I imagine I feel like a kid just after Thanksgiving because Christmas is about a month later and that is the time between now and Wizard World 2011. Philadelphia is hosting this event at the Philadelphia Convention Center on Arch St. This will be my fifth year in a row I will be attending. As I did in past years I requested these days off way back in January....
Yesterday the fine folks at Dark Horse put together a little meeting covering their new digital comics plans and in a clever, perhaps even revolutionary way, they decided to get us all involved. How, you might ask? By holding it on one of the most renown social networking sites of the day, Twitter. Now as you can imagine transcribing an article from Twitter...
Once again Philadelphia’s own Locust Moon Comics is bringing fans a book signing that shouldn’t be missed! This time the local shop will be hosting critically acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator G.B. Tran, who recently wrote and published his graphic novel Memoir VIETNAMERICA. Locust Moon, located in West Philadelphia at 40th and Locust, will be hosting the...
I first heard about the approaching signing when Cousin Matt and I went to see the illustrious Mike Mignola at this year’s Free Comic Book Day. This marked our third time meeting the masterful Hellboy creator and yet Cousin Matt still found himself speechless.Taking pity on Matt’s clear fanboyish nerves Mignola confessed that he anticipated having...
Join Comic Booked’s Jeff Hughes as he sits down with one of the most talented artists in the industry today- “The King Of Zombie Art” himself, Arthur Suydam. Together, they discuss life, comics and of course zombies! All in time for Arthur’s appearance at Comicpalooza May 27th-May29th. When did you start drawing and when did you first...
Comicpalooza is almost upon us as the clock counts down to the biggest convention in Texas but don’t think that Comicpalooza doesn’t have a few more surprises left to reveal before it’s doors open as they reveal more media guests, artists and some of the top anime voice actors in the industry. Comicpalooza starts off it’s update by...
Well illustrators actually, as the star of Christopher Nolan’s Inception and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises gets set to release a 7” Vinyl through his production company hitRECord. The post asks for some hard line pen & ink style, which may be just the ticket for comic book artists looking to spread their wings. After all superheroes are the new...
The first Saturday in May each year is Free Comic Book Day. Last weekend our Comic Booked correspondents were out in force to celebrate this joyous occasion. We thought it would be fun to give you peeks at a few FCBD events around the country. Robb Orr (that’s me) was out and about visiting the plethora of shops in Seattle. The first stop was Golden-Age...
I left Fat Jack’s with some of the Free Comic Books Day issues that were offered, three new releases I currently collect, 4 back issues because they caught my eye, and one new release I wouldn’t have bought otherwise. On the way home I skimmed through the free books, talked to a fellow public transit patron about comic books but he mostly wanted to know if...
Free comic book day wasn’t so free. I skipped my weekly Wednesday for my new comic books. This was for a few reasons. The main one was this past Wednesday was May the 4th (be with you) I (amongst many others) was (were) waiting for the countdown to end to so we could find out what news Lucas was going to reveal to us, but it wasn’t Lucas at all, it...
Bigger is better in Texas, and as far as comic conventions go, Comicpalooza is the Lone Star State’s rising star; Comicpalooza is one of Texas premiere multi-media conventions that includes comics, sci-fi, horror, movies, and television. Comicpalooza announced May 4th 2011 on its website the addition of 124,000 sq. ft. to this year’s Memorial Day weekend...
Everyone knows that everything is done bigger in Texas, this includes comic book conventions, and once again the Dallas Comic Con will be bring fans some of the biggest names in Comics, Sci-Fi, and Television May 21st-22nd. This year promoter and owner of Official Pix Ben Stevens, along with his staff are gearing up for one of the biggest conventions in North...
Continuing our celebration of Free Comic Book Day I proudly present the interview with Chris Samnee. Samnee was the artist behind Marvel’s criminally short lived series Thor The Mighty Avenger and his art is featured in Marvel Comics’ Captain America and Thor: The Mighty Fighting Avengers! Now, today I had a chance to flip through this one and for...
Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers into independent comic book stores. Retailer Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA brainstormed the event in his “Big Picture” column in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer magazine. Free Comic Book Day...
