Comic Creators Speak
Lettering a comic – a guest article!
A while back I reviewed the first five issues of Terrance Zdunich’s self-published comic, The Molting, which is a pretty cool horror comic (Zdunich was nice enough to send me the sixth issue, too, but I haven’t reviewed it yet). Zdunich thought I might like to get some perspective on the way the comic is [...]
Scott Beatty on “Six Stories That Changed How I Read (and Write) Comics”
by Scott Beatty As a kid growing up during the Seventies and Eighties, my comics “world-view” was dominated by the so-called Bronze Age of storytelling. I didn’t discover back-issues until my 11th birthday, and what I knew of comics “continuity” (i.e. the long rich history that came before my newsstand purchases) was limited to the [...]
Keith Champagne on WWE Heroes
Next week, the first issue of Titan’s WWE Heroes comic series comes out and, being a big wrestling and comics fan, I wanted to get some more info on the series, so I went straight to the most logical source: Keith Champagne, the writer of the book. He provides some background on the series and [...]
Coulmn de la Cox: The RAINA TELGEMEIER Interview!
Raina Telgemeier is a superstar. Just ask any of the kids that shop at ROCKETSHIP. All summer long, one of the most frequently asked questions was “Do you have the new BABY-SITTERS CLUB yet?” Forget SECRET INVASION; Raina’s latest book was the most anticipated book of the season. Between adapting (and bringing a new generation [...]
Jesse Hamm on “8 Things I’d Like to See More of in Comics”
Jesse Hamm has been working as a professional artist for many years now, with his first mainstream work being as artist on the recent Good As Lily graphic novel, with writer Derek Kirk Kim, for DC Comics’ Minx line of books. You can find out more about Jesse and his work at his website, www.jessehamm.com. [...]
Jonathan Hickman on “Comic Book Idol… what!?!”
When Comics Should Be Good, Uber-Mensch, Brian Cronin asked me to write a bit about the pleasant experience that is Comic Book Idol, I said, Oh no – forget that – we’re doing train wrecks. Big drama. Flame outs. People losing it in the Idol forum. Here in western society (specifically Estados Unidos), in this [...]
Jerry Ordway on the Darkening of Mary Marvel
With the release of Countdown #47, I thought it would be interesting to hear from one of the creators who has spent the most time working with the Marvel Family, Jerry Ordway. Here’s Mr. Ordway’s thoughts on the darkening of the Marvel Family. – BC I think that I, like most Captain Marvel fans, am [...]
Rick Remender on “Invasion”
Today, the first issue of Fear Agent from Dark Horse Comics is released. Written by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore, Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye #1 details the origin of the hero of Fear Agent, Heath Houston. Here, with a guest piece (that also appears as an editorial in the issue itself) discussing [...]
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed Extra: Randy Schueller’s Brush With Comic History
In a recent Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed, I discussed the fact that a fan had come up with the idea for Spider-Man’s black costume. The fan in question wrote in, and I thought it would be interesting to hear his story. Here, then, is Randy Schueller. – BC There’s been some discussion in the [...]
Gen13′s Creative Team Invite YOU to a…ROAD TRIP
by Drew Geraci It’s that time of year again. Summer’s fast approaching, late seasonal snows and cancelled TV shows have melted away. Summer means school breaks! Ice Cream with chocolate chip cookie dough! Big Budget movies! Comic conventions! Chillin’ poolside while reading comics! And…Road Trips! The Gen13 creative crew invite you to join them on [...]
Stuart Immonen on Computers and Art
After beginning work in comics in the late 80s, Stuart Immonen broke into the mainstream comic world in the early 1990s for DC, working on Legion of Superheroes before moving on to a long tenure drawing Superman. More recently, he has worked for Marvel Comics, including Nextwave. It was recently announced that Immonen will be [...]
Mike Norton on “Seven People I Hate”
If you read enough DC and Marvel comic books, you’ll eventually find a book that Mike Norton has worked on, as he has drawn a number of different titles for DC and Marvel, most prominently Runaways, Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man and his current fill-in arc on The All-New Atom. Mike was the artist for Sean McKeever’s [...]
Drew Geraci with Bob McLeod: Laying it on the Line(s)
Laying it on the line(s) A career appreciation of Bob McLeod by Drew Geraci Since I was seven years old, I wanted to be a comic book writer/artist. It was my only passion, so I devoted (perhaps too many) hours reading and studying all the nuances that made a comic book. Art was always my [...]
Chris Eliopoulos on “Labels”
Letterer extraordinaire Chris Eliopoulos is also a name familiar to readers of his Desperate Times comic from Image, and more recently, on the excellent Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius series from Marvel, which Eliopoulos draws and co-writes with Marc Sumerak. Chris’ website can be found here. Whenever I meet people at, say, a wedding [...]
Matt Fraction on “The Great Comic Book Store”
Matt Fraction currently writes Casanova for Image Comics and Punisher War Journal for Marvel Comics. His latest ongoing title, The Immortal Iron Fist (co-written by Ed Brubaker) comes out this week. His website can be found here. I’m doing a signing at Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find in one of my old hometowns, Charlotte, NC, [...]
