Posts filed under "comic-book-news"
Cover Browser - Probably one of the greatest websites I’ve stumbled across ever. Covers of comic book series….I don’t know where to start.
Watchmen Prequel - It’s official. The Watchmen Prequels are coming. The creative teams and books are:
- Dr. Manhattan by J. Michael Straczynski and Adam Hughes
- Nite Owl by J. Michael Straczynski and Adam and Andy Kubert (although the article incorrectly names Joe Kubert as one of the siblings, he’s their dad).
- Ozymandias by Len Wein and Jae Lee
- Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo
- Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke (writing and drawing this)
- Comedian by Brian Azzarello and J.G Jones
- Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner
All of the talent involved are clearly A list talent, with the sole exception of Amanda Conner, who’s great in her own right, but I wouldn’t necessarily put her in the same league as these guys…but I’m quietly excited for her.
Joao Ruas - The clear successor to James Jean as one of those outstanding artists. When he first replaced Jean on Fables as the cover artist, I was sceptical. After this latest image, I no longer am sceptical. This is one of my favourite artists working in comics right now.
Like a Genius and a Sacred Whore - One of my favourite comic book writers of all times, Alejandro Jodorowsky answers some questions, I’ve read better interviews, but the recap of his works at the beginning is excellent. I even have a whole post to be written about the man, been working on it for a while now.
Drawing for the President - One of my favourite artists in the world (well when he used to draw on a regular basis), Joe Quesada, getting commissioned to draw something by Barak Obama….nice.
Alan Moore Interview - Great interview on the Guardian website. Comics and Moore in general are becoming more mainstream, but it’s always nice to read a well thought out interview with Moore. Always on the lookout for what he’s creating.
CBR Comicon Index - List of all the news coming out from Comicon in one handy location.
ComicCon News: The Massive - One of the first things that I’m actually interested in. Dark Horse Presents is seriously looking like a hell of a comic book anthology.
Strain Comic Adaptation - Guillermo del Toro will be the ‘executive producer’. The real news for me is that David Lapham is writing this and Mike Huddleson is drawing it. I’m so there when they finally release it as a collection.
Comics Journal 301 - Love the fact that this thing will be a beast of a book, and cock full of classic stuff to read. Especially love the Dave Sim interview, god I’ve missed TCJ in print…seriously.
Top Shelf 2011 Releases - It’s been a while since I’ve read anything published by Top Shelf, but there are some great things being published this year under their banner.
Sami Basri - The man behind the artwork on the upcoming Voodoo ongoing series. Don’t fuck this up buddy, please kill it, Voodoo and Jeremy are easily the best WS characters.
The Definitive Guide To The DC Comics Reboot - Great table by the iFanboy guys in putting all this information together. The thing that popped out for me was Scott lobdell writing no less than 3 books. Bob Harras does like that guy. The truth is I have read some pretty awesome Lobdell books, but then again I’ve also read a bunch of real crap by the man in the past. His X-men/Wildcats with Travis Charest is definitely the high point for me.
http://www.brokenkode.com/the-definitive-guide-to-the-dc-comics-reboot
Bill Willingham interview mammoth - Seriously congrats on 10 years of Fables.
Periscope Studio Does Mad Men Art - Love this series, love these collectives of comic book artists that decide on a theme for a week and do some art. It’s just pretty good fun.
Creator Profiles - Paul Gravett has done the heavy lifting for you and given you the major comic book creators of our generation and the books they’ve created. Looking for something to read, and get into serious comic book work, this is where you start.
For no other reason than for some good reading here’s some end of year posts and podcasts to look back at the year that was 2010:
Manga Out Loud podcast - first time I’ve listened to this podcast, enjoyed it a great deal.
iFanboy’s all media round up - love what the boys usually do. I pretty much agree with Josh for just about everything and ignore just about everything that Ron says, mainly because I know that our opinions just don’t meet,…well hardly ever. The whole X-men thing is just, really?
Wait, What? Podcast - Graeme and Jeff talking mainly about Marvel and DC’s changes over the year and where they go from now.
Follow James Allen’s excellent review of each Formula 1 team this year. So far he’s covered Force India, Mercedes and Red Bull
While we’re talking Formula 1, don’t forget to listen to the excellent Formula 1 advent calendar by Christine over at Sidepodcast
I’ll keep updating this post with more as I find them. Enjoy.
Just been listening to the Sidebar nation, and they have this fasinating interview with El Coro, about the graphic novel he’s created in his spare time, it’s called ‘The Transient Man’ and it’s seriously interesting, seeing as you can read 120 pages of the book online.
The Top Ten Comics of 2010 - by the New York Magazine. Predictably going for the indie market, but I’m impressed that Chew is on there. I’ve not been able to get into Pluto X, it just really doesn’t appeal to me, but it keeps getting rave reviews. The first volume has left me cold, I must admit.
Troop 142 - Speaking of online comics, this is by Mike Dawson and is an online graphic novel, that’s just won an Ignatz award. Looks interesting, in an Alex ‘Box Office Poison’ Robinson kind of way..
The 3 Million Dollars Franchise - That’s how much money the Batman franchise created in comic book sales for the month of November. There are obviously a ton of variables to consider, but that comic book industry is going down the toilet, my god what a joke. It’s not that sales are down people, it’s just that the sales are more spread out. Publish 1 Batman book a month and see if sales don’t top 500,000 for each copy. Hell even I’d buy it, considering i’ve not bought any pamphlets in like 9 years or something like that.
http://www.brokenkode.com/batman-the-3-million-dollars-franchise
Damn you Travis an your unbelievable skill. I swear, every single time this guy shows something he’s worked on, I just get depressed for like a few hours. Something about his work just evokes magic.
Art by Illustration Master Adam Hughes - It’s not a secret what a huge Adam Hughes fan I actually am, of both his art and his very rare writing as well. This overview is an excellent place to start appreciating his work. Now to blow your mind, Adam uses a mouse and photoshop to do all the colouring. Seriously, not a pen, a mouse.
ROUNDEYE: For Love by Tony Harris - Now this is interesting. Tony Harris (fucking great artist) is deciding to do his next project in another way, the kickstarter route. It’ll be interesting if he actually get there. My only suggestion would be that he could include some additional donation levels, like maybe $50 or $100 donation to get a copy of the book with a signed bookplate (have a look at the ones done at Gosh Comics) or something limited that’s not as time consuming as a personalised sketch. I don’t care for my name in the back, and don’t want to pay $200.
Kapow Comic Con - All I am going to say is that Mark Millar, you’re an ass. You couldn’t have sorted this out in the 12 years I was living in the UK, 8 of which were in the London. No, you had to sort this out after i decided to take a break from London. Thank you Mark, for nothing.