Monday, April 21, 2014

Comic Round-Up: April 21, 2014



Interview: Marvel writer and editor Bill Rosemann discusses his job and his favorite character, and offers some advice for aspiring creators.

Interview: Michael Cavna chats up some of the Eisner nominees, including Andrew Aydin (March), Francoise Mouly (three TOON Books), Gene Luen Yang (Boxers & Saints), Art Spiegelman (Co-Mix) and Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals). 

News: Boxers & Saints Wins the LA Times Book Prize

After being locked out of his comiXology account for a day, Shaun Huston has some thoughts on ownership and loss of digital comics: “The investment that one makes in digital comics is, despite their commodity form, purely about use. That is the only “profit” to be made from buying comics on comiXology and once that profit has been realized, for many titles, there is little to nothing left to be lost. By contrast, my monthly print comics, though many of them sit in the garage, are nonetheless protected against loss not only by being sealed into boxes, but by being bagged and reinforced by boards.”

Check out the Eisner Award nominations!

Flash Gordon’s alive! Alex Raymond’s pulp hero getting ready to rise again

Jeff Smith's Bone among most challenged books of 2013

Lauren Davis of io9 has compiled a list of 51 Eisner-worthy webcomics.

Retailer Heather McKnight sees the Amazon/comiXology merger as a threat to independent comics shops: “[I]f other stores and platforms that are not specifically tailored to the comic book needs are able to sell what we are selling, then what makes us any different?”


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