Thursday, August 14, 2014

Comic Round-Up: August 14, 2014

Captain America x Norman Rockwell Mashup by Marco d’alfonso

Prints available for purchase from StoreEnvy. US$15


Event: The Houston-area comics shop Space Cadets Collection Collection will be hosting its own one-day convention later this month. Inspired by a HeroClix promotion, it will include local artists as well as music and game events and will be held right in the store, which was recently remodeled.

Interview: Athena Splett discusses her self-published comics, her influences and her style, as well as why she likes making comics about people in their 20s: “I just think I’m hyper aware of how goofy we, as young people, are no matter the lengths we go to be worthy of being taken seriously.

Interview: Walt Simonson talks about his new comic Ragnarök, and why he won’t return to Manhunter.
 
Interview: Writer Jeff Lemire talks about Futures End and Trillium.

News: Genghis Con has announced a date for 2014 and various news developments related to that show, in Cleveland late Fall.

News: July 2014 is the most profitable month ever in comic book history.

Bruce Lidl looks at the digital-comics landscape following Amazon’s purchase of comiXology. According to Lidl, ComiXology’s announcement that it would allow DRM-free purchases of some comics may lead to a fissure in the market. 

CEO Jeffrey Morris discusses how his FutureDude does transmedia storytelling: The company creates science fiction comics and then spins them off into other platforms such as mobile games; it plans to branch out into animation and live-action films. 

George R.R. Martin on Avatar Adaptations, Comic Influence


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