Hello! This is your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor wishing you a very good Pride 2023 morning. Here’s some queer comics news to brighten your week—Luciano Vecchio’s Sereno will soon be available as a book collection for the first time. Vecchio is an artist and writer known for his work on numerous DC and Marvel comics.
If you’re a Weezer fan and love art, Alec Longstreth has shared a delightful Twitter thread previewing some of the tour visuals he’s created for Weezer’s upcoming tour.
For the last two months I have been working for @weezer to help create the concert visuals for their Indie Rock Roadtrip tour this summer! THREAD [1/] pic.twitter.com/WX7LnnToNg
— Alec Longstreth (@AlecLongstreth) June 6, 2023
In unpleasant news, last week there was yet another announcement about layoffs. This time, it’s Inverse that has laid off a large number of their writers, as shared by Jacob Kleinman, Inverse’s executive editor.
Inverse got hit really hard by layoffs today, probably the worst in the five years since I started. Here's a thread of everyone we lost and why you should hire them:
— Jake (@jacobkleinman) June 6, 2023
More sad news in the comics world. Artist Ian McGinty has died at the age of 38. There’s been a lot of discussion online about exploitation and burnout in the comics industry since the news broke with many people using the hashtag #ComicsBrokeMe to share their stories. There really needs to be an overhaul in the way the industry works but should it take someone’s death for people to realise it? Will anything change at all?
A little dash of positivity for comics creators—the Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo (Mice) has opened their mini-grants applications for this year. Grant winners receive the opportunity to have their work distributed by Radiator Comics.
To end on a high note, J. Michael Straczynski shared images from the Babylon 5 animated film. Entitled Babylon 5: The Road Home has got quite a few fans in a tizzy, including some WWAC-ers, so enjoy the stills from the tweet below.
Folks have been asking what style would be used for the #B5animatedmovie. During the Phoenix Fan Fusion convention, with Warners permission, I showed the first images from the movie seen anywhere. They have now kindly given the go-ahead to post them online as well, so here we go! pic.twitter.com/8bSS48bqw9
— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) June 9, 2023
If you’re living anyone near the areas affected by the wildfires, please be careful and please, please wear a mask! Stay safe, everyone.
