Tag: Indie Tuesday

Incredible Indie Tuesday: Angouleme Fest Doubles Down on Controversy with Bizarre Award Prank

Already dealing with the controversy over all-male Grand Prix nominee list, the Angouleme International Comics Festival provoked even more outcry at Sunday night’s closing award show.  The ceremony opened with the emcee, French comedian Richard Gaitet, coming on stage and announcing the award winners…only to reveal minutes later that it was all just a big joke.  All…

Incredible Indie Tuesday: Female Artist Claire Wendling Makes Grand Prix Shortlist Despite Festival Fail

While the film industry’s been wrestling with the complete shut-out of any people of color from the Oscars acting nominations, a similar storm has been brewing over comics’ most prestigious award.  Unfortunately, #AngoulemesSoMale does not a great hashtag make, so it may have flown under your radar!  It all revolves around a lifetime achievement award given to…

Incredible Indie Tuesday: If You Like French Time-Traveling Space Secret Agents, This Column’s For You

Are you ready for the GREATEST comic movie news of 2015 that doesn’t feature Sebastian Stan’s mournful eyes???  The dude who made The Fifth Element is making a movie out of the French comic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which is exactly the kind of ’60s sci-fi zany adventure it sounds like.   The two titular leads are…

Incredible Indie Tuesday: Interviews Edition!

Trying to put together this week’s column, I made a perilous, very irritating discovery.  We’re less than a month out from The Force Awakens premiere and, oh sweet baby Jesus, there is SO MUCH Star Wars coverage in the geek media sphere.  How can one movie generate this many headlines???  I feel like Artax  in The…

Incredible Indie Tuesday: Snowpiercer coming to TV and Doctor Mirage (finally) coming back to comics

Loyal readers, let me give you a piece of advice:  if you must have a day-job, try not to have one that involves constant three-hour drives to rural Ohio hospitals.  Even more importantly, if you must do work that involves long drives and overnight trips to rural Ohio, definitely don’t leave your overnight bag containing your clean clothes,…

Incredible Indie Tuesday: Marjorie Liu Should Win All the Awards

 Writer of the upcoming Monster and one of my favorite people in comics, Marjorie Liu gave a must-read interview talking about the personal inspirations behind her upcoming work, being an Asian American creator in comics, and why all the focus on ‘strong female character’ is totally misplaced.  Her Image series Monster with artist Sana Takeda is a fantasy epic dealing as…

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