Kody Chamberlain is an artist, writer and creator.  He created Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story a comic book series from Image Comics.  Sweets came out in July 2010 and is now available in graphic novel form anywhere comic books are sold.  Through out Sweets Kody brings us some wonderful story telling with some great artwork.   Here is more on what...

Raven Gregory reaches into the dark depths of his mind and thrusts us into many twisted worlds such as in The Dreameater Saga and The Theater .  Since the publication of The Gift in 2003 he has had us hooked.    He brings us story after story, from the Grimm Fairy Tale series to Fly, Beyond Wonderland to The Waking.  Now, he brings us a new series, Alice in...

Brandon Easton is a guy who has his thumb in a lot of pies. At first his dreams took him down the road to be a screenwriter, enrolling himself in Boston University’s Film & TV Screenwriting program. After a few years of developing a number of scripts and ideas, Easton landed himself a regular writing gig on Arkanium and Transformers: Armada from Dreamwave...

Last weekend, Mike Richardson, president and publisher of Dark Horse Comics, gave the following keynote address to an audience of retailers at ComicsPRO. It is, in our opinion, a masterpiece, a Kennedyesque “State of the Union.” High points are Richardson’s description of Brian Hibbs as a “meek and quiet retailer,” his...

Last year I helped to fund an anthology called,”FUBAR 2: Empire of the Rising Dead”.  FUBAR is an anthology about zombies in World War II. Some of the most talented small press and indie comic creators are among its contributors. The book was funded through Kickstarter, and has since made its way to the New York Times Best Sellers list for graphic novels. I...

At this years Amazing Arizona Con, I got to sit down with creator, owner, publisher and Jack of all trades: Tom Huchison of Big Dog Ink. Tom goes over what direction Legend of Oz is taking, as well as discussing Ursa Minor, a new book he’ll be debuting at the Phoenix Comic Con in May. For more information on Big Dog Ink and their books you can visit their...

“Brigadiers! I apologize, we’re running into some technical difficulties!” (Stan Lee) “I don’t know what Ustream is… oh, this is Ustream?” (Alan Moore) Stan Lee did his best to reassure the assembled crowds who’d come to ask him questions, on what should have been a day of unalloyed triumph. It was the launch of...

“I hate Kevin Smith.” I remember saying that to anyone who would give me at least five minutes to explain why. I’d go on about how any messages and subtext contained in his small number of films from the View Askewniverse was a pretentious attempt at intellectual conversation and humor and an ultimate waste of time. Especially in regards to Jay...

I was unbelievably stoked when Marc Jackson forwarded me Tyler Crook‘s E-mail address. I have been ogling his gorgeous artwork on the Dark Horse comic B.P.R.D. Coming in after Guy Davis was no small feat, but he managed to keep fans interested and coming back for more! I got the opportunity to interview the AWESOME artist and learn more about his...

Earlier this week I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Cole Haddon, the writer of Dark Horse’s The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde. If you’re unfamiliar with The Strange Case I suggest you check out my review of it here. This is Mr. Haddon’s first foray into the comic book industry, and I personally hope he will be in it for a long time to come....

Marksmen, the six-issue mini series from Image Comics, tells the age old tale of Science vs. Religion with a twist.  In a very distraught future (80 years from now) the United Sates has completely collapsed due to economic apocalypse.  While some survivors clung on to what technology they could and pushed to bring about a new resistance, The Marksmen, others...

  This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Houghton, Co-creator of the bear-riding cowboy comic known as Reed Gunther. We shot the breeze and talked about working with family, the process behind making the comic, tips for Indie comic creators  and so much more! So saddle up cowpokes, you are in for a ride!   For those new to your work, tell...

Earlier this morning Dark Horse hosted another one of their amazing Dark Horse chats, this time with John Jackson Miller as Knights of the Old Republic: War #1! It was, awesome, it was fun, and I recorded it all for you guys who missed it below. Click each piece to check out the links and enjoy! –...

At one point during Patrick Meaney’s documentary, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, a series of talking heads, from Matt Fraction to Garth Ennis, Will Wheaton to Helen Mirren, all insist at length how lovely and kind a person the British writer famed for his irascible online persona actually is. His response? ‘I will slap all of them one day.’ It’s...

Imagine if your job was to be a geek “specialist”.  Ok, now imagine that people have nothing but absolute respect for your opinion on geek mania.   This is the life of geek extraordinaire Jeff Rubin who has not only been on MTV and G4 but has also tackled being Executive Editor at Collegehumor.com and runs his own podcast The Jeff Rubin, Jeff...

I recently had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Patrick O’Connor. I first became aware of Patrick and his work at Comicspedia through a Q & A he did over at reddit. I was instantly fascinated with Patrick and his work, so I reached out for an interview. Fortunately, Patrick was more than happy to chat with me about his work. He’s...