In the early 1990s, the comic market was exploding. New publishers were springing up in an attempt to catch a piece of the craze, existing companies were introducing new titles right and left, investors were entering the field and speculating…
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New York Comic-Con 2011: in conclusion.
Now that we’ve had a couple weeks to recover, it’s time to wrap up this year’s NYCC coverage. It was a show full of memorable moments: Staring in awe at the thirty-foot inflatable Jake The Dog at the main entrance.…
Comic Review: Our Love Is Real (Image Comics, 2011)
Our Love Is Real is a stand-alone 24 page comic book, an off-kilter, blackly humorous tale about a sex-obsessed dystopian future society and the people who live (and love) there. The world is a shambles, and political factions are categorized…
New York Comic Con 2011: the panels
From Thursday the 13th to Sunday the 16th of October, Manhattan’s Javits Center was taken over by New York Comic Con, and my weekend was spent wandering through the building, meeting people, conversing, looking at comics and books and artwork,…
Sketch Monsters: Escape Of The Scribbles (Oni Press, 2011)
A charming all-ages comic, Sketch Monsters is the whimsical story of eight-year-old Mandy, who expresses her repressed emotions through her drawings. These giant crayon creatures then come to life and proceed run to and fro across town, causing havoc…
New York Comic Con 2011: day four
Well, NYCC ’11 is now nothing but a memory, leaving us with piles and piles of books and a serious case of sleep deprivation. Against all conventional wisdom, Sunday seemed to be by far the busiest day, with larger crowds,…
New York Comic Con 2011: day three
Saturday at NYCC was a whirlwind of panels and screenings and signings. Most of the big programming happened today: Image Comics discussed their slate of upcoming creator-owned titles (lots to look forward to in the next few months), cast members…
New York Comic Con 2011: day two
Day two of New York Comic Con was exhausting and brilliant, brimming over with insightful panels (which we’ll discuss in detail later) and hordes of costumed attendees. Artists sketched, dealers shuffled their products, and fans milled around. It may have…
Pop Music Comics: Brilliant! Tragic! (inspired by the songs Of Art Brut)
There’s a category of pop comic that I haven’t really discussed yet: the anthology devoted to a specific band/musician. Starting in the mid 90s with Kitchen Sink’s Grateful Dead Comix and continuing through the musician-themed volumes from Image Comics in…
Pop Music Comics: Marvel Super Special (KISS, The Beatles, Rock And Rule)
In 1977, Marvel Comics launched a new publication: a full-color magazine-format title entitled Marvel Super Special. This title was intended to showcase stand-alone stories that were too long to fit in a normal 32 page comic, and to provide Marvel…