Wendy Pini and her husband and collaborator Richard Pini are on a world tour: “Forty Years of Pointed Ears.” This journey, which most recently stopped in at SDCC, celebrates the four publication decades of ElfQuest that culminated in February’s final chapter. ElfQuest is one of the most seminal American comics, spanning the last 22 years…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, August ‘18
With SDCC recently wrapped and Flame Con (whose Kickstarter we covered back in 2014) and SPX on the horizon, we’re deep into the throes of convention season. But conventions aren’t the only place to get amazing, small press books. Read on to see August’s wonderful crop of crowdfunded goodness. From short stories and fledgling magazines…
PUBWATCH: Valiant Efforts! July
Fresh off the BOOM! Beat, I’ve come over to Valiant territory. Having accidentally made the history of the publisher my new favourite obsession, I decided to get up to speed with the present of it too. From now on I’ll be reading everything the V puts out each month and giving them all a paragraph…
Book Beat: Not the Booker, Fanfiction, and the ’17 #BlackSpecFic Report
Hello lovely readers! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige again, here to share all the latest publishing news in another weekly installment of Book Beat. And not a moment too soon; we’re officially in the dog days of summer, and I’m sure you’re looking for some sweet relief from the summer weather’s final brutal heatwaves. So…
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest Is a Stormy Finale
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest #1 Alan Moore (writer), Kevin O’Neill (artist), Ben Dimagmaliw (colorist), Todd Klein (letterer) Knockabout Comics (U.K.) & Top Shelf Comics (U.S.) July 11, 2018 With the six-issue mini-series The Tempest, writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill are planning to put an end not only to their ambitious,…
A Girl in the Himalayas is Fanciful Fantasy
A Girl in the Himalayas David Jesus Vignolli (Writer and Artist) Archaia April 2018 It’s hard to know what Archaia, BOOM! Studio’s fantasy imprint, is doing these days when it’s overshadowed by its Goliath parent publisher, busy churning out variant-happy Power Rangers and WWE comics. However, the fantasy comic imprint hasn’t gone anywhere, and A…
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is a Critical Hit
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins Clint McElroy (Writer), Carey Pietsch (Writer, Art), Tess Stone (Letterer) First Second July 17, 2018 It’s incredibly difficult to convince anybody to listen to a 60+ hour Dungeons and Dragons podcast, which is why I’m glad that The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is finally here.
2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Novels
With the short stories, novellas, collections, and anthologies dealt with in the first and second parts of this series, all that is left are the novels. So, join me as I take one last trip through the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards’ list of the most depraved horror fiction of 2017. Editor’s note: Once again, this post bears…
As Black As Resistance Seizes Justice By The Roots
As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi AK Press June 5, 2018 What is the most effective first step of resistance in the Age of Trump? The answer offered by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi’s new book, As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation, is simple:…
BOOM! Bar: Licenses, Lettering, and Letting Go
BOOM! Bar! Where we talk about the month’s BOOM!, KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box, and Archaia releases, try to spot trends, and think about what BOOM! “is,” as a publisher. Remember last month, when I wondered about how letterers get attached to projects at BOOM! and their substudios? Well, I got some answers. So let’s start with…
Jeff Lemire Takes a Deep Dive Into The Hammerverse
At the end of a busy Friday at San Diego Comic-Con, I found myself nestled into the Dark Horse booth in their lounge area. It was quiet, sparse, and one of the first calm places I had come across after fighting the crowds of the exhibition floor. As I was waiting for Jeff Lemire, the…
Hire these Folx: Sara Eileen Hames
Hire This Woman was a long-running series of interviews at ComicsAlliance overseen by Janelle Asselin. We’re happy to announce that from here on out, with Asselin’s blessing, we’ll be taking over the “Hire This Woman” mantle adapting it to cover any creators who don’t identify as men called “Hire These Folx.” Using the questions from…