Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Comic Round-Up: January 7, 2015

Green Lantern by Jeremy Roberts

"Green Lantern" by Jeremy Roberts

Interview: Chew artist Rob Guillory, who will appear this weekend at Wizard World New Orleans, talks about the strange comics that he read as a kid (The Adventures of Kool-Aid Man) and the unexpected success of Chew, which will end next year with its 60th issue

Interview: Matthew Vaughn to SFX magazine: People "Have Had Enough" of Christopher Nolan's Dark Superhero Films.  “Look at the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. I think Nolan kick-started a very dark, bleak style of superhero escapism, and I think people have had enough of it.”

Interview: Scott Allie Delivers a State of the Mignolaverse Address

Interview: Susie Cagle discusses using comics as a medium for journalism.

Interview: Writer Greg Pak talks about the perils Superman will face after his return to Smallville in Action Comics #38.


News: Heir to DC Comics fortune says lawyer stole inheritance

News: Marvel to Launch Uncanny Inhumans Comic Book

Review: She Has No Head! – Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 Is Criminally Cute

5 Comics to Look Out for in 2015

10 Most Important Comic Book Series Reboots of All Time

The Best Comic Book Covers of January 2015

I don't know what's going on with DC Comics and their serial comics, but it doesn't seem healthy.

Multiversity is running All Ages Comics week with Do Marvel and DC Do Enough to Draw in New Readers? and The State of the Union for All-Ages Comics already running.

Rob Salkowitz kicks off the new year with big-picture questions about “geek culture”: With the popularity of comics-based movies, will continuity and nostalgia become less important? And will comics themselves become less important?

The Seattle store Comics Dungeon has a list up of its top 100 comics for 2014. It's really interesting to see what sells at a single-store level.

They're apparently doing a month of Phil Noto variant covers at Marvel.

Who Does Peggy Carter Marry? Marvel Comics Don't Offer Any Clues, But Agent Carter Might

Who Is Agent Carter? A Brief History of the Marvel Heroine

The writer about comics Marc-Oliver Frisch has posted here about the best comics of the year 2014. He does three lists: 7 memorable comics, collections of previously published material and ongoing comics series.


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