Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Comic Round-Up: March 3, 2015

Superman by Dave Seguin

"Superman" by Dave Seguin


Events: Neal Adams appears at Phat Collectibles in Anaheim, California on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.  First autograph is FREE! (Additional autographs are $10 each)

Events: Sean Gordon Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) will apear at the Kinokuniya Bookstore in NYC on Saturday, March 21st at 2:00 pm for an event to commemorate the launch of his new series written by Mark Millar (Kingsman, Kick-Ass), Chrononauts! RSVP on Facebook!

Interview: A chat with Eileen Alden and Supreet Singh Manchada, the creators of Deep Singh, the first Sikh superhero.

Interview: Johan de Neef talks about Windmill Comic's attempt to reinterpret Silver Age Marvel and DC comics for a whole new generations.

Interview: John Romita Sr. Reflects on His Spider-Man Legacy, Gwen Stacy's Death and Stan Lee

Interview: Lee Bermejo discusses the debut of The Suiciders

Interview: Mark Waid talks about Marvel’s new Star Wars: Princess Leia series: “The timing couldn’t be better to be able to come out with a story of a bad-ass princess who is her own hero and doesn’t rely on others.”
News: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has responded to the recent removal of a copy of Gilbert Herandez’s Palomar from a high school library in New Mexico following complaints from a parent, who called the acclaimed graphic novel “pornographic.”

News: Comics retailers surveyed by ICv2 were more optimistic than ever before, thanks to strong sales and excitement around upcoming titles in the superhero, creator-owned, and kids/teens sectors; the analysis also includes charts of the top-selling properties during the fall and holiday season of last year.

Reviews: Joe Gordon on The Death House. Alex Jones on Prince Valiant #1.  Rob Kirby on Treasury Of Mini-Comics Vol. 2.  Todd Klein on GI Zombie #5 and Aquaman #37.  Matt Seneca on Jupiter's Legacy #5.

According to the back-tracking math of superhero comics, Peter Parker is a millennial now. WTF?  To me, Parker will always be a child of the eighties.  Oh well.  Let the "with great power comes great entitlement" jokes begin.

Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh, a practicing Sikh, fights prejudice not only through his cartoons but also by making appearances in a Captain America costume, underscoring the point that his beard and turban are just as American as Captain America himself.

Chris Sims takes on DC’s Hypertime, a late 90s concept that enabled anal retentive fans and editors to exist without going insane in a world where stories did not always follow continuity.

The Ghastly awards were presented for horror comics and Terry Moore won several of them.

Kelly Thompson has put together a massive, massive list of women who makes comics.

NPR’s Petra Mayer and Glen Weldon chat about comics, including The Sculptor.

Paul Tassi contrasts the experience of reading The Walking Dead comics with watching the television series.


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