Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Comic Round-Up: August 12, 2014

Among the Birds by Ian Navarro

"Among the Birds" by Ian Navarro


Interview: Bleeding Cool interviews the creative team behind Man of Action.

CBR contemplates Gender in Comics

Filmmaker Robert Emmons talks about Diagram for Delinquents, his documentary about Fredric Wertham, the anti-comics crusader of the 1950s, and brings up a point that is seldom made: Wertham didn’t want comics completely banned, just restricted to readers over the age of 16

Focusing on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Rocket Raccoon co-creator Bill Mantlo, Dave Itzkoff looks at efforts to get writers and artists credit and compensation when the characters they created are used in films


In a panel at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, graphic novelist Katie Green started a bit of a controversy by saying that e-books are not a good format for graphic novels, tweeting, “The format of a physical book gives you a sense of rhythm and pacing that you just don’t get in other formats.”

Myles Ma looks at how the popularity of The Walking Dead and other media franchises has affected comics retailers in Bergen County, New Jersey. “While many bookstores suffer from the problem of customers coming into stores for recommendations before ultimately buying online, Katz has observed the opposite behavior with comic books: Fans find out about comics they want online, but seek them out in brick-and-mortar shops.”

Queenie Chan of The Dreaming and Odd Thomas explains how advances work as part of a series of posts on making a living as a manga creator.

Rich Shivener of Publishers Weekly takes a look behind the scenes at the deals some comics publishers have struck with bestselling novelists such as George R.R. Martin and Chuck Palahniuk.


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