Marvel has officially announced the framing of this year’s Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises that it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. However, that certainly hasn’t…
INTERVIEW: Nate Cosby’s Alter Ego
Nate Cosby takes us back to the glitz and glamor of 1950s Hollywood in Alter Ego where scandal and crime spawn two superheroes like none other. Joined by artist Jacob Edgar (James Bond), colorist Kike J. Diaz (Red Sonja), and letterer Rus Wooton, Cosby’s Alter Ego is an original graphic novel crowdfunding now on Kickstarter….
INTERVIEW: Unboxing Ron Wimberley’s GratNin with Beehive Books
Founded by artist and designer Maëlle Doliveux and writer and editor Josh O’Neill, Beehive Books is a boutique publishing company that likes “forgotten geniuses and lost works and mysterious tomes … things that were pulled out of antiquity, and work that seems to materialize from an impossibly distant future.” As far as geniuses go, designer,…
Vault Pubwatch: March 2022
Spring is almost here! Though I can’t quite tell from all the snow and ice covering my driveway. But with these spring months come some new comics and big plans from Vault, including a new deal with Lunar Distribution. News The big news for Vault this past month is that the publisher has inked a…
INTERVIEW: Casey Gilly and Joe Jaro Step Into the Future With Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer
Fast forward to the future and we find a 50-year-old Buffy Summers’ living in a world ravaged by climate change, with the vampire regime frolicking in dystopian harmony with their human cattle. With vampires capable of walking around by day unhindered thanks to a polluted sky, it’s Buffy who is hunted now. But rebellion is…
INTERVIEW: Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s Crime-Fighting Lunch Lady Kicks Butt Once Again
In his TED Talk, Jarrett J. Krosoczka talks about setting up for a presentation focused on his first children’s book in 2001. He’s gone on to publish many books since then, but that moment was pivotal for him because, as he set up the protection equipment in the cafeteria, he spotted his old lunch lady,…
INTERVIEW: Frederick L. Jones on the Thriving Diversity of Saturday AM
“Not to date myself — but I’m old!” says Saturday AM founder, writer, and president, Frederick L. Jones, about the name of his digital comics brand which harkens back to his childhood, growing up in the ’70s and ’80s watching classic Saturday morning cartoons. “Before the MCU or Star Wars movies, Saturday morning cartoons were…
INTERVIEW: The Poorcraft Cookbook and C. Spike Trotman’s Poetic Crowdfunding Evolution
Hey! Did you know that C. Spike Trotman has left Kickstarter behind? In case you’ve missed this news buzzing in the wake of Kickstarter’s announcement that it would be implementing blockchain technology as part of its growth strategy, Trotman has packed up her Iron Circus bags and ventured out on her own with an independent…
INTERVIEW: Richard Fairgray Takes Us on a Jaunt Through Haunted Hill
Richard Fairgray proudly labels himself as human garbage, who calls the filth that is Hollywood — or at least the lower part of it — his home. “Blind, gay and grumpy about both,” he has been making comics — over 250 of them — for a very long time. Here, he chats about his latest…
INTERVIEW: Emma Kubert Brings Brush Stroke to Tapas
The Kubert name is quite famous in the comic industry, what with an art school and Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert’s legacy of work with major publishers and their legendary characters. With the third generation comes Emma Kubert, who has drawn on that legacy, lending her talents to titles such as DC Superhero Girls, Teen…
REVIEW: Vagina Love: An Owner’s Manual Glosses Over Inclusion
I recently discovered the existence of The Vagina Museum in London. At the top of their mission list is to, “Spread knowledge and raise awareness of the gynaecological anatomy and health.” After a cancer diagnosis that led to chemotherapy and a mastectomy, Lili Sohn realized that there were a lot of things about her body…
INTERVIEW: Lucid Dreaming with Dead Dreams Writer Brittany Matter
We all have dreams that we’ve never realized, whether due to our circumstances, our fears, or all of the above. But what if, with just a sip of a potion, you could fall asleep and actually live out those dreams? Calling on science thrillers like Orphan Black and Fringe, writer Brittany Matter takes us on a journey into…