Chic Young. Al Capp. Jimmy Hatlo. Carl Anderson. Ernie Bushmiller. Alex Raymond. Roy Crane. Those are some names I remember, some 70 years later, with no help from Google, from the “funny side” of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the newspaper that landed, rolled and bound with wire, on the front lawn of the four family flat where we lived until I was 10 or 11. By then I was aware that there was another newspaper, The Star-Times, the one that the O’Neils didn’t read, with its own funnyside and its own names and I may have even known some, but with the exception of Chester Gould, I seem to have forgotten these, maybe because I didn’t see them every day.
Somewhere in early grade school – ah, Sister Helen, what became of you? – I must have realized, probably gradually, that these names had something to do with the comic strips...
Somewhere in early grade school – ah, Sister Helen, what became of you? – I must have realized, probably gradually, that these names had something to do with the comic strips...
- 4/21/2016
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
Having spent the past four days in Baltimore attending my favorite comics convention – the one that’s actually about comics – I had the opportunity to spend some serious conversation time with a lot of my friends. However, because the show is a four-hour-plus drive from La Casa Del Oro, the best conversation is with my daughter and ComicMix cohort Adriane Nash. Whereas much of her work is behind the scenes, Adriane is the one who kills here each year on April Fool’s Day and at least one of her hoaxes has graduated to the level of Urban Myth.
As her dad, this makes me very proud. But (sing along, folks), I digress.
After returning from Baltimore Monday night, while cuing TiVo for Ricky Gervais’ appearance on David Letterman, we had one of those “let’s tie-up everything we’ve been talking about” conversations. This one was about how, given time,...
As her dad, this makes me very proud. But (sing along, folks), I digress.
After returning from Baltimore Monday night, while cuing TiVo for Ricky Gervais’ appearance on David Letterman, we had one of those “let’s tie-up everything we’ve been talking about” conversations. This one was about how, given time,...
- 9/11/2013
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Peppermint Patty will return to the silver screen in November 2015, timing that coincides with the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, perhaps the most beloved cartoon in television history. But how will the new feature film — with 3-D, CG animation — compare to the hand-drawn charms of that 1965 small-screen classic? Or to the Charles Schulz comic strip that possessed an especially elusive brand of whimsy?
When Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip premiered in October 1950, it couldn’t have been more different from the comic strips stacked around it — among them Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon,...
When Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip premiered in October 1950, it couldn’t have been more different from the comic strips stacked around it — among them Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon,...
- 7/24/2013
- by Geoff Boucher
- EW - Inside Movies
The 2013 Eisner Award Winners have been announced at San Diego Comic-Con with Chris Ware leading the wins for his celebrated work Building Stories, alongside Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga which also won a number of awards.
The Eisners are awarded each year at the San Diego Comic-Con and are the most prestigious awards in the comics industry, being the comics equivalent of the Oscars.
The Eisners are named after Will Eisner, one of the most celebrated artist/writers in comics whose works included creating the superhero series The Spirit as well as his masterpiece, A Contract with God, one of the best books of the 20th century.
This year saw artist/writer Chris Ware pick up the lion’s share of the awards for his book/construction project Building Stories, winning Best New Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.
Also among the winners...
The Eisners are awarded each year at the San Diego Comic-Con and are the most prestigious awards in the comics industry, being the comics equivalent of the Oscars.
The Eisners are named after Will Eisner, one of the most celebrated artist/writers in comics whose works included creating the superhero series The Spirit as well as his masterpiece, A Contract with God, one of the best books of the 20th century.
This year saw artist/writer Chris Ware pick up the lion’s share of the awards for his book/construction project Building Stories, winning Best New Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.
Also among the winners...
- 7/21/2013
- by Noel Thorne
- Obsessed with Film
Comic-Con International has released the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The winners of the award will be revealed during the annual ceremony held at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 19.
Official Press Release
Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noire to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures.
Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each. Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel...
Official Press Release
Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noire to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures.
Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each. Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel...
- 4/17/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards of 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noir to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures. Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each.
Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel). Both are nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, and Best Cover Artist. (Fatale also shares the coloring nomination for Dave Stewart.)Close behind with 4 nominations are Boom!/kaboom’s Adventure Time (Best New Series,...
Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel). Both are nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, and Best Cover Artist. (Fatale also shares the coloring nomination for Dave Stewart.)Close behind with 4 nominations are Boom!/kaboom’s Adventure Time (Best New Series,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
- 10/7/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Afflicted Gn, $12.99
Abrams
Mars Attacks Hc, $19.95
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #11, $3.99
Aladdin Books
So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist Ultimate Guide Hc, $16.99
Antarctic Press
Adventures Of A Comic Con Girl #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #4, $3.99
Gold Digger #142, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Where’s My Shoggoth Hc, $11.95
Archie Comics
Archie And Friends Double Digest #20, $3.99
Archie Double Digest #233, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #185, $3.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 6 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Idolized #2 (Cover A Humberto Ramos), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover B Photo), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover C Humberto Ramos Sketch Incentive), Ar
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover B Tony Parker), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo Sketch Incentive), Ar
Audiogo
Doctor Who The Androids Of Tara Audio CD, $24.95
Doctor Who The Aztecs Audio CD,...
12-gauge Comics
Afflicted Gn, $12.99
Abrams
Mars Attacks Hc, $19.95
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #11, $3.99
Aladdin Books
So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist Ultimate Guide Hc, $16.99
Antarctic Press
Adventures Of A Comic Con Girl #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #4, $3.99
Gold Digger #142, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Where’s My Shoggoth Hc, $11.95
Archie Comics
Archie And Friends Double Digest #20, $3.99
Archie Double Digest #233, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #185, $3.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 6 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Idolized #2 (Cover A Humberto Ramos), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover B Photo), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover C Humberto Ramos Sketch Incentive), Ar
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover B Tony Parker), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo Sketch Incentive), Ar
Audiogo
Doctor Who The Androids Of Tara Audio CD, $24.95
Doctor Who The Aztecs Audio CD,...
- 9/24/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
2:40: And that’s the way to end the show! Enjoy the after parties, everybody!
2:35: Best Graphic Album-New: Tie! Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia); Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
2:31: Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
2:28: Best Adaptation from Another Work: The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
2:18: Best Continuing Series: Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
2:13: Best Limited Series: Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
2:11: That King fella on American Vampire has talent. Of course, he’s no Joe Hill…
2:08: Best New Series: American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
2:06: Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson for...
2:35: Best Graphic Album-New: Tie! Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia); Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
2:31: Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
2:28: Best Adaptation from Another Work: The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
2:18: Best Continuing Series: Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
2:13: Best Limited Series: Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
2:11: That King fella on American Vampire has talent. Of course, he’s no Joe Hill…
2:08: Best New Series: American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
2:06: Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson for...
- 7/23/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
The nominations for the Eisner Awards were announced yesterday at Wondercon, and publisher DC Comics cleaned house recieving 14 nominations — the most of any publisher. Here is the complete list of nominations. If you’ve been away from comics for a while, or want to try a new addiction, then these are (some of) the best of the best out there right now:
Best Short Story
“Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo) “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in Dcu Halloween Special 2010 (DC) “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables(Silverline Books/Image) “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image) “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, inFractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger#2 (Marvel)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
The Cape,...
Best Short Story
“Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo) “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in Dcu Halloween Special 2010 (DC) “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables(Silverline Books/Image) “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image) “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, inFractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger#2 (Marvel)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
The Cape,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
The 2011 Eisner Award nominations have just been announced.
Heading the 2011 nominees with five nominations is Return of the Dapper Men, a fantasy hardcover by writer Jim McCann and artist Janet Lee and published by Archaia, with nominations for Best Publication for Teens, Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer, Best Artist, and Best Publication Design. Two comics series have four nominations: Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (published by Shadowline/Image) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (published by Idw). A variety of titles have received three nominations, including the manga Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly), and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy titles (Dark Horse).
The creator with the most nominations is Mignola with five (including cover artist), followed by Spencer and Hill, each with four. Several creators received three nominations: McCann & Lee, Rodriquez, Urasawa, and Clowes, plus writer Ian Boothy (for Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book and...
Heading the 2011 nominees with five nominations is Return of the Dapper Men, a fantasy hardcover by writer Jim McCann and artist Janet Lee and published by Archaia, with nominations for Best Publication for Teens, Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer, Best Artist, and Best Publication Design. Two comics series have four nominations: Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (published by Shadowline/Image) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (published by Idw). A variety of titles have received three nominations, including the manga Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly), and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy titles (Dark Horse).
The creator with the most nominations is Mignola with five (including cover artist), followed by Spencer and Hill, each with four. Several creators received three nominations: McCann & Lee, Rodriquez, Urasawa, and Clowes, plus writer Ian Boothy (for Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book and...
- 4/8/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Don’t you hate that “Yellow Submarine” is on Revolver? The song is okay on its own, but it’s a touch of cartoonish psychedelia that disrupts the record for me, which has some of my favorite Beatles songs (“Eleanor Rigby,” “Taxman”) on it.
I will say, however, that I love “Octopus’s Garden.”
So welcome to This Week in Comics, where every day is a comic book and every day is also Yellow Submarine.
Monday
First Issues
Frenemy Of The State #1 (of 5), $3.99
(Christina Weir/Nunzio De Filippis/Rashida Jones/Jeff Wamester)
Oni Press
Here’s something I didn’t expect: Rashida Jones doing her own celebrity cash-in comic. It’s a decent premise, I suppose — an heiress is really a secret agent!!! — and it’s written by a couple of pro writers as opposed to some cheap hack. It could be good, but maybe we should wait for the movie instead?...
I will say, however, that I love “Octopus’s Garden.”
So welcome to This Week in Comics, where every day is a comic book and every day is also Yellow Submarine.
Monday
First Issues
Frenemy Of The State #1 (of 5), $3.99
(Christina Weir/Nunzio De Filippis/Rashida Jones/Jeff Wamester)
Oni Press
Here’s something I didn’t expect: Rashida Jones doing her own celebrity cash-in comic. It’s a decent premise, I suppose — an heiress is really a secret agent!!! — and it’s written by a couple of pro writers as opposed to some cheap hack. It could be good, but maybe we should wait for the movie instead?...
- 5/10/2010
- by Danny Djeljosevic
Remember Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg? Roy Crane’s Buz Sawyer and Captain Easy? Alex Toth? How about much of that beautiful black and white art in Warren’s magazines Creepy, Eerie and Blazing Combat?
The one thing they all had in common – along with a hell of a lot of other great art – is the fact that they were drawn on Duoshade boards. That’s a certain rather expensive type of paper that allowed an artist to brush a developer solution over an inked drawing creating different types of horizontal lines for shading. Originally, they boards replaced the painstaking task of cutting and pasting the effect onto the original art. It allowed certain types of dramatic shading and feathering techniques (that’s a line that consists of teensy tiny lines, giving a softer edge to that line).
Note my use of the past tense.
Now Graphix, the company that...
The one thing they all had in common – along with a hell of a lot of other great art – is the fact that they were drawn on Duoshade boards. That’s a certain rather expensive type of paper that allowed an artist to brush a developer solution over an inked drawing creating different types of horizontal lines for shading. Originally, they boards replaced the painstaking task of cutting and pasting the effect onto the original art. It allowed certain types of dramatic shading and feathering techniques (that’s a line that consists of teensy tiny lines, giving a softer edge to that line).
Note my use of the past tense.
Now Graphix, the company that...
- 9/23/2009
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
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