Good morning, friends. This week has seen further losses to our community with the passing of Kim Jung Gi and Vincent Kukua. Kim Jung Gi, known for his incredibly intricate work and holding the Guiness World Record for longest drawing by an individual sadly passed away en route to NYCC. Flowers and messages have been left…
Previously on Comics: The Queen Is Dead
This week we are once again sad to report another loss to our community, underground cartoonist Diane Noomin. Best known for her character DiDi Glitz and editing the Twisted Sisters anthology of women cartoonists, Noomin was a pioneer with a career spanning 6 decades. We also said goodbye to Eric Jones, who passed unexpectedly in…
Previously On Comics: End of an Era
Good morning friends. This week was marked by another sad loss to our community with the passing of artist Tom Palmer. Palmer was best known as an inker for Marvel Comics who he worked with from the late 60s into the early 2000s. We have just learned that legendary comic book artist Tom Palmer…
Previously On Comics: Solemn Goodbyes
Good morning friends. I fear the news of late is just a list of obituaries and condolences and sadly this week is no different. Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! passed away this week. We also send our condolences to the family and friends of author, critic, and cartoonist R.C. Harvey who sadly passed…
Previously On Comics: The Archery Ace
Good morning! I’ve only got a couple of announcements for you this week, but they are all good, so no stress. First up is confirmation that Connor Hawke, the successor to Green Arrow will be coming out as asexual in the upcoming DC Pride anthology. This move from subtext to text is thanks to all…
Previously on Comics: #VisibleWomen Returns
Good morning friends, and welcome to the last week of March. Today, #VisibleWomen returns for its twelfth Twitter event. Conceived by writer Kelly-Sue Deconnick, #VisibleWomen provides a free and relatively accessible opportunity to raise the profiles of women within the comic book industry via the use of a fun little hashtag. Submissions to the hashtag…
Previously On Comics: Action Lab(or Dispute)
Good morning friends! Another quiet week here in the news mines albeit one tinged with sadness as we report another loss in our community with the passing of Brian Augustyn on February 1st following a stroke. Augustyn worked as an editor for DC Comics for many years, most notably on The Flash, and gained further…
Previously on Comics: Image United, Indeed
Congratulations on dragging yourself through the first week or so of 2022. It’s been challenging, all of it, I know but look, a bunch of cool stuff happened too! Cool zine news! Danny Caine, the owner of Raven Bookshop in Lawrence, Kansas and creator of the zine ‘How To Resist Amazon and Why’ which…
Previously On Comics
Now I don’t know if I’m very lucky and the (comics) world just chooses to be very well behaved on the weeks I am assigned to write the news or if it thinks wow we should all wait until someone with a bit more sense is writing before we do something that requires analysis. Either…
Previously On Comics: Short and Sweet
When you read this, I want you to bear in mind that I wrote it with a migraine and double vision so be nice ok. I’m trying. Anyway, did you hear? Jon Kent is gay! Officially. Yes that Jon Kent, Clark and Lois’ kid — SUPERMAN! For some reason, British telly had long-time pantomime dame…
Previously On Comics: Man, It’s A Short One
It’s not a joke. It really is a short one. Look. This week DC Comics announced and launched their first Webtoon, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures and it’s really good. Yes, I know this is supposed to be news, not reviews but seeing as I have a captive audience right now you may as well know…