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/Hope Larson Releases New Short Film; Recruits Comics Creators For The Posterhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/hope-larson-new-short-film-bitter-orange-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/hope-larson-new-short-film-bitter-orange-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/hope-larson-new-short-film-bitter-orange-video/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Graphic Novelist Hope Larson, who was recently nominated for an Eisner for her 2012 adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, has made the leap to moving pictures. Her new eight-and-a-half-minute short film Bitter Orange, starring Scott ... Read more

 

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]]>becky cloonanBeckyCloonanbitter orangeBitterOrangeBrie LarsonBrieLarsonDustin HarbinDustinHarbinhope larsonHopeLarsonJames UrbaniakJamesUrbaniakJen WangJenWangMatt D. Wilson2013-06-18T15:30:00 00:00Fantagraphics Releases First Remastered Images From 'Love And Rockets: The Covers'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/love-and-rockets-covers-fantagraphics-preview-los-bros-hernandez/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/love-and-rockets-covers-fantagraphics-preview-los-bros-hernandez/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/18/love-and-rockets-covers-fantagraphics-preview-los-bros-hernandez/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Fantagraphics Books has confirmed a September 2013 release date for Love And Rockets: The Covers, the eagerly anticipated and first ever full-color compilation of cover artwork from the legendary alt comics opus by Los Bros Hernandez. The ... Read more

 

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]]>Gilbert HernandezGilbertHernandezjaime hernandezJaimeHernandezlos bros hernandezLosBrosHernandezLove and RocketsLoveAndRocketsmario hernandezMarioHernandezAndy Khouri2013-06-18T10:30:00 00:00Jeff Parker On Reuniting The Phantom, Flash Gordon And Mandrake For 'Kings Watch' [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/13/kings-watch-jeff-parker-interview-phantom-flash-gordon-mandrake-dynamite/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/13/kings-watch-jeff-parker-interview-phantom-flash-gordon-mandrake-dynamite/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/13/kings-watch-jeff-parker-interview-phantom-flash-gordon-mandrake-dynamite/#commentsFiled under: ,


Today, Dynamite announced that they were bringing The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Flash Gordon back to comic books with the team of Jeff Parker and Marc Laming. The big return is set to take place in an all-new series called King's Watch, ... Read more

 

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]]>Dynamite EntertainmentDynamiteEntertainmentFlash GordonFlashGordonJeff ParkerJeffParkerKings WatchKingsWatchMandrake the MagicianMandrakeTheMagicianMarc LamingMarcLamingThe PhantomThePhantomChris Sims2013-06-13T14:00:00 00:00The Con Haul: Highlights From HeroesCon 2013http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/11/heroescon-2013-becky-cloonan-benjamin-marra-artists-alley/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/11/heroescon-2013-becky-cloonan-benjamin-marra-artists-alley/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/11/heroescon-2013-becky-cloonan-benjamin-marra-artists-alley/#commentsFiled under: ,


As much as I like digging through the quarter bins for a run of Punisher 2099, the real action at a convention always comes from browsing through Artist's Alley for the new books that you can't get anywhere else. As much as the focus at ... Read more

 

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]]>Andy HirschAndyHirschBecky CloonanBeckyCloonanBenjamin MarraBenjaminMarraChris WhartonChrisWhartonTom ScioliTomScioliChris Sims2013-06-11T13:30:00 00:00Former 'Survivor' Contestant Launches 'Completely Legal Parody' Comichttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/07/erik-reichenbach-survivor-parody-comic/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/07/erik-reichenbach-survivor-parody-comic/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/07/erik-reichenbach-survivor-parody-comic/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Erik Reichenbach didn't win Survivor, but the two-time contestant knows a thing or two about the CBS reality show competition - and he's bringing that knowledge to the paneled page with Starving, For Attention: A Completely Legal Parody. ... Read more

 

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]]>Erik ReichenbachErikReichenbachreality showsreality tvRealityShowsRealityTvStarving For Attention: A Completely Legal ParodyStarvingForAttention:ACompletelyLegalParodySurvivorJosh Wigler2013-06-07T12:00:00 00:00Andrew MacLean And Mike Spicer's 'Head Lopper' Is Decapitawesome [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/head-lopper-andrew-maclean-mike-spicer-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/head-lopper-andrew-maclean-mike-spicer-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/head-lopper-andrew-maclean-mike-spicer-preview/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you ask me, there just aren't enough comics these days dedicated to people getting their heads lopped of. Sure, it happens every now and then, but what this world of ours really needs is a comic that is one hundred percent committed to ... Read more

 

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]]>Andrew MacLeanAndrewMacleanHead LopperHeadLopperMike SpicerMikeSpicerChris Sims2013-06-05T16:00:00 00:00Kevin Mellon Hits The Horror Highway With 'Suicide Sisters' #1 [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/kevin-mellon-suicide-sisters-1-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/kevin-mellon-suicide-sisters-1-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/05/kevin-mellon-suicide-sisters-1-preview/#commentsFiled under: ,


Fans of Kevin Mellon likely know him as the artist of Heart with Blair Butler, Lovestruck with Dennis Hopeless, American Muscle with Steven Niles, and a storyboarder/designer on FX's Archer -- among other collaborative efforts. Beginning today, ... Read more

 

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]]>ArcherChris SebelaChrisSebelaCrankdigital comicsDigitalComicsEric WhiteEricWhiteHeartindieKevin MellonKevinMellonLovestruckSuicide SistersSuicideSistersCaleb Goellner2013-06-05T15:00:00 00:00Jay Faerber Fuses Capes And Crime In 'Anti-Hero' From Monkeybrain [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/03/anti-hero-jay-faerber-nate-stockman-monkeybrain-digital-interview-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/03/anti-hero-jay-faerber-nate-stockman-monkeybrain-digital-interview-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/06/03/anti-hero-jay-faerber-nate-stockman-monkeybrain-digital-interview-preview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


"What if superheroes were real?" is obviously a heavily mined premise for countless expressions of American comics' most enduring genre category. Less common is the premise, "No, I mean, what if superheroes were really real?" put forth by Jay ... Read more

 

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]]>Jay FaerberJayFaerberMonkeybrainComicsnate stockmanNateStockmanAndy Khouri2013-06-03T16:00:00 00:00Greg Pak Talks 'Code Monkey Save World,' His New Kickstarter Funded Project With Jonathan Coulton and Takeshi Miyazawahttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/16/greg-pak-jonathan-coulton-code-monkey-save-world-interview-kickstarter/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/16/greg-pak-jonathan-coulton-code-monkey-save-world-interview-kickstarter/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/16/greg-pak-jonathan-coulton-code-monkey-save-world-interview-kickstarter/#commentsFiled under: ,


Yesterday, Greg Pak launched a new comics project called Code Monkey Save World with musician Jonathan Coulton, in which Pak and artist Takeshi Miyazawa take characters from Coulton's songs and put them into a grand supervillain team-up ... Read more

 

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]]>Code Monkey Save WorldCodeMonkeySaveWorldGreg PakGregPakJonathan CoultonJonathanCoultonKickstarterTakeshi MiyazawaTakeshiMiyazawaChris Sims2013-04-16T13:00:00 00:00Dark Horse Collects Alex de Campi's Poli-Spy Kickstarter Hit 'Ashes' [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/dark-horse-smoke-ashes-alex-de-campi-kickstarter-collection-paperback-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/dark-horse-smoke-ashes-alex-de-campi-kickstarter-collection-paperback-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/dark-horse-smoke-ashes-alex-de-campi-kickstarter-collection-paperback-interview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


A sequel to the Eisner-nominated 2005 limited series Smoke (with artist Igor Kordey), writer Alex de Campi's graphic novel Ashes was one of comics' bigger Kickstarter successes, raising over $32,000 in 2011 via the increasingly influential ... Read more

 

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]]>alex de campiAlexDeCampiashesBill SienkiewiczBillSienkiewiczchristopher cooperChristopherCoopercolleen doranColleenDorandan mcdaidDan PanosianDanMcdaidDanPanosianjerry ordwayJerryOrdwaykickstartersmoketomer hanukaTomerHanukaAndy Khouri2013-04-15T10:00:00 00:00SUPERMAG: Jim Rugg's Ambitious and Eclectic Comics, Illustration and Design Magazine [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/supermag-jim-ruggs-comics-magazine-design-illustration-interview-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/supermag-jim-ruggs-comics-magazine-design-illustration-interview-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/supermag-jim-ruggs-comics-magazine-design-illustration-interview-preview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


"Print is dead," is a pithy saying that gets tossed around a lot these days. Well, apparently nobody said in front of comics artist and illustrator Jim Rugg (Street Angel, Afrodisiac, The Plain Janes). This May, Rugg will launch the first issue ... Read more

 

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]]>adhouse booksAdhouseBooksdesignjim ruggJimRuggsupermagDylan Todd2013-04-11T15:00:00 00:00Fluke 2013: The Best Of Athens, GA's Mini-Comic Conventionhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/fluke-2013-the-best-of-athens-gas-mini-comic-convention/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/fluke-2013-the-best-of-athens-gas-mini-comic-convention/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/11/fluke-2013-the-best-of-athens-gas-mini-comic-convention/#commentsFiled under:


Last weekend, the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA once again hosted Fluke, and once again, it was easily one of the best conventions of the year. This was the third year I'd gone, and as always, the focus on indie books and mini-comics -- and its ... Read more

 

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]]>Emily ErdmanEmilyErdmanErin GladstoneErinGladstoneKyle StarksKyleStarksRachel OrdwayRachelOrdwayRegistered WeaponRegisteredWeaponRicky ThunderRickyThunderThe Legend of Ricky ThunderTheLegendOfRickyThunderChris Sims2013-04-11T13:30:00 00:00Pay $300, Get Everything PictureBox Publishes This Yearhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/picturebox-sale-osamu-tezuka-brandon-graham/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/picturebox-sale-osamu-tezuka-brandon-graham/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/04/picturebox-sale-osamu-tezuka-brandon-graham/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Rather than mess around with selling books individually, independent comics and art-magazine publisher PictureBox is offering an interesting deal for its 2013 offerings: Pay them $300 and get everything they publish. (Link is NSFW.) Among those ... Read more

 

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]]>brandon grahamBrandonGrahamosamu tezukaOsamuTezukapictureboxSeiichi HayashiSeiichiHayashiYuichi YokoyamaYuichiYokoyamaMatt D. Wilson2013-04-04T14:00:00 00:00'The Devastator' #7 Takes On Spies, Is Secretly Hilarioushttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/the-devastator-7-spies/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/the-devastator-7-spies/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/the-devastator-7-spies/#commentsFiled under: ,


In the past, we've had a little fun with The Devastator, the quarterly comedy anthology, but their latest issue is the best of the series so far. Wrapped up in a cover by CA favorite Michael Kupperman, this issue is themed around spies and ... Read more

 

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]]>DevastatorRocky and BullwinkleRockyAndBullwinkleSpiesThe DevastatorTheDevastatorChris Sims2013-04-03T16:30:00 00:00The Anatomy of Expression: Will Eisner and 'A Contract With God'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/contract-with-god-review-will-eisner/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/contract-with-god-review-will-eisner/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/03/contract-with-god-review-will-eisner/#commentsFiled under: , ,


In 1978, the legendary Will Eisner released A Contract With God upon the world, a masterpiece that launched the graphic novel craze that would eventually compel your local Barnes & Noble to push aside mid-list Sidney Sheldon and Chuck ... Read more

 

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]]>a contract with godAContractWithGodwill eisnerWillEisnerTimothy Callahan2013-04-03T12:00:00 00:00Jeff Smith Announces 'Bone' Artist's Edition, New Webcomichttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/jeff-smith-bone-artists-edition-tuki-save-the-humans-webcomic/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/jeff-smith-bone-artists-edition-tuki-save-the-humans-webcomic/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/jeff-smith-bone-artists-edition-tuki-save-the-humans-webcomic/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Jeff Smith fans got two big presents at this weekend's WonderCon: The first is news that IDW is set to release a new Artist's Edition collection of Bone this fall. The second? Smith's working on a brand new webcomic set in prehistoric times, ... Read more

 

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]]>Artists EditionArtistsEditionBoneJeff SmithJeffSmithTuki Save the HumansTukiSaveTheHumansMatt D. Wilson2013-04-01T14:30:00 00:00Fully Funded 'Spider Stories' Kickstarter Reflects Viewers' Desire for African Stories in Animation [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/spider-stories-kickstarter-african-animation/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/spider-stories-kickstarter-african-animation/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/spider-stories-kickstarter-african-animation/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


In 2009 the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a TED Talk on the dangers of what she called "The Single Story." Put simply, the Single Story is the conventional understanding of a people, culture or situation that's informed by ... Read more

 

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]]>africacharles agbajeCharlesAgbajejohn agbajeJohnAgbajekickstarterspider storiesSpiderStoriesSub-saharan AfricaSub-saharanAfricaAndy Khouri2013-03-28T17:00:00 00:00Michel Fiffe On 'Copra': 'That Stuff's In My DNA' [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/copra-michel-fiffe-interview-suicide-squad/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/copra-michel-fiffe-interview-suicide-squad/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/copra-michel-fiffe-interview-suicide-squad/#commentsFiled under: ,


Over the past year, one of my favorite comics has been Michel Fiffe's Copra. Launched after the success of a "bootleg" fan-comic based on John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell's classic Suicide Squad, Copra twists the formula around for a ... Read more

 

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]]>CopraDEATHZONEMichel FiffeMichelFiffeChris Sims2013-03-26T13:30:00 00:00First Pages Surface from Kathryn & Stuart Immonen's 'Russian Olive To Red King' Graphic Novelhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/25/russian-olive-red-king-preview-stuart-kathryn-immonen-graphic-novel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/25/russian-olive-red-king-preview-stuart-kathryn-immonen-graphic-novel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/25/russian-olive-red-king-preview-stuart-kathryn-immonen-graphic-novel/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Most ComicsAlliance readers are familiar with the work writer Kathryn and artist Stuart Immonen have created together and separately at Marvel Comics, in such titles as Nextwave, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Journey Into Mystery, All-New X-Men, and ... Read more

 

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]]>KATHRYN IMMONENKathrynImmonenmoving picturesMovingPicturesRussian Olive To Red KingRussianOliveToRedKingstuart immonenStuartImmonenAndy Khouri2013-03-25T15:30:00 00:00Martin And Mahfood's 'Everybody Loves Tank Girl': Beautiful Art, Narrative Dissonancehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/18/everybody-loves-tank-girl-review-jim-mahfood-alan-martin/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/18/everybody-loves-tank-girl-review-jim-mahfood-alan-martin/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/18/everybody-loves-tank-girl-review-jim-mahfood-alan-martin/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Everybody Loves Tank Girl is the new Tank Girl book collecting the recent issues drawn by Jim Mahfood and written by Tank Girl co-creator Alan C. Martin. Before getting into things too thoroughly, let's briefly unpack the term "the new Tank Girl," ... Read more

 

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]]>alan martinAlanMartineverybody loves tank girlEverybodyLovesTankGirljim mahfoodJimMahfoodtank girlTankGirlSarah Horrocks2013-03-18T11:00:00 00:00