Have Comics Become More about Writers than about Artists?
Newsarama’s making an unclear claim that comicdom today has become more writer-centric than art-centric, but without stressing clearly whether merit plays a part in any of…
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The Folly of Including Real Life Tragedies in Modern Comicbooks
While reporting on Tidal Wave’s new bio-comic about Ukraine’s president, the Willamette Week said the following: Comics have a history of intersecting with world events, whether it’s Captain…
Marvel Studios is Developing ‘Nova’ Project with ‘Moon Knight’ Writer
Richard Rider aka ‘Nova’ looks to be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Deadline reports that Marvel Studios is developing a Nova project with Moon Knight scribe Sabir Pirzada…
Examining the Recorded History of Comic Books
Read PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 What is a “Comic…
Trivial Pursuits: Little Known Facts About Marvel Comics
One of the world’s favorite superheroes, Captain America, was recently politicized in the news, calling his sexual orientation into question by political pundits. Then, commentators…
UPDATE: More on the J. Scott Campbell “Fixed Art” Foolishness
Side note: I did know someone who sat like that all the time, and it was inspiring to me. I thought it was…
Valuable Art by Legendary Marvel Artist John Buscema Stolen
The NY Observer reports that the family of the late Marvel artist John Buscema suffered a burglary, in which over 40 illustrations of his…
Batman 100 Project Raises Nearly $100K For Comics Creators in Need
Raising nearly $100,000 to help comic-book creators was the very best way to spend Batman Day. Saturday afternoon, Heritage Auctions sold 110 original Batman No.…
2020 Inkwell Award Winners Announced
The Inkwell Awards has released the list of winners of its 12th annual awards for excellence in the art form of comic-book inking. Normally…
Comicdom Still Hasn’t Gotten Past the Bad Habits of the 90’s
CBR recently published a list of items that according to them have either lasted or haven’t since the 1990s, and the viewpoints they have are not…