INTERVIEW: David Gallaher, King of Digital
Over the last ten or so years, one thing has been guaranteed: where there are new ways of developing and progressing digital comics, there you will find David Gallaher. Writer for a variety of comics including High Moon, Box 13, Darkstar & The Winter Guard and Deadlands, Gallaher has been at the forefront of digital comics for years. Amongst others he was involved with the DC digital project Zuda, had the first original content published by ComiXology, and has recently successfully brought his new graphic novel Only Living Boy to Kickstarter. Alongside his frequent collaborator Steve Ellis, Gallaher has had probably more experience with digital comics than most anybody else. Which meant that there was no way The Beat could let another day go by without interviewing him about his … [Read More...]
Preview: Sunday in The Park With Boys by Jane Mai
Looking into Jane Mai's work thus far, spanning from comics and zines to an extremely active advice page on her Tumblr, one can't help but see inklings of some of the greatest autobiographical women cartoonists. Jane is the opposite of censored; she lets every aspect of her personal life come through her work, often unabashedly addressing what it's like to be a hip, educated young woman in 2012. She fully embodies the young social media-fueled generation, using Tumblr as a lens into her work and her personal life. … [Read More...]
Student Newspaper Fires Cartoonist for Anti-Gay Comic Strip
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Studio Coffee Run: Arrow, The Walking Dead, Kickass 2, The Hobbit, etc.
While the 2nd episode of Season 3 of The Walking Dead dropped in the ratings from the first episode, it still topped the ratings for all non-sports related programming ratings ages 18 – 49. … [Read More...]
INTERVIEW: David Gallaher, King of Digital
Over the last ten or so years, one thing has been guaranteed: where there are new ways of developing and progressing digital comics, there you will find David Gallaher. Writer for a variety of comics including High Moon, Box 13, Darkstar & The Winter Guard and Deadlands, Gallaher has been at the forefront of digital comics for years. Amongst others he was involved with the DC digital project Zuda, had the first original content published by ComiXology, and has recently successfully brought his new graphic novel Only Living Boy to Kickstarter. Alongside his frequent collaborator Steve Ellis, Gallaher has had probably more experience with digital comics than most anybody else. Which meant that there was no way The Beat could let another day go by without interviewing him about his … [Read More...]
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New and Noteworthy: 5 Self-Published Singles
EASY PIECES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ME & YOU, by Neil Dvorak Neil Dvorak’s series EASY PIECES premiered and continues to appear on the web platform ACT-I-VATE, but his print issues were … [Read More...]
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INTERVIEW: David Gallaher, King of Digital
Over the last ten or so years, one thing has been guaranteed: where there are new ways of developing and progressing digital comics, there you will find David Gallaher. Writer for a variety of comics including High Moon, Box 13, Darkstar & The Winter Guard and Deadlands, Gallaher has been at the forefront of digital comics for years. Amongst others he was involved with the DC digital project Zuda, had the first original content published by ComiXology, and has recently successfully brought … [Read More...]
Preview: Sunday in The Park With Boys by Jane Mai
Looking into Jane Mai's work thus far, spanning from comics and zines to an extremely active advice page on her Tumblr, one can't help but see inklings of some of the greatest autobiographical women cartoonists. Jane is the opposite of censored; she lets every aspect of her personal life come through her work, often unabashedly addressing what it's like to be a hip, educated young woman in 2012. She fully embodies the young social media-fueled generation, using Tumblr as a lens into her work and … [Read More...]
Marvel’s Next Big Thing: Captain America
The final Marvel phonecall of the week was for Rick Remender and John Romita Jr’s Captain America relaunch. More than the other calls, this was perhaps the conversation most centred on craft and design, although we did at one point get a vivid description of Remender’s love for taking his trousers off in public. Fun times! … [Read More...]
31 Days of Halloween: Mary Shelley vs Frankenstein
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Studio Coffee Run: Arrow, The Walking Dead, Kickass 2, The Hobbit, etc.
While the 2nd episode of Season 3 of The Walking Dead dropped in the ratings from the first episode, it still topped the ratings for all non-sports related programming ratings ages 18 – 49. … [Read More...]
Good Work, Comics!
Is there nowhere in the world of culture which can stay positive for more than five minutes!? This week we found out that not even glam rock could provide us safety (now we're firmly in the barren hair-straightened wastelands of the post-80s), with the news that Kiss and Aerosmith are now art war with each other. The opposing factions of all that is ROCK have apparently declared battle for no apparent reason, via a series of snide radio interviews. Sure, this all sounds like great material for … [Read More...]
Superheroes top costumes for Halloween
The Avengers, and Honey Boo Boo are topping this year's Halloween costumes popularity chart, say retailers, with sales generally up this year. At Spirit Halloween in Pensacola, Manager Susan Spencer said bestselling adult costumes, meaning 15 or more sold, include superhero characters from such 2012 hits as The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers, as well as the foul-mouth stuffed bear from Ted and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. Spencer said the store also was selling a lot of … [Read More...]
Apple features Madefire in iPad mini rollout
The biggest players in the comics space may soon be (or already are) Apple, Google and Amazon, and at least two of them are very bullish on comics, as we've been reporting for some time. Apple is specifically keen on Madefire, the new line of original comics available via app. This factoid was touted in a Madefire ad: As if the release of the iPad mini were not exciting enough, attending the launch event and seeing Madefire featured in the keynote, as well as on Apple's web site, felt like a … [Read More...]
New and Noteworthy: 5 Self-Published Singles
EASY PIECES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ME & YOU, by Neil Dvorak Neil Dvorak’s series EASY PIECES premiered and continues to appear on the web platform ACT-I-VATE, but his print issues were available at NYCC and sold out. Dvorak composes in large format on light weight cream colored paper and uses white space around his clear line drawings that encourage pausing. Sometimes long pauses, where you might forget to turn the page. Keep turning the pages. You might call THE LIFE AND TIMES OF … [Read More...]
Comics: for one fantastic moment, everything was OK
Is this the magic moment? Probably. Or as a recent ICv2 headline put it:Comic Retailers Cautiously Ecstatic, following the "Return of the Pamphlet." Despite the innate caution, pessimism and low self-image endemic to the comics industry, it seems that following a year of improved sales, general awareness, mainstream recognition and booming live events, the comics industry has taken a moment to kick back the recliner and crack open a frosty one: … [Read More...]
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival announces programming
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest, top be held November 10, has announced its programming and also satellite events . The latter is a remarkable mix of openings, talks, films and even a play. The programming comprises only six panels but you'll struggle to find time to walk the floor. Besides the Ware/McGuire/Spiegelman mega panel, the one must do for us is probably the international panel—so much is happening around the world, and this looks like a good snapshot. It's gonna be a great … [Read More...]
Kick-Watcher: Interview with Home of The Brave’s Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis
The Kick-Watcher chats with Hawaii's own Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis the creators of the soon to be successful Kickstarter project; Home of The Brave: Struggle & Triumph in a Broken America. … [Read More...]
Alan Moore and Superfolks Part 1: The Case for the Prosecution
by Pádraig Ó Méalóid In 1977 Dial Press of New York published Robert Mayer’s first novel, Superfolks. It was, amongst other things, a story of a middle-aged man coming to terms with his life, an enormous collection of 1970s pop-culture references, some now lost to the mists of time, and a satire on certain aspects of the comic superhero, but would probably be largely unheard of these days if it wasn’t for the fact that it is regularly mentioned for its supposed influence on a young … [Read More...]
31 Days of Halloween: Scream Nancy
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Marvel Now!: Deadpool meets Teddy Roosevelt
Although Steely Steve Morris couldn't make it to today's Marvel Now call we did get the artwork and it's very nice. … [Read More...]
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