always vibrate at the specific frequency this particular comic book…
A Love Letter to the Fans: George Perez Discusses His New BOOM! Studios Series ‘Sirens’ and the Creative Process
One of the most beloved creators in the history of comics has taken to the road to promote his new creator-owned series Sirens from BOOM! Studios. Yesterday, George Perez graciously…
Back in Session: An Interview with Wes Craig About the Return of ‘Deadly Class’ and His Creator-Owned Project, ‘Blackhand Comics’
Wes Craig began his comic career as a work-for-hire artist for both Marvel and DC, drawing titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman. But when he made the…
David Hine Takes Us Back into the Heart of Darkness With the Enhanced Digital Version of ‘Strange Embrace’
The early 1990s were, um, interesting times in British comics. And one of the most legendary tales was that of Tundra UK, a company set up by Kevin Eastman on the…
Writers Arash Amel and Marguerite Bennett Talk About Their Realistic Depiction of a Female Spy in ‘Butterfly’, from BOOM! Studios
In the real world of international espionage, there’s no such thing as a Widow’s Sting or a one-eyed, cigar-chomping “man on the wall” looking out for the rest of us….
The Once and Future Samurai: An Interview with Stan Sakai about His New ‘Usagi Yojimbo’ Series, ‘Senso’
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo, the comic series created by Stan Sakai about a long-eared samurai traveling the countryside of feudal Japan. Over these past three…
Growing Up, Gender and What it Means to Be a Girl: Liz Prince on Her Graphic Memoir ‘Tomboy’
Liz Prince’s Tomboy should be required reading for all school groups. It’s a fantastic, witty and touching story about identity, growing up, finding your place and what it actually means…
“If you’re gonna steal from someone, steal from the best!”: We Talk to ‘Kill Shakespeare’ Writers Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col
Writers Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col are off to a great start with the first two issues of Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night. A pirate adventure featuring Shakespearian…
Putting a Human Face on Those Damn, Dirty Norts, with ‘Jaegir’ Scribe Gordon Rennie
War, as the old saying goes, is hell. Never-ending intergalactic war takes the proverb to a much larger and more complex level. Just ask writer Gordon Rennie (2000 AD, Department…
Killing it in the Afterlife: Joshua Hale Fialkov on his new Oni book ‘The Life After’
It must be a strange feeling that while going about your daily eat-work-eat-sleep routine, the very fabric of time and space starts to crumble, with you as the centre point….
15 Seconds of Fame: An Interview with Curt Pires About His New Series, ‘Pop’
Andy Warhol said, “In the future, people will be famous for fifteen minutes.” In the opening page of Pop #1, that duration is amended to fifteen seconds. That’s because in…
“How Can We Know if We’re Sane?”: Tim Seeley on ‘Sundowners’, a Superhero/Horror Story with a Retro Twist
A superhero support group run by a narcissistic therapist battles interdimensional invaders. Or do they? Are they heroes or a collection of crackpots? Writer Tim Seeley and artist Jim…
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