ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com/media/feedlogo.gif ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Top Shelf Announce New Jeffrey Brown Comic 'A Matter Of Life'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/jeffrey-brown-a-matter-of-life-top-shelf/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/jeffrey-brown-a-matter-of-life-top-shelf/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/jeffrey-brown-a-matter-of-life-top-shelf/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Few creators are as strongly associated with Top Shelf Productions as Jeffrey Brown. The celebrated cartoonist has worked with the publisher for more than a decade, with Top Shelf publishing nearly all of his comics work, including Clumsy, Big ... Read more

 

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]]>A Matter of LifeAMatterOfLifeJeffrey BrownJeffreyBrowntop shelfTopShelfJoseph Hughes2013-04-03T16:00:00 00:00Sean Murphy's 'Punk Rock Jesus' Asks All The Right Questions [Review]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


They say two things you should never discuss in polite conversation are religion and politics. It used to be sex, religion, and politics, but we all have raging porn addictions now, so, realistically, that topic is no longer off limits. But in ... Read more

 

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]]>christianityjesusjesus christJesusChristpunkpunk rockpunk rock jesusPunkRockPunkRockJesusreligionsean murphySeanMurphyvertigovertigo comicsVertigoComicsJohn Parker2013-04-02T13:30:00 00:00Bryan Lee O'Malley's 'Seconds' Now Slated For 2014http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/11/bryan-lee-omalley-seconds-delayed-until-2014/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/11/bryan-lee-omalley-seconds-delayed-until-2014/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/11/bryan-lee-omalley-seconds-delayed-until-2014/#commentsFiled under: ,


Since finishing the Scott Pilgrim series, creator Bryan Lee O'Malley's been working on a new project called Seconds, an original graphic novel from Random House about a same-named restaurant and its staff. Seconds was due for release this year, ... Read more

 

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]]>Bryan Lee OMalleyBryanLeeOmalleyRandom HouseRandomHouseSecondsZiah Grace2013-02-11T14:30:00 00:00Gene Luen Yang Returns With Ambitious New Project, 'Boxers & Saints'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/24/gene-luen-yang-boxers-and-saints-first-second-graphic-novels/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/24/gene-luen-yang-boxers-and-saints-first-second-graphic-novels/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/24/gene-luen-yang-boxers-and-saints-first-second-graphic-novels/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Gene Luen Yang -- the award-winning creator of American Born Chinese, The Eternal Smile and writer of Dark Horse's Avatar: The Last Airbender comics -- has announced his latest project: Boxers & Saints, an epic pair of graphic novels about the ... Read more

 

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]]>BoxersBoxers SaintsBoxersSaintsFirst SecondFirstSecondGene Luen YangGeneLuenYangSaintsGraeme McMillan2013-01-24T12:00:00 00:00Craig Thompson Progressing On All-Ages OGN 'Space Dumplins'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/28/craig-thompson-to-create-all-ages-ogn-space-dumplins/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/28/craig-thompson-to-create-all-ages-ogn-space-dumplins/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/28/craig-thompson-to-create-all-ages-ogn-space-dumplins/#commentsFiled under:


After the success of Habibi and Blankets, where next for cartoonist Craig Thompson? Turns out, the sky isn't even the limit as his new project, an all-ages graphic novel for Scholastic, heads into space to follow a young girl trying to save her ... Read more

 

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]]>BlanketsCraig ThompsonCraigThompsonHabbibiSpace DumplinsSpaceDumplinsGraeme McMillan2012-11-28T11:00:00 00:00Vertigo's 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Comic To Be Supported With TV Ad Campaign [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/girl-with-dragon-tattoo-graphic-novel-tv-commercial-video-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/girl-with-dragon-tattoo-graphic-novel-tv-commercial-video-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/girl-with-dragon-tattoo-graphic-novel-tv-commercial-video-vertigo/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,


Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy of crime novels first rocked best-seller lists with millions of copies sold; then it became a big-screen success -- twice -- with both Swedish-language and Hollywood movies; and it plans to take on comic books ... Read more

 

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]]>andrea muttiAndreaMuttidenise minaDeniseMinaLEE BERMEJOLeeBermejoLeonardo MancoLeonardoMancoThe Girl with the Dragon TattooTheGirlWithTheDragonTattooEric Larnick2012-11-08T16:30:00 00:00Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso Create A Bleak And Plausible Future In 'Spaceman'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


The creative team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso shouldn't just be well-known by now, it should be feared and respected. After first meeting on Vertigo's Jonny Double miniseries back in 1998, the pair have been regularly ... Read more

 

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]]>brian azzarelloBrianAzzarelloEduardo RissoEduardoRissoPatricia MulvihillPatriciaMulvihillSpacemanvertigoJohn Parker2012-11-08T13:00:00 00:00Amazon Releases Digital Comic With Film Aspirationshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/14/amazon-releases-digital-comic-with-film-aspirations/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/14/amazon-releases-digital-comic-with-film-aspirations/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/14/amazon-releases-digital-comic-with-film-aspirations/#commentsFiled under: ,


Over the past few years, it's become a sort of guessing game among comics fans whether a new comics miniseries or original graphic novel was really a stealth screenplay its creators were hoping would catch Hollywood's attention. Amazon ... Read more

 

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]]>amazonAmazon StudiosAmazonStudiosBlackburn BurrowBlackburnBurrowMatthew Dow SmithMatthewDowSmithRon MarzRonMarzMatt D. Wilson2012-09-14T14:00:00 00:00Ron Wimberly on Vertigo's 'Prince of Cats', Culture, And Working Solo [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/10/ron-wimberly-on-vertigos-prince-of-cats-culture-and-working/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/10/ron-wimberly-on-vertigos-prince-of-cats-culture-and-working/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/10/ron-wimberly-on-vertigos-prince-of-cats-culture-and-working/#commentsFiled under: ,


What do Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Ronald Reagan's '80s, city life, and black culture have in common? As it turns out, kind of a lot, and Ronald Wimberly's graphic novel Prince of Cats is a particularly beautiful illustration of that ... Read more

 

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]]>Prince of CatsPrinceOfCatsRomeo and JulietRomeoAndJulietRon WimberlyRonWimberlyvertigoDavid Brothers2012-09-10T14:00:00 00:00Cash Rules Everything Around Eddie Campbell in 'The Lovely, Horrible Stuff'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/lovely-horrible-stuff-eddie-campbell/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/lovely-horrible-stuff-eddie-campbell/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/lovely-horrible-stuff-eddie-campbell/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Money. Money, money, money, buzzing around in the news, whirling past your eyes and into your gas tank at light speed while the pump excitedly displays your negative winnings like a slot machine from the Bizarro Universe. Unless you're very rich, ... Read more

 

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]]>eddie campbellEddieCampbellthe lovely horrible stuffTheLovelyHorribleStufftop shelftop shelf productionsTopShelfTopShelfProductionsJohn Parker2012-04-02T15:30:00 00:00'Baja': The Best Noir Comic Set in the Deserthttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/24/baja-comic-noir-idw/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/24/baja-comic-noir-idw/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/24/baja-comic-noir-idw/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Good crime comics used to be so hard to find. After the Comics Code Authority spelled doom for the genre after their heyday in the '40s and '50s, they virtually disappeared from the medium for decades. Thanks to the efforts of creators like Ed ... Read more

 

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]]>bajaben wagnerBenWagneridwidw publishingIdwPublishingnathan st. johnNathanSt.JohnsuperlativesJohn Parker2011-12-24T09:00:00 00:00Anthony Bourdain's 'Get Jiro!' Foodie Action Graphic Novel Coming in Junehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/22/anthony-bourdain-get-jiro-june/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/22/anthony-bourdain-get-jiro-june/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/22/anthony-bourdain-get-jiro-june/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It's been a little while since we've gotten an update on No Reservations/The Layover host Anthony Bourdain's Get Jiro!, the foodie icon's 160-page original graphic novel co-written with Joel Rose, with art by Langdon Foss (Heavy Metal), but it ... Read more

 

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]]>Anthony BourdainAnthonyBourdainGet JiroGetJiroJoel RoseJoelRoseLangdon FossLangdonFossOGNTravel ChannelTravelChannelVertigoCaleb Goellner2011-11-22T17:00:00 00:00Marvel's 'Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm' Graphic Novel To Appear On 'Castle' Tonight [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/castle-richard-castles-deadly-storm-graphic-novel-heroes-and-villains/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/castle-richard-castles-deadly-storm-graphic-novel-heroes-and-villains/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/castle-richard-castles-deadly-storm-graphic-novel-heroes-and-villains/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Lan Medina's Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm will get some serious TV love on tonight's superhero-themed episode of the ABC's Castle series, titled "Heroes & Villains." Published by Marvel ... Read more

 

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]]>ABCBrian Michael BendisBrianMichaelBendisCastleCastle Richard Castles Deadly StormCastleRichardCastlesDeadlyStormKelly Sue DeConnickKellySueDeconnickLan MedinaLanMedinaNathan FillionNathanFillionStana KaticStanaKaticCaleb Goellner2011-09-26T13:30:00 00:00'MetaMaus' Takes Readers Behind The Scenes Of Art Spiegelman's Celebrated Graphic Novel [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/metamaus-maus-art-spiegelman-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/metamaus-maus-art-spiegelman-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/metamaus-maus-art-spiegelman-video/#commentsFiled under: , ,


As conversations with non-traditional comic readers go, the term "graphic novel" almost always conjures up Art Spiegelman's Maus, which uses anthropomorphic animals to tell the story of how his father survived the Holocaust. Celebrated in equal ... Read more

 

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]]>Art SpiegelmanArtSpiegelmanMausMeta MausMetaMausCaleb Goellner2011-09-26T10:00:00 00:00Archaia Reveals New Details About 'Jim Henson's A Tale Of Sand'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/25/jim-henson-a-tale-of-sand-archaia/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/25/jim-henson-a-tale-of-sand-archaia/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/25/jim-henson-a-tale-of-sand-archaia/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Archaia showed off a few pieces of Ramón Pérez's art from the graphic novel adaptation of Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl's unfilmed screenplay, A Tale of Sand, in their 2011 Free Comic Book Day issue, but aside from those images fans ... Read more

 

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]]>A Tale of SandArchaiaArchaia ComicsArchaiaComicsATaleOfSandJerry JuhlJerryJuhlJim HensonJim Hensons A Tale of SandJimHensonJimHensonsATaleOfSandCaleb Goellner2011-08-25T11:00:00 00:00Tom Neely's 'The Wolf' Will Creep You Out Gorgeously [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/18/tom-neely-the-wolf-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/18/tom-neely-the-wolf-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/18/tom-neely-the-wolf-preview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Billed as a "painted novel," one might mistake Tom Neely's recently released The Wolf as one of those comics that's too proud to consider itself a part of the medium. Fortunately, the complete opposite is true, and the medium couldn't have asked ... Read more

 

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]]>The WolfTheWolfTom NeelyTomNeelyCaleb Goellner2011-08-18T15:00:00 00:00'V for Vendetta' Inspires Anonymous, Creator David Lloyd Respondshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/04/v-for-vendetta-anonymous-david-lloyd/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/04/v-for-vendetta-anonymous-david-lloyd/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/04/v-for-vendetta-anonymous-david-lloyd/#commentsFiled under: , ,


As a loose collective of so-called "hackers" labeled Anonymous continues to cause mostly harmless chaos around the Internet, a symbol born from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V for Vendetta has become synonymous with the cause of ... Read more

 

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]]>alan mooreAlanMooreanonymousdavid lloydDavidLloydV for VendettavertigoVForVendettaAaron Colter2011-08-04T13:00:00 00:00Classic Horror, Crime and Sci-Fi Books of EC Comics to Be Republished by Fantagraphicshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/24/fantagraphics-ec-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/24/fantagraphics-ec-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/24/fantagraphics-ec-comics/#commentsFiled under: ,


For the first time in decades fans will finally be able to collect the iconic horror, crime and sci-fi stories of E.C. Comics in black and white collections from Fantagraphics starting in 2012. According to The Comics Reporter, Fantagraphics ... Read more

 

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]]>EC ComicsEcComicsFantagraphicsGary GrothGaryGrothCaleb Goellner2011-07-24T15:00:00 00:00Comics We Love: 'Lil' Depressed Boy', a Love/Hate Letter to Hipstershttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/08/lil-depressed-boy-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/08/lil-depressed-boy-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/08/lil-depressed-boy-preview/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


There's a very simple test to see if you'll enjoy Li'l Depressed Boy. Look at the cover. Does this apparent indie title focusing on a loner twenty-something interest you? If yes, continuing reading. If not, then this book probably isn't your cup of ... Read more

 

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]]>lil depressed boyLilDepressedBoys. steven strubleS.StevenStrublesina graceSinaGraceAaron Colter2011-07-08T13:00:00 00:00IDW to Publish Graphic Novel Account of Osama Bin Laden's Deathhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/23/code-name-geronimo-graphic-novel-osama-bin-laden-death/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/23/code-name-geronimo-graphic-novel-osama-bin-laden-death/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/23/code-name-geronimo-graphic-novel-osama-bin-laden-death/#commentsFiled under: , ,


On September 6, IDW and Foxtrot Entertainment will release Code Word: Geronimo, an 88-page original graphic novel based on the May 1 raid by SEAL Team 6 in Abbottabad, Pakistan that resulted in the death of terrorist leader and orchestrator of the ... Read more

 

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]]>Amin AmatAminAmatCaptain Dale DyeCaptainDaleDyeCode Word GeronimoCode Word: GeronimoCodeWord:GeronimoCodeWordGeronimoDr. Julia DyeDr.JuliaDyeFoxtrot EntertainmentFoxtrotEntertainmentGerry KissellGerryKissellIDWJohn M. Del VecchioJohnM.DelVecchioOsama bin LadenOsamaBinLadenSEAL Team 6SealTeam6Caleb Goellner2011-06-23T15:00:00 00:00