Doctor Who
Cage Match 2013!
New York Comic Con 2012
Tolkien Re-read
Manga & Graphic Novels
Cage Match–2012!
Gifts For the Geek is on Day 18!
We have covered new fantasy books, new fantasy Blu-ray movies, new fantasy merchandise. But we haven’t covered art yet! It’s time. Here are some great artists that produce originals and reproductions of some of geekdoms best novels! Art for the wall!
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Afua Richardson is a New York comic book creator, and winner of the 2011 Nina Simone Artistic Achievement Award for being one of the few African-American female comic book creators to have worked for all the comic book giants: Marvel, DC and Image Comics. In the spirit of Nina Simone, Afua is a political activist, a classical flautist, a professional singer, songwriter, actress , voice actor, and human beatbox artist, sharing stages with music greats such as Parliament Funkadelic, Sheila E and Sir Melvin van Peebles.
San Diego Comic Con 2011 afforded us the opportunity to talk with many talented people, among them J. David Spurlock, a famed artist, author and philanthropist who has instructed budding artists at the School of Visual Arts in New York, the Joe Kubert School and The University of Texas in Arlington, Texas.
Spurlock spoke with [...]
“Up, up, and away!”
“To infinity and beyond!”
“Spoon!”
When it comes to superheroes, there’s no shortage of catchphrases. They’re nearly as iconic as the costume that the character wears…but not quite. That’s why we’re not going to help you come up with a catchphrase for your character, but we will help you draw them!
Here’s the deal, Christopher [...]
Welcome to a very interesting category: one recognizing–a genre? A medium? A style? A distribution method? All of them?–whose extraordinary success may soon eliminate the need for the category’s existence in the future. This category recognizes comics that were first published on the web–but as web distribution becomes an increasingly important business model, as creators [...]
Read MoreLeading off our coverage of the 2009 Eisner Awards are the nominees for Best Cover Artist. Cover art differs from the internal art (in most cases) in that it allows for a richer visual experience in color, layout, and complexity. Cover art can range from shocking to cinematic, stylized to toned down, it can contain [...]
Read MoreJuly 23rd (or 22nd, depending on when your tickets will get you in the doors), that’s when Comic-Con International kicks off in San Diego. That’s just about 14 weeks. From this side of the equation (the publishing side) those are 14 very fast weeks. But just because we’re doing a lot of planning right now, [...]
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Evan
There's no such thing as "overdue" for a random event. Probability math doesn't work that way....