Big news in the indie comics-sphere was scant this week, probably thanks to the holiday, but there were lots of interesting, meaty interviews posted, on comics you don’t hear about every day.
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Time-Traveling Ladies in Love!
The big indie comic news of the week was Rat Queens artist Roc Upchurch’s arrest and subsequent removal from the book. Check out that post for more detail on the topic, and good on Kurtis Wiebe for taking swift action on it. A new project that has me pumped is coming off a successful Kickstarter campaign…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Is There Anything Better Than a Girl Gang?
Seriously, people, we all know that real life gang violence and organized crime is screwed-up and horrifying, but, when it comes to fiction, girl gangs are about the best thing in the world. Tough girls defending turf, kicking butts, riding motorcycles! Finally, BOOM! Studios is bringing us the girl gang comic we need with Curb…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: All Interviews, All the Time
News has been scant lately (probably due to a Halloween hang-over), so, instead, let’s give creators the chance to talk in a rapid-fire, all-interview news post! First up, Artist Jillian Tamaki Talks About This One Summer, the award-winning graphic novel that came out this summer. I am kicking myself for not reading this yet, especially after seeing…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Spoooooooky News Edition
Old-timey weird horror is having a renaissance lately, with Lovecraft still all the rage and True Detective dropping references to the nineteenth century weird classic The King in Yellow. Soon we’ll be able to visit strange Carcosa while still getting our comic fix, as INJ Culbard is adapting The King in Yellow into a graphic novel. If this is anything like…
Finding Feminism in Horror: Part I
Finding feminist ideology in the horror film genre can feel like searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore film. It can seem a futile effort considering the most popular horror tropes are particularly unflattering toward the female characters: the final virginal survivor, “ugly duckling” killer, the commonality of sexual assault as plot device, etc. Then…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Internet and Space Ladies!
A new graphic novel with adorable art about a young woman caught between her real life and the MMO in-game personal life she’s created? Sign me up. In Real Life, by writer Cory Doctorow and artist Jen Wang, is all about the divide between our “real selves” and the online personas we create for ourselves. The…
New to Manga: Trying Monster by Naoki Urasawa
When I decided to dip my toe into the manga pond, I heard one name over and over: Naoki Urasawa. He was the best of the best, an Eisner-winner multiple years in a row for his sci-fi epic 20th Century Boys. Interested as I was, manga’s tendency toward long-running, epic stories scared me off for…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Comics to Film and Vice Versa
Scott Snyder and Jock’s new horror series Wytches gets film option First issue sells out on Wednesday, film rights get sold on Friday? Scott Snyder and Jock aren’t doing too bad for themselves with their new horror series Wytches. The series has been picked up by Brad Pitt’s production company (Plan B) with Snyder and Jock to…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Boring Conference Edition
I am in the most boooooring conference ever this week, but you know what’s never boring? Indie comic news! There’s no dysfunctional group work on Incredible Indie Tuesdays! Jason Aaron Talks Southern Bastards With the first arc wrapped up and the trade on the way, Southern Bastards occupies a unique place in the comics marketplace….
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Short & Sweet Edition
Top Shelf to Release Print Edition of Strong Female Protagonist Webcomic If you’re one of those folks who love good comics but only like them in print form, you’ll soon be able to get your hands on one of the best superhero comics coming out today. Strong Female Protagonist, an on-going webcomic by Brennan Lee Mulligan…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: A Pay-What-You-Want Bonanza!
Alison Bechdel’s New Graphic Novel Focuses on Fitness Struggles Fresh off the announcement of her MacArthur “genius grant” award, the first reveal of Alison Bechdel’s new work has arrived. The Secret to Superhuman Strength will, like her previous works, focus on auto-biography as Bechdel chronicles her decades-long obsession with various fitness fads and athletic hobbies…