There is a storied history of brilliant Filipino comics creators shaping American heroes in the west. Both Image Founder Whilce Portacio and prolific DC artist and Jonah Hex co-creator Tony DeZuniga had a huge influence and brought many Filipino creators into the fold of western comics. But with the recent release of cult Filipino comic…
INTERVIEW: James Aquilone Unleashes the Bard With Monstrous Results in Shakespeare Unleashed
“I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams,” says Hamlet to Rosencrantz — or is it Guildenstern? — in James Aquilone’s favorite scenes from William Shakespeare. There are numerous lines that have stuck with Aquilone since reading the play in…
INTERVIEW: Sam Sattin Revives a Classic with Unico: Awakening
Writer Sam Sattin and artist team Gurihiru are working together to revive Osamu Tezuka’s Unico, kickstarting the first volume of this new story under the title Unico: Awakening. Sattin, author of the graphic novel adaptation of the Cartoon Saloon film Wolfwalkers, was kind enough to answer WWAC’s questions about Unico, crowdfunding, and creative collaboration.
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader and the The Arizona Opera Bring Carmen to a New Stage
Carmen is an auspicious name. Not just because it’s my mother’s name, but because it’s the title of one of the greatest operas of all time. Filled with drama and passion, it is the story of the downfall of Don José. He is a naïve young soldier in the 1830s who abandons his childhood sweetheart…
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….
The Symposium on Comic Arts: At the Intersections of Comics Education and Industry
Timing is everything, and for this Comics Academe, I wanted to share another type of Comics Academe submission: Con Diaries. Just like our WWAC con diaries, Comics Academe con diaries are a way for contributors to share their experiences when attending conventions that are organized by academic organizations in comics studies — like ICAF or…
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…
Previously on Comics: Eat Shit, Jeff Bezos Part 2: The Reckoning
Well, it’s February 21st, and in the good ol’ US of A it’s Presidents’ Day, which means some of us (myself included) have the day off, and I will be spending it catching up on everything I haven’t done for all of February. So, a quick update on the Kickstarter moving to crypto thing. Kickstarter…
James Aquilone Ushers in the 50th Anniversary of Kolchak the Night Stalker With a New Anthology
Forgive me; I am remiss. It seems that I omitted one very important Carl in my list of comic book Carls. Though Carl Kolchak began his career on film with the 1972 television film, The Night Stalker, the subsequent appearances of Darren McGavin as the dogged reporter on the case of supernatural happenings in the…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, December ‘21
Hello all! Welcome back to WWAC’s crowdfunding roundup. When I started/took over this column, I chose the descriptors carefully—this is meant to round up crowdfunding from all around the internet, not just one website in particular. In practice, however, this is usually a comics Kickstarter spotlight, due in part to the fact that Kickstarter has…
Previously On Comics: Kickstarter Continues to Be the Worst, so Here are the Best Comics of 2021
Hello again from Kate! This will be the last Previously from me in this hellacious year of 2021, and while it still feels like 2020, I cannot wait for this year to be over. I’m not alone, because as you know, December is the time for all of the Year’s Best lists to come out…
Previously on Comics: Kickstarting Blockchains and Tributes to George Perez
Kickstarter has announced that it will be creating a new company to embrace cryptocurrencies: