I have nothing against superheroes or anything like that, any genre. I have no real ill feelings about it except for the fact that it dominates people’s minds; […]
I’m not sure if there is a nastier, more derisive term in comic art that you can use than ‘house style’. To say an artist is following a […]
I don’t have bad blood with Marvel per se, aside from the fact that I think they’re a poorly run company that is partially destroying the comic book […]
I’m outraged and deeply concerned for the future of digital comics. You should be too. Shame on you, ComiXology. Shame on you, Amazon. Shame on you, Jeff Bezos. […]
No idea has proven more damaging to the comics industry than the myth that its professionals – not just creators, but retailers, even distributor – work for love […]
An actual increase in the volume of comics criticism is not necessarily desirable or even achievable considering the state of the industry and art form.
Comics criticism doesn’t actually need more people who are interested in comics (that is a given considering the insular nature of the hobby); what it needs is people […]
There’s an entire generation of young artcomix makers whose work just isn’t being reviewed at all. (…) An entire generation, an entire movement, of altcomix creators who are […]
I don’t know what DC would do. Probably wait six years to figure out the situation and then throw something crappy together in a hurry.
And so, as we could have predicted, Amazon wrecks Comixology. What has it been, less than a month since Jeff Bezos bought the most promising tool for renewing […]
Anyone can publish now, and there are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is […]
With most comics priced between $3 and $4, and since very few folks put out single issue stories aymore, I find it a continual struggle whether to buy […]