POSTED // Apr 29,2009 - It's the first weekend in May, and that means that Free Comic Book Day is upon us again...

POSTED // Apr 1,2009 - It’s a rough time to be in the print business. Newspapers are closing all over the country. Magazines are cutting staff every week, and electronic books are becoming so popular that ...

POSTED // Feb 13,2009 - Avatar Press seems to let Warren Ellis do whatever he wants—and fortunately, just about everything he decides to do is fantastic. Ellis has a way to packing more story into a single issue than most writers can fit in six, and his line of “graphic novellas” is the perfect example.

POSTED // Jan 7,2009 - Just like that, 2008 is gone already. It seems like just yesterday comic-book fans were on the edge of their seat anticipating whether it would be Final Crisis or Secret Invasion that ruled the industry. But since the new year has arrived with the slate wiped clean, here’s a look back at the year that was. nnnBest Writer: Matt Fraction—He’s been a fringe player for the past coupl...

POSTED // Dec 17,2008 - In the mid-1980s, comic books began trying to move farther away from the campy, “gee whiz” attitude that had been associated with the genre for years. Companies were reaching out to new, edgier creators looking for ways to revitalize the industry. For DC, this meant plucking talent from a British comic magazine called 2000 AD. This, of course is where they got wind of artist Dave Gibbo...

POSTED // Dec 3,2008 - Way back in 1991, a then-16-year-old Troy Trujillo got hold of a demo tape (remember those?) from a Philadelphia-based metal band called Starkweather. The tape was rough, but the band made a lasting impression on the local youth. n“I was listening to more ‘youth crew’ style bands at the time like Bold, Youth of Today and Judge, but I remember the Starkweather tape being far more ...

POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - Most bands feel the need to reinvent their identity at one point or another. Sometimes the change comes on the heels of a disappointing record or a disastrous tour. Other times, though, it comes after a few too many member shake-ups force the band to re-evaluate what direction they’re headed in and whether or not they want to stray from the beaten path. That’s exactly the kind of minds...

POSTED // Sep 10,2008 - Warren Ellis—one of the most prolific writers in the comic industry—has written just about every kind of book imaginable, spanning genres with the greatest of ease. The one thing he’s been threatening to do for years but just never...

POSTED // Aug 13,2008 - Despite the media obsession with movies and television shows at last month’s San Diego ComicCon, a few people still attended for the comic-book side of the show. Both Marvel and DC hosted multiple panels to give fans insight into what they can expect...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - In George Orwell’s 1984, “versificator” was a machine that produced literature, film, newspapers and music. The primary goal: to provide something creative for the masses, so that no one ever actually engaged in creative thought. Reviver—one...