http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8360-1-comics.html By Gavin Sheehan

For decades, if you wanted to break into comic books as a writer or an artist, you had to travel to Manhattan ...]]> By Scott Renshaw

Comic-book “casting” has been going on for decades. Artists, after all, have probably the hardest job in comics.]]> By Trevor Hale

Big, company-wide event comics have long been a standard of the industry.]]> By Trevor Hale

Another year gone and another box full of comics packed away. Before we move to 2011, there are a few things I noticed...]]> By Trevor Hale

Despite the title of his new book, Derek Hunter is actually a stand-up guy. But before marriage, babies and ...]]> By Trevor Hale

I love comics. I love the way that a good writer can take his time crafting a long-form story combining subtext, bold ideas and Batman fighting the Joker.]]> By Trevor Hale

In 1981, Steve Schanes—publisher of Pacific Comics—approached Dave Stevens about filling the back six pages of an upcoming book ...]]> By Trevor Hale

In the early 1990s, Joe Eszterhas scribbled a movie concept on a cocktail napkin and sold it for millions of dollars ...]]> By Trevor Hale

Starr makes an admirable jump from prose to comics, but needs a little more practice. It's clear that he would love to flesh out all of the characters and small details with densely written passages, but...]]> By Trevor Hale

From the Big Two publishers all the way down to the unknown independents, 2009 was a solid year for comics ...]]> By Trevor Hale

The world is a terrible place full of bad people—and Vertigo Comics wants to keep it that way.]]> By Trevor Hale

The old adage goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"—and comics used to swear by it. For years, things in the big two (Marvel and DC) universes stayed ...]]> By Trevor Hale

It was bound to happen. Sure, it’s an integral part of the medium—and a basic component of serial storytelling—but still, it’s just too soon. ]]> By Trevor Hale

One aspect that makes the book unique is that even though it is a monthly, ongoing series, there's no central character. Each story focuses on a new protagonist, a new location and sometimes even a different era ...]]> By Charlie Deitch

As I stare at my account balances, I have a hard time believing that the economy is in such bad shape. In one account, I have just a little over $4.6 billion; there’s about $12.6 billion in the other. And if I really get tight, I can always cash in the $3 million in blood that I have in a third.]]> By Trevor Hale

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 ...]]> By Trevor Hale

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...]]> By Trevor Hale

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...]]> By Trevor Hale

Old pulp stories and film noir are two of my favorite forms of entertainment. Each time I end up at a yard sale, an antique shop or a thrift store, I find myself combing the aisles in hope of finding another paperback gem for my collection. Ed Brubaker...]]> By Trevor Hale

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Big Summer Showdown! Just as movie theaters are gearing up for blockbusters, comic shops everywhere are preparing for the Big Two publishers—Marvel and DC—to go head-to-head with huge, status quo-changing...]]>