Category: Comic Book News

  • Josh Elder wins big time bay-bay!

    Great news from our friend Josh Elder: As of yesterday Tokyopop has given me the greenlight to turn Mail Order Ninja into a graphic novel trilogy. My existence has now, finally, been justified. So thanks to all of you who voted for me in Rising Stars contest. It really worked! And for those of you…

  • Penciling and Inking DVDs are out!

    Tom Nguyen and Doug Mahnke’s new DVD series has debuted. “The Doug Mahnke Style of Comic Book Penciling” and “The Tom Nguyen Style of Comic Book Inking” guide the reader through the rendering of a comic page. I believe you’re seeing the same art in progress in both disks, so you’ll watch the piece go…

  • Concrete reviewed in Time

    TIME.com — Andrew Arnold: Heavy Andrew Arnold is clearly a person with his own personal hobby horse. He’s reviewing “Concrete” but he’s already got his mind made up about the worth of superhero comics and anything that is owned by a corporation. He feels they would never address something like abortion in comics, because it…

  • In Memory of Ben “KryptonKid” Grose

    I had a bit of a shock this morning. I was searching my old contact list for digital colorists and, upon visiting the web site of Benjamin “KryptonKid” Grose, I found out that he died last November! Ben passed away from complications with muscular dystrophy at the age of only 25. I would like to…

  • What happened with the Francis Ottobot already?

    Why isn’t PvP posted yet? What, is Kurtz sleeping off his midnight showing? He couldn’t get the strip done before going to the movie? Dang it, I have to know what happened to the Francis Ottoman-bot that has been waiting in line for Star Wars tickets. This is the long-anticipated conclusion of a three-year plot…

  • Stolen Comic Book Art alert!

    The art listed below has been reported stolen by Mark F. McDermott in NYC over the May 6-7, 2005 weekend. Mark’s notes have been pieced together for easier reading. I (Mark F. McDermott) have filed a police report and checked with local (comic show) host and founds and have yet to track the portfolio down.…

  • Ev’yboddy reply!

    All right, all you lurkers and visitors, this is a general call. Who’s still here now that the site’s back? I know the site gets tons of visits because I’m always getting e-mails from different people, and more and more people hear of us all the time…but I eschew counters. Counters are almost meaningless on…

  • Dixonverse news

    The site was/is down, but the Dixonverse Message Board is still up.

  • Jimmy Jams signing on FCBD

    I’ll have more on this later, but in brief: Phil Meadows and I did a signing at Jimmy Jams and now Phil has photos to show. You can also see one of our characters who will be appearing in our next story. This is really the first time he’s been shown online.

  • Manly questions

    The Man’s Man’s Man, Beau Smith, has a new feature entitled Five Manly Questions With…, and the first interview is with Billy Tucci. Billy’s projects “Gremlin Effect” and the soon-to-be-released “The Magnificent Seventh Graders” both sound enjoyable, and hopefully I’ll hear when they’re available. Beau also has a terrific column I overlooked on the current…