Eldo Yoshimizu is as lively in person as he is on the page. His action comic, especially Ryuko, about the titular yakuza heiress and her fellow fighting females, have combat scenes that feel like deluges of black ink, document drawn as a fever dream. During the interview, he enthusiastically mimes what it’s like to be … Read more
Home / Section: Comic Books Comic History – A Comic Chronicles Installment History of the Comic Strip (in a nutshell) Through 1960 Rudolphe Töpffer – Primitive comic book creator. His books were known as “Graphic Literature”. He developed the concept of the cartoon face more than anyone previous. With a jump from Töpffer … Read more
Aquaman Andromeda Book One Writer: Ram V.Artist: Christian WardLetter: Aditya BidikarCover Artist: Christian WardPublisher: DC Comics More DC Comics’ characters are starting to get the prestige Black Label treatment as the imprint expands further past Batman and Batman-adjacent characters. This expansion has in recent months involved some of my favorite (and some of the most … Read more
Dark Crisis #1 Writer: Joshua WilliamsonArtist: Daniel SampereColorist: Alejandro SanchezLetter: Tom NapolitanoCover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Alejandro SánchezPublisher: DC Comics Dark Crisis is upon us. The storyline that DC Comics has been building to for the past eighteen months is finally here. Writer Joshua Williamsonthe architect of the Infinite Frontier storyline that has led to … Read more
Voice actress Tara Strong Has played numerous DC Comics characters in animation over the course of her illustrious career, but it’s probably fair to say she’s probably best known for Batgirl, Harley Quinn, and Raven. In the new Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse crossover animated film Strong has … Read more
My first Free Comic Book Day was in 2011. I went to a comic shop and immediately shot to the graphic novel section of the store, picked up a Spawn book I’d had my eye on for a while, and took it to the register to inform the owner of my selection. He saw what … Read more
Home / Section: Comic strips CSotD: I’m Your Comic Weekly Man! If you’re old enough to remember The Comic Weekly Manyou’re also old enough to make the connection between Big Ben Bolt (KFS)‘s current opponent in the 1963 Vintage Sunday arc, Chief Thunderhand, and his very close namesake, Chief Thunderthud. I don’t know why it … Read more
Home / Section: Cartoonist A Collection of Chips, Crime, and Comic Chronicles Crime Comic Strips Who could have known that newspaper comic strips and crime stories, including noir, were a match made in heaven? Newspaper comic strips are an artistic genre that’s largely forgotten now. The strips that remain for the most part … Read more
Home / Section: Comic Books Passed the Past – Comic Chronicles National Cartoonists’ Day was last week so this is late, but how can it be late when we’re talking about the past? Every year, May 5 is observed as National Cartoonist Day. Why May 5 is considered as National Cartoonist Day? … Read more
You might not have X-ray vision like Superman and Krypto, but you can still get a special peek at DC League of Super-Pets this Free Comic Book Day. This Saturday, go to your local comic shop to grab a preview of the new tie-in graphic novel DC League of Super-Pets: The Great Mxy-Up by Heath … Read more
