The Comics Journal published “Letter to a Young Cartoonist“. James Sturm, co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies, published this comic at Medium’s The Nib. The conversation got going in earnest: blah blah blah comics money audience… authenticity? Spike Trotman’s thoughts on twitter (excerpts below) and Brandon Graham’s redraw of Sturm’s strip are some notable current-pro responses. The…
Kickstarter of the Week: Flame Con
The folks at Geeks OUT think the Northeast needs a con that helps bring the LGTBQ community, people of every size, gender identity and expression, age, color and type, together to get geeky, expressing what makes each of us different, special, and awesome.
Ghost Then and Now: The Reporter is Dead, Long Live the Superheroine
The Dark Horse Comics/Team CGW character Ghost, also known as Elisa Cameron, made her debut in Comics’ Greatest World in 1993. She reappeared in a special in 1994 that developed into a series in 1995. It ran for thirty-six issues before being re-launched in 1998 for another twenty-two issues. In 2012, Kelly-Sue DeConnick and Phil…
The DC Daily Planet – Divergence! Wait, no.
Look, I know there’s only one real piece of news out of the DC PR machine today, but there’s more to talk about that just The Rock’s Shazam movie, and whether or not it’ll be independent from the rest of the DC oeuvre, okay? (As a side note, do you ever find you self-trend specific…
I’m Not Martha-Freaking-Stewart, but I Can Still Make an Awesome Groot Costume
The first thing you have to know about me is that I’m a bit of a dork for Halloween. The second is that I always bite off more than I can chew. So when my six year old son, Little Dude, told me he wanted to be Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy for Halloween…
The Thursday Book Beat: Changes Are Coming For HarperCollins Canada & Ghomeshi Dropped by PRH
Changes Are Coming To HarperCollins Canada Plenty of people are confused about what the recent announcements regarding HarperCollins Canada mean, but Publisher’s Weekly has done a fine job at explaining. Two major things have happened: President and CEO, David Kent, will be leaving HarperCollins Canada by the end of the year; HarperCollins will be closing its HC Canada warehouse…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E.4
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
Top Five Alternative Superman Stories We Wished Existed
Superman is a character who seems to solve most of his problems with logic through an easy going grin and/or punching nouns. What happens when we dedicate standalone stories to issues people deal with on a regular basis? More importantly, what happens when someone like Superman has to deal with these issues? Stuff happens. Lots…
Staff Picks: Movies
Big Hero 6 Directed by Don Hall, Chris Williams Starring: Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Chung, Alan Tudyk, T.J. Miller Disney PG, 108 min. If I only see one movie next month, it will probably be about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. I love animated movies. I love Marvel comics. So an animated movie based on a…
Picture This: Maria van Lieshout
Maria van Lieshout is a children’s author/illustrator that is creating fresh, sleek, genre defiant picture books and is the subject of this month’s Picture This. Van Lieshout grew up in Oegstgeest, a small town in Holland, which by all appearances is an absolutely lovely place. After high school she attended The George Washington University in…
Day of the DEVs
This year’s Day of the DEVs festival hosted by Double Fine and IAM8BIT took place this past weekend in San Francisco. The free, all ages event showcased indie games, art and music. The line at #dayofthedevs (don’t worry, it moved fast) pic.twitter.com/AvcAe3LxBs — Doctor Popular (@DocPop) November 2, 2014 Outside of the bldng was…
Chicago Zinester Interview: Meghan Ansbach
I had the recent pleasure of exchanging emails with Jersey Shore native, now-Chicagoan zinester Meghan Ansbach. I came across her zine “Everything is Better in Chicago” and adored her way of sharing her thought process on the page.