motion comics

Promos: Marvel is running a promo to put a winning fan's face on the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #669 in September. Marvel points you in the direction of your local retailer for details. Toys: Burger King's offered many a Kids Meal, but some are more fan-friendly than others...

Despite the medium's obvious contradictions and flaws, some creators have valiantly attempted to pioneer genuinely good motion comics. Last week we saw the first chapter of Dan Hipp's Tokyopop opus GYAKUSHU! adapted as a curiously compelling 40-minute motion comic, and we're treated this week to a similarly cool but seriously not-safe-for-work piece from Dean Haspiel: Billy Dogma in Sex Planet...

I've got to admit, I've been pretty skeptical of motion comics since they first hit the scene a few years ago. Part of my skepticism comes from the fact that I'm a die hard snob about comics as a medium: I believe very strongly in the idea that comics are as valid as any other form of entertainment, and don't need to be anything else...

Despite achieving his legendary status in the history of comics, POW! Entertainment's Stan Lee continues to eye the future, including the growing world of digital comics entertainment. In part 2 of our 3-part interview, the Spider-Man and Fantastic Four co-creator discusses the possibilities that digital and motion comics offer the art sequential storytelling, He also sheds some light on his upcom

Anime and manga fans will be seeing a lot more of Tokyopop on Hulu starting this summer. The manga publisher's "Spring & Chaos" anime, the live-action "Van Von Hunter," reality show "America's Greatest Otaku," plus a batch of manga motion comics (motion manga?) a...

Parody: Marvel has announced the release of a new parody one-shot: "Who Won't Wield the Shield," with stories by Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, and Stuart Moore. The standout seems to be the Fraction story, which has art by Brendan McCarthy ("Spider-Man: Fever") and stars "Dr...

Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's "Astonishing X-Men" storyline "Gifted" has been making the motion comic rounds for a few weeks now. Episode one made a splash with a debut at Marvel Fest NYC 2009 and episode 2 hit the 'net on schedule two weeks later...

There are a lot of mixed feelings about the idea of motion comics right now, so allow me to introduce you to a comics/video hybrid that we can all get behind. Dubbed "Videogioco" by creator Donato Sansone, it flips the idea of the "motion comic" upside down with an elaborate map of paper layers that unfold sequentially into cartoons as it moves across the floor...

All 5 episodes of the "Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D." motion comic are now up on Hulu for free, including the most recent episode that just dropped yesterday on iTunes for $1.99, which is a little puzzling, but who cares! Free stuff! Alex Maleev's art is incredibly gorgeous, as usual, but it's hard to get away from the fact that this a transitional work within a hybrid medium that do

Two rival high school girls stand poised to reignite a superpowered World War II grudge match, and comic book fans won't have to turn a single page to watch the fireworks fly. "Valkyrie," a new Nazi-battling motion comic from writer Ron Marz ("Witchblade," "Green Lantern") and Studio 414 is planned to hit audiences in Spring 2010, dipping into two eras for one contras