Saga wins a Hugo
The 2013 Hugo Award winners were announced over Labor Day weekend and ongoing comic series Saga from Image Comics took the prize for Best Graphic Story. The Best Graphic Story…
Opening Reception: “The Robot Life” – Sam Garland at Mission Comics
San Francisco-based illustrator Sam Garland will be the next featured artist in Mission: Comics and Art's gallery. The shop will be showing off original pages and illustrations from Father Robot…
Signing: Dame Darcy at Vacation and Escapist Comics
Dame Darcy will be returning to the Bay Area this month for two events showcasing her new book Handbook for Hot Witches and her long running Fantagraphic's title Meat Cake.…
Publishing kerfuffle du jour
Lit Reactor has a great précis of yet another thieving publisher. In addition to using an unregistered company with a name derived from a legitimate small press, this one is…
Opening Reception: The Art of Angela Dominguez at TR!CKSTER
San Francisco-based illustrator and writer Angela Dominguez will be TR!CKSTER's featured artist starting September 3. The shop will showcase art from two of her three new children's books: Let's Go,…
Superior Spider-Man is better than you
This post originally appeared on my personal blog on April 8, 2013. If I were to rely solely on the comments sections of comic book industry news sites I’d be…
Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago profiled in Washington City Paper
Want to know more about what goes into curating San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum? Curator Andrew Farago was recently profiled by DC's alt-weekly Washington City Paper. Farago gives insight into…
morrisoncon: speed. madness. flying saucers.
It seems nearly impossible to go to a comic book convention and not come back without at least one person you attended with coming down with “Con Plague.” I was…
Madison’s Westfield Comics prepares for the new DCU
On Wednesday the San Diego Comic-Con kicks off. In recent years the focus has been less on the form of media in the event’s name and more about television shows, video gaming, and film. This year Comic-Con could be much more old school as the main point of discussion for many attendees will likely be the controversial decision by DC comics to reset all of it’s titles to #1 and, in a sense, relaunch the Universe. On Saturday, fans are planning a protest to express how “utterly baffled, disappointed and just ANGRY” they are about DC’s decision.
That protest is in solidarity with “Harleypalooza” where cosplayers who like to dress as The Joker’s lady friend, Harley Quinn, plan to show their outrage at the new DC version of Harley. The previous incarnation of Harley sported a modest clown suit and the new DCU (or DCnU) has her sporting a loosely tied corset and very, very short shorts (here’s some commentary on the new look).
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