When I spoke to BBC Radio Four’s Front Row about David Gabriel’s comments regarding “diversity” in Marvel Comics’ output (I’m about fifteen minutes in), I touched briefly on the power and influence of Isaac Perlmutter, more regularly known as Ike. My awareness of the individual is fairly new, a result of swallowing a few bigulps…
Red Carpet Heroes: Kicking Ass & Wearing Heels Vol. 2
Just about anything with Emma Frost looking her diva best is going to make me pause, which is how I stumbled upon Chris Panda. Continue scrolling through the French comic book artist’s Twitter feed or website and you’ll find many more comic fashion gems — all of which will be available in the second volume of Kicking…
Attack On Titan Takes on FCBD With a Poignant New Story
Attack On Titan, FCBD 2017 Jody Houser (w), Emi Lennox (a), Paolo Rivera (cover) Kodansha May 6, 2017 Last year, Kodansha published a giant anthology of original Attack On Titan stories by Western creators. The series’ creator, Hajime Isayama, was as enthusiastic about the project as he is about his weird manga becoming such a…
The Captain America We Need
A radical hate movement has infiltrated the American government. A cartoon despot pulls tactics from his skimming of Mein Kampf while a hostile foreign power pulls his strings. Just as we’ve started to make progress toward lasting change and brought long-overdue conversations on transphobia, racism, and systemic oppression to the public sphere, we find ourselves…
Previously on Comics: Hot Superman & Goodbye Leo Baxendale
The loss of Beano artist and children’ comic pioneer Leo Baxendale was felt by grown-up brit-comic kids across the world. Creator of, among others, Minnie the Minx (a bad girl, not a Bad Girl), Baxendale was mourned in a style he’d surely appreciate with more than one tweet displaying a huge mound of mash studded with…
C2E2 Made Diversity Programming Hard to Enjoy
It’s been several years since I went to a convention as big as C2E2, and I have to admit: I was a bit nervous. Massive crowds are not my favorite thing, and I remember walking and walking and being in lines and walking more from the anime conventions I attended in high school. (I bet…
Chiodo Comics’ Joey Ryan Dickstarter Asks You For a Chance
Remember that GIF you saw once of a wrestler destroying his opponent simply with the power of his own penis? This GIF: Well, that wrestler’s starring in his own comic… as the Chiodo Comics’ funding Kickstarter makes it into the black. At time of writing there are no stretch goals announced, but with the campaign closing in the…
Spill Night is a Promising New Horror Comic
Spill Night Scott Westerfeld (writer) and Alex Puvilland (illustrator) First Second May 6th, 2017 Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) comics are such silly things. Sure, it’s fun to see your local comic shop overflowing with people, all lined up to get free stuff from publishers that normally ask at least four bucks for a monthly…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Review
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Brenden Fletcher, Kelly Thompson, Tini Howard (Writers), Daniele Di Nicuolo (Artist), Sarah Stern (Colors), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) BOOM Studios April 19, 2017 With nostalgia being a big hit lately and a brand new feature length movie gaining lots of attention, the Power Rangers franchise is becoming a household name once…
Silver Sprocket’s Avi Ehrlich Talks Business of Small Press and Art Theft on Redbubble
Art theft is as old as art itself, but in the digital era it is easier than ever to commit, and harder than ever to police. Perhaps the most common and familiar form occurs when an artist’s work is shared on social media without credit; a work can earn thousands of reblogs, likes, and comments…
The Wedding Issue: Jessica Jones and Luke Cage
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” nothing gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should marry. In this mini-feature, Bride-to-Be Rebecca Henely and her Maid of Honor Kayleigh Hearn take a trip down memory lane to the most significant times comic companies took the plunge and got…
Space Goat Productions: What’s in Your Backpack?
It’s been a busy start to the year for Space Goat Productions. Not only have they been successful with their Terminator Board Game Kickstarter, they’ve also introduced a new line of “Backpack Edition” comics. At only 9″ x 6″ the graphic novel collections are the perfect fit for your bag of choice. Created in 2006,…