Comics Journalism 2021: Representation Matters: How do we promote greater representation in comics journalism? Whether making sure that writers from marginalized groups are heard, engaging with work from diverse viewpoints, or confronting institutionalized biases, comics journalists and editors have more responsibility than ever to make sure that their sites and staffs reflect the diversity of…
Previously on Comics: Blerdcon, Comic-Con@Home, and Chuck Tingle
With convention season officially back in full swing, whether virtually or in-person, there’s lots going on.
Comic-Con@Home: Diversity and Comics: Why Inclusion and Visibility Matter
Diversity and Comics: Why Inclusion and Visibility Matter: The past year has witnessed the growth of more diverse faces on the pages of popular comic books and in feature films. Despite the impact of the unprecedented pandemic, the deaths and storming of the US Capitol Building, the inclusion of people of color, women, and persons…
Comic-Con@Home: The Top Cow Panel: The Darkness 25th Anniversary
Top Cow Panel: Darkness 25th Anniversary: It has been 25 years since Top Cow Productions unleashed the medium’s most prolific, anti-hero indie franchises in the modern age at comic book stores worldwide: The Darkness. Don’t miss Top Cow legends Marc Silvestri (founder, CEO) and Matt Hawkins (president, COO), along with Marguerite Bennett (writer, Witchblade) and…
Comic-Con@Home: Launching Your First Kickstarter
Launching Your First Kickstarter: More creators and publishers are launching successful Kickstarter campaigns than ever before. Join writer Tina Horn (SFSX), cartoonist Eric Powell (Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?), cartoonist Afua Richardson (Aquarius the Book of Mer) cartoonist Jeff Smith (Tuki), Arune Singh, Skybound Entertainment’s director of brand, editorial and Kickstarter’s director of…
Comic-Con@Home: Investigate the Newest Titles from Hard Case Crime
Max Allan Collins–Three Hard Cases: Ms Tree, Mike Hammer & Nolan! In this special discussion, Forbidden Planet TV’s Andrew Sumner sits down with SDCC Inkpot Award-winning comics writer/novelist/movie director Max Allan Collins (Quarry’s War, Road To Perdition) to discuss his various ongoing crime comics & crime novels for Titan: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, career criminal…
Comic-Con@Home: Peek Inside the TARDIS with Doctor Who: Missy
Doctor Who Comics Panel: Titan Comics’ Doctor Who books are back and better than ever in 2021, with brand-new stories and characters from across the Whoniverse! Forbidden Planet TV’s Andrew Sumner goes behind the scenes of the critically-acclaimed series with Eisner Award-nominated writer Jody Houser, artist Roberta Ingranata, colorist Enrica Eren Angiolini, and editor Jake…
2021 Eisner Awards: Thank you
Well. Shit. I was not expecting that. In fact, I wasn’t even watching the Eisner Awards. I was, instead, watching F9 (excellent movie, btw — just kidding. Needed more dinosaurs; less Dom) with Megan Purdy, the incredible woman who founded Women Write About Comics, and who, along with Claire Napier, shaped this site into a…
Comic-Con@Home Day One Roundup: Graphic Novels and Lovecraft Country in the Classroom
As always, the first big day of Comic-Con is dedicated to all things educational. I checked out two panels on July 22: LitX’s Graphic Novels are the New Textbooks and GeekED Rewind 20-21: The True American Horror of Lovecraft Country.
INTERVIEW: Jeff Smith & Vijaya Iyer on Kickstarting Tuki, Loving the Industry, and Having Fun
Cartoon Books Inc’s third graphic novel series, Tuki, went live on Kickstarter last week. It has already soared past its initial goal before writer and artist Jeff Smith and publisher Vijaya Iyer even knew what was happening. Iyer and Smith practically glow with excitement on the screen as we chat about the fun they are…
Inaugural Ignyte Awards Celebrate Diverse Fantasy and Science Fiction
This year, the world of science fiction and fantasy has become home to a new set of prizes: the Ignyte Awards. Presented at the 2020 Fiyahcon, a convention held under the banner of Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, the Ignyte Awards have the stated aim of celebrating diversity within speculative fiction:
DC FanDome: Truth, Justice, and the DC Comics Way
The DC FanDome panels highlighting injustice, racism, and marginalisation have been some of the most interesting content from the event.