Fridays…with Greg Hatcher
A Friday chat with Fall of Cthulhu’s Michael Nelson
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 6:51 AM EST
I should admit right up front, when Chip Mosher at Boom! sent us an advance copy of the Fall of Cthulhu trade collection, I wasn’t really that into it. Mostly I was skeptical about the idea of Lovecraft-based comics working at all. Comics are a primarily visual medium and Lovecraft’s whole career was based on writing about […]
A quick Wednesday link for you
- by Greg Hatcher
- Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 10:12 AM EST
The Comixtravaganza podcast, at least the first half of it with the interviews with the panel, is up now. You can find it here. I’m told the Ellen Forney podcast is forthcoming in another week or so.
Exploitation Friday!
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, February 8th, 2008 at 5:11 PM EST
Truthfully, I read hardly any comics this week. What I DID do was watch a lot of movies… that a lot of my favorite comics were stolen from.
Backstage last Saturday at Comixtravaganza
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 2:19 PM EST
It happened like this.
A few months ago, Hayden Bass and Jennifer Bisson of the Seattle Public Library — you know, the smart teen-program librarians profiled here — were talking about putting together a comics event similar to last year’s zine symposium. Hayden e-mailed me asking if I could recommend local comics talent that might be interested in […]
Saturday’s Super Special Sneak Preview!
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, January 26th, 2008 at 2:44 PM EST
It’s that time again — when we take a look at some preview pages from the most important comic book of the year!
Friday hit-and-run
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 8:48 AM EST
I’m hoping to have a real column up later today or possibly tomorrow… you have no idea how crippling it is to try and function as a freelancer without a home office. It’s coming up on two months now without a working home computer/net connection and I’m really ready for this aggravation to be over. […]
A quick Wednesday link for you
- by Greg Hatcher
- Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 PM EST
From Kenneth Johnson (V, Alien Nation, the original Bionic Woman, etc.) — proof positive that you can find an index to almost ANYTHING on the internet.
Check it out. If you aren’t giggling by the time you’ve gotten to double digits on this list, well, there’s no hope for you.
Sunday After The Storm
- by Greg Hatcher
- Sunday, January 20th, 2008 at 7:26 PM EST
It’s been a weird week here.
See, my wife is so excited about us being in Newsweek that she has been telling everyone about it. The usual response is polite interest: “Oh, Julie told us you were in Newsweek. How did that come about?”
Then I have to explain that, well, I write this weekly thing about […]
Saturday’s Annual Inventory
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 10:56 PM EST
Traditionally, at the first of the year, I take a look at what my regular monthly comic buys are. Since I just had to move the entire collection and I’m still trying to get the library-slash-office set up where those comics are going to live, I’m acutely conscious of waste. Last year I decided I […]
Saturday Among the Ruins
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, January 5th, 2008 at 12:43 PM EST
It’s widely regarded as one of the most influential classics of science fiction. It’s been made into a movie three times, adapted for comics, and stolen from more times than it’s even worth counting, whether you consider the novels, comics, TV shows, or movies. The current zombie craze can trace its ancestry pretty directly to this […]
Moving Day Blues
- by Greg Hatcher
- Sunday, December 30th, 2007 at 1:52 PM EST
Thirty-six boxes of comics. Another twenty-one boxes of graphic novels, trade paperbacks, comics reference books and histories….
A Shameless Piece of Self-Promotion
- by Greg Hatcher
- Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 at 10:00 AM EST
Two of my favorite librarians, the awesome Hayden Bass and Jennifer Bisson, are putting on a series of really cool events throughout January here in the Seattle area. And I’d be saying that even if I wasn’t part of the proceedings.
Friday at the Cartooning Class Christmas Party
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 3:34 PM EST
Well, technically, we have to call it a “holiday” party.
A Friday Looking Back on Year Two (a sort of ‘Four Decades’ footnote)
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 11:59 PM EST
Everyone has been very flattering about the last month’s worth of reminiscing, for which I thank you all. But people keep asking me, “Well, what about the 2000’s? Aren’t you going to say anything about them?” Even my wife was wondering why I left that decade off. (Well, I know why Julie was wondering. She was hoping […]
Four Decades of Fridays… part four
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, December 8th, 2007 at 6:31 PM EST
Part one is here. Part two is here. Part three is here. Now our last decade-long leap, to the time when comics actually became my job.
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