Friday, March 13, 2015

Comic Round-Up: March 13, 2015

SpiderGwenCreated by Joel Gomez


Interview: Art Spiegelman and Philip Johnson discuss their live show “Wordless!,” in which Spiegelman shows images from the wordless graphic novels of Lynd Ward and Franz Masereel, who worked mostly in woodcuts, and Johnson plays music to accompany Spiegelman’s commentary.

Interview: As the manga market turns around, the category is improving for Dark Horse, says CEO Mike Richardson. In a two-part interview, Richardson, director of Asia licensing Michael Gombos, and manga editor Carl Horn discuss manga sales in different markets, titles that are popular across different demographics, their omnibus strategy, and the popularity of Hatsune Miku.

Interview: Chip Zdarsky talks about  Howard the Duck and his favorite comics.

Interview: Kanika Mishra, who last year received the Cartoonist Rights Network International’s Courage Award, talks about how she became a political cartoonist.

News: ORPHAN BLACK #1 was February's Surprise Bestselling Comic

News: Roz Chast has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Autobiography for her graphic novel Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Reviews: Matt Adams on Guardians of the Galaxy: Original Sin.

After two years of publishing the all-ages Plants vs. Zombies as a digital comic that is then collected into print graphic novels, Dark Horse is switching to a monthly print comic format, with three-issue story arcs.

Cape Watch: Could Captain Kirk Be the Next Green Lantern?

Mike Camp, owner of Heroes and Villains in Tucson, Arizona, says Star Wars comics and other merchandise are the most popular items in his store.

Ryan Holmberg writes an obituary for manga creator Yoshihiro Tatsumi that considers his career as a whole, including his works that have not been translated into English.  Holmberg’s obituary for Tatsumi Yoshihiro is a must read, not only as a personal remembrance of the man and who he affected the author, but as a history of how one creator can influence an entire medium.

Top 10 MCU Tie-in Comics Moments

Wonder Woman Has A New Uniform Involving SLEEVES And PANTS


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