Thursday, July 3, 2014

Comic Round-Up: July 3, 2014


"Rough Day in the Life of Spidey" by KR0NPR1NZ


Interview: Artist Fritz Casas on Dynamite Comics’ Blood Queen

Interview: Matt F'n Brady Talks Warlord of Mars #0, Leaving Comics Journalism


Interview: National Geographic chats with Nick Bertozzi about his new graphic novel Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey.

Bob Temuka sings the praises of messy comic shops — not dirty, just full of unusual products.


Brian Hibbs, owner of Comix Experience in San Francisco, breaks down the bestselling comics and graphic novels/collections for the first half of the year at that store and at Comic Outpost, by both copies and dollars sold.

Chicago-area chain Graham Crackers Comics is teaming up with the local Hollywood Palms cinema to create some comics/movie synergy with free comics for moviegoers and other activities, including what seems like a mini-comic con for the Guardians of the Galaxy premiere in August.


A Scottish indie-comics publisher and a brewer have teamed up to create a comics adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “The Heather Ale,” just in time for Glasgow Comic Con.

Spartanburg Community College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is offering a summer course on how to make comics; the class is designed to give would-be comics creators a taste of what the work is like.

Webtoons (webcomics) are a national phenomenon in Korea, where webcomics supplied by the search engine Naver get 6.2 million views a day, and webtoons entrepreneurs are looking to expand across the globe. This article praises the speed of Korean creators, who can create an episode a week, and also the scrolling format, which eliminates the distraction of page turns.


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