Forthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through August 2013
***** July 24 * If I Were In Minneapolis, I'd Go To This July 26 * If I Were In Halifax, I'd Go To This * If I Were In San Francisco, I'd Go To This July 27 * If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This * If...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events
By Tom Spurgeon * the Portland-based The Projects has programming up and a reminder about their Kickstarter. I'll try to focus on the latter part of that in its own post, but hopefully you'll check it...
View ArticleCollective Memory: Comic-Con International 2013
Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning the 2013 edition of Comic-Con International, held July 18-21 in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center. This entry will continue to...
View ArticleCR Review: Ariol: Thunder Horse
Creators: Emmanuel Guibert, Marc Boutavant Publishing Information: Papercutz, softcover, full-color, 128 pages, 2013, $12.99. Ordering Numbers: 9781597074124 (ISBN13) I quite enjoyed this small volume...
View ArticleI Love Going To The Comic Book Shop
Where: Blastoff Comics, 5118 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601. Total Spent: $12.95 (I imagine there was a pro discount; or maybe I stole one of these).
View ArticleI Love Going To The Comic Book Shop
Where: A Shop Called Quest, 175 N. Indian Hill Rd, Claremont, CA, 91711. Total Spent: around $24 Notes: I pretty much limit myself to Marvel's comics in most comic book shops because a) that's what...
View ArticleWhat The Writer Of The Best Modern American Fantasy Novel Said About The...
Here; it's around the 46:00 mark. One of the reasons I will argue that particular cartoonist as the best living -- as opposed to some super-worthy contenders like Jack Davis and Jacques Tardi -- is...
View ArticleDesert Island's Gabe Fowler Announces First Comic Arts Brooklyn For November...
Here. People have e-mailed me to say that e-mails have gone out on this, so I hope I'm not jumping the gun. My apologies if I have to change something here. I'm also told that Paul Karasik is...
View ArticleRandom Comics News Story Round-Up
* this will eventually show up in one of the "Collective Memories" -- maybe by today -- but Tony Isabella is going to write about his SDCC experience at length starting here. * Rob Clough looks at a...
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