Try Something Different: 4/20/05
Support Independent Comics! Independent comics (and manga) being released today, 4/20/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. What are you reading? AC COMICS Best Of The West #49, $6.95 A. D. VISION Maburaho
Retro: Orbiter (TPB)
Prior to 9/11, there were many who believed that my generation’s defining moment happened on January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, instantly killing all 7 crew members aboard, including the first teacher scheduled to fly in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe. I was in 11th
Interview: Fialkov on Elk’s Run
It’s a sad fact in the comics industry today that succesfully launching a brand new title is a Herculean feat for the Big Two, requiring a massive marketing and promotion campaign with no guarantees of success. For independent publishers, it’s a near impossible task. Even sadder is the fact that the lower half of the
Interview: Field on Free Comic Book Day
Who doesn’t like free comic books? On Saturday, May 7th, 2005, participating comic book shops across North America and around the world will be giving away comic books from more than 25 different publishers absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores, as part of the 4th Annual Free Comic Book Day, celebrating “an
Review: Ant: Days Like These (TPB)
There’s a perennial debate on which creative setup works best in comics, the collaboration or the solo creator. With superior examples on both sides, of course, there is no definitive answer, but for every good example, there’s at least as many bad ones. Creator/writer/artist Mario Gully’s intriguing concept – eight-year old Hannah Washington creates an
Review: Worldwatch #3
With Marvel not publishing a single thing of interest to me this week, I decided to throw an extra $3 towards an indie comic I’d never read before and let me preface its review with this offer: the first person I don’t know personally to leave a comment here, I’ll mail it to you, bagged
Damn ABC and their addictive Sunday night lineup!
How am I supposed to ease into the beginning of a new week, following an exciting afternoon of football, when I can’t get away from the TV from 7-11pm? Scoff if you like, but America’s Funniest Home Videos is funny as hell. Tom Bergeron is no Bob Saget, thank god, and who couldn’t benefit from
Happy Birthday, Salomé! If our friends Danny and Xia are like a CBS sitcom, as he suggests, then I’m thinking Salomé and I are like the Jeffersons. Louise Jefferson is a warm-hearted person. Her personality is completely opposite from that of her husband George, who is quick-tempered and opinionated. She is levelheaded where George is
“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, edit.” While that’s not always true, in light of my inability to write something in time for the newly-launched e-zine of “cutting-edge non-fiction,” loupe, I’ve decided to do the next best thing…launch a web site of my own to highlight all of the great writing I come across
Eminem really stepped up to the plate with his latest single, Mosh, evoking memories of Public Enemy’s Fight the Power glory days and offering a glimmer of hope for rap’s going back to the future and becoming relevant again. The animated video is a powerful visual statement as well and needs to go into instant