Thursday, February 19, 2015

Comics News Roundup with PW


Adventure Awaits in Spring's Hottest Graphic Novels
Updated takes on traditional adventure genres are big this season, displaying the kind of worldbuilding that comics do best. The season's top 10 are a visually striking mix of styles. more
'Valkyrie Bump' Shifts Comics Sales
Recent bestselling comics series like Sex Criminals, Batgirl and Lumberjanes have something in common—enthusiastic support from the Valkyries, an international networking group exclusively organized for women who work in comic shops. more

Inside the Economics of Digital Comics with Todd Allen
Todd Allen discusses comics' "single point of failure," hidden economics and future trends in his ground-breaking new edition of his book 'The Economics of Digital Comics.' more

The Guardian: Higher Education Network Comics Studies are Undervalued
University of Dundee lecturer Christopher Murray discusses the Masters Program in comics studies he leads and why studying graphic novels is important today. more

Vulture: The Hidden Story of Harley Quinn and How She Became the Superhero World’s Most Successful Woman
Abraham Riesman takes a look at how the character created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the Batman animated series became became one of the best selling DC characters. more

Robot Six: Influential 2000 AD Artist Brett Ewins Passes Away
2000 AD artist and Deadline co-founder Brett Ewing has passed away after a battle with mental issues and health problems. more

Comics Beat: Terry Moore on the Rewards of Self-Publishing
The creator of 'Rachel Rising' and 'Strangers in Paradise' discusses his work and the "obstacle course that creators and publishers have to run before the book even gets to the comic book store." more

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hello, Graham.

- an F.Y.I:

Ah, comics, and I'm suddenly reminded of this project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1559545600/nothing-fits-graphic-novel-printing
It did get funded and the two authors (both teenagers at the time) published their work.
I'm not sure how well they're doing on sales or reviews.

Just so you know, Mary Tamblyn is my niece (near enough).