Free Comic Book Day takes place every year on the first Saturday of May. With over two thousand stores and several comic book publishers participating, the event gives readers a chance to grab a free comic and meet fellow comic readers. Readers can find their local participating storeHERE. (6...
A near mint comic featuring the very first appearance of Captain America sold Thursday for just over $3.1 million. The sale marks a record for the comic, Captain America Comics No. 1, and is now one of the top five most expensive comics ever sold. The final price was $3,120,000, whi...
Women in Comics Collective International (WinC for short, pronounced “wink”) is an artistic and informative initiative that began in May 2012. WinC “serves to highlight the merit and craftwork of marginalized voices, especially that of women and Queer folx of color, who work in various indus...
So I’m going to do a little idle speculation of my own. I don’t know anything more than any of you do but, since I wrote Star Wars comics for ten years, some people may think that I have an inside track on all this. I don’t. Anyway, here’s my big theory: ...
The donations raised so far have given me enough financial stability to finally get back on my feet and live my life normally instead of worrying about money so much. It’s really encouraging to know that there are so many people out there that want to help stand up for comics and manga...
buy their stuff at my (not so) Local Comic Shop, but these days I get most of it online and direct from the company. Same thing with Alterna, and I’d love to see other publishers work up similar online stores. At least it seems to me to be the way the industry is going. The ...
Why I’ll miss Superman and Lois, the best comics adaptation going The best superhero on screens lately hasn’t been anywhere near movie theatres – for me, it’s been Tyler Hoechlin’s firmly joyful, human portrayal of Clark Kent inSuperman and Lois, which ended its four-season run this...
S.A.:No. The fewer distraction the better. Sometimes I wear a night mask when I type! Don’t believe me – just ask my editor! What’s your favorite comic book genre? S.A.:I grew up on Marvel Comics. That’s what I still collect. It will always hold a fond place in my heart...
Canson Papercommissioned the complete redesign of their comic art papers last year. Kirk redesigned the layout and look of their pads and also created many new original illustrations featured on the covers. These pads are now in stores where fine quality art papers are sold. ...
After that, they helped me learn how to outline, how to write for a cartoonist, and all about the vocabulary of comics. If I had been thrown into the thresher at a bigger publisher, I would likely have been mangled up before I could ever learn all that. But Bongo was like that, the...