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Celebrating The Bizarre & Beautiful Work Of Charles Burns
Celebrating The Bizarre & Beautiful Work Of Charles Burns
Celebrating The Bizarre & Beautiful Work Of Charles Burns
Charles Burns excels at making people feel uncomfortable. Born September 27, 1955, Burns has been making incredible comics since his debut in the early 1980s. Simultaneously, he's cultivated a career as one of the most coveted and respected illustrators in the magazine industry. Today we celebrate one of the most unique voices in comics.
A Celebration Of Jean Giraud, AKA Mœbius
A Celebration Of Jean Giraud, AKA Mœbius
A Celebration Of Jean Giraud, AKA Mœbius
Jean Giraud, better known to many in comics by the pseudonym Mœbius, is a legendary figure in the comics industry, and one of the most influential European comic artists of all time. Whether it’s his esoteric and complex creator-owned work in his native France, or his occasional dalliance with work-for-hire comics in America, few have come close to rivaling Mœbius’ breathtaking brilliance.
New Comic Book Releases For May 4 2016
New Comic Book Releases For May 4 2016
New Comic Book Releases For May 4 2016
The question most often asked of the ComicsAlliance staff is a variation of, “Which comic books should I be reading?” or, “I’m new to comics, what’s a good place to start?” The Wednesday deluge of new comic books, graphic novels and collected editions can be daunting even for the longtime reader, much less for those totally unfamiliar with creators, characters and publishers, and the dark mysteries of comic book shopping like variants, pre-ordering, and formats. It’s with these challenges in mind that we’ve created Best Comic Books Ever (This Week), an ongoing guide curated by the ComicsAlliance staff. This is where new comics readers and seasoned Wednesday shoppers alike can find our picks of the best books the medium has to offer.
New Comic Book Releases For April 27 2016
New Comic Book Releases For April 27 2016
New Comic Book Releases For April 27 2016
The question most often asked of the ComicsAlliance staff is a variation of, “Which comic books should I be reading?” or, “I’m new to comics, what’s a good place to start?” The Wednesday deluge of new comic books, graphic novels and collected editions can be daunting even for the longtime reader, much less for those totally unfamiliar with creators, characters and publishers, and the dark mysteries of comic book shopping like variants, pre-ordering, and formats. It’s with these challenges in mind that we’ve created Best Comic Books Ever (This Week), an ongoing guide curated by the ComicsAlliance staff. This is where new comics readers and seasoned Wednesday shoppers alike can find our picks of the best books the medium has to offer.
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
Yearender: The Most Promising New Comics Coming in 2016
It's the end of the year! We made it through 2015, a year that brought all kinds of new, weird and brilliant comics into our lives. It's been a huge year for the industry, with the arrival of several new publishers, multiple new digital publishing concepts, and a whole slew of creative talent pushing themselves into the spotlight. With so much going on during 2015, there's one question you might have not thought about yet: what's coming up in 2016? So much. There are new graphic novels, new publishing lines, new digital initiatives; it's all going on. And so, as we reach the Yearender, it's time to look ahead, to see what comics' future will bring.
Make This A Performance: Grant Morrison Talks 'Heavy Metal'
Make This A Performance: Grant Morrison Talks 'Heavy Metal'
Make This A Performance: Grant Morrison Talks 'Heavy Metal'
When it was announced last month that Heavy Metal magazine had signed Grant Morrison to serve as their new editor-in-chief, it seemed to be the exact real-world approximation of that comic cliche: a team-up that nobody anticipated, but that makes perfect sense when considered from the right angle. Heavy Metal is a title that, in its '70s/'80s heyday, redefined the limits of comic book form and content, much as Morrison has eschewed conventional stylistic and genre constraints throughout his career. Today, the magazine's name is shorthand for a specific style of exploitative genre fiction --- usually involving some combination of sci-fi, sword & sorcery, swearing, and sex --- but owners Jeff Krelitz and David Boxenbaum have been vocal about their hopes to expand the Heavy Metal brand and reignite the revolutionary spirit that it originally embodied. ComicsAlliance sat down with Morrison at this summer's San Diego Comic-Con to talk about his personal history with Heavy Metal, ask some questions about his plans, and get a glimpse into the approach he's bringing to his new role at the magazine.
Grant Morrison Named as Editor In Chief of 'Heavy Metal'
Grant Morrison Named as Editor In Chief of 'Heavy Metal'
Grant Morrison Named as Editor In Chief of 'Heavy Metal'
Long-running comics magazine Heavy Metal announced this week that writer Grant Morrison will be its new editor-in-chief. Morrison begins his tenure as editor in February next year, and will work in an actual editorial capacity, rather than simply serving as a figurehead. He will also create new comics content for the magazine.
Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
The foul-mouthed, booze-fueled adventurers of Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch's Image Comics series Rat Queens probably wouldn't be welcome on The Disney Channel or Cartoon Network (maybe Adult Swim), but that isn't stopping the Weta Workshop's Pukeko Pictures and the Heavy Metal brand from developing it into an animated series. The two production companies, which jointly acquired the rights to the series, are hard at work developing a half-hour animated version of the exploits of Betty (thief), Hannah (mage), Dee (cleric) and Violet (fighter). They're planning to pitch it to networks soon.
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
  After 22 years, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman has officially sold Heavy Metal. Founded in France as Métal Hurlant in 1975 before being licensed in America by then-National Lampoon publisher Leonard Mogel and later sold to Eastman in the early 1990s, Heavy Metal Magazine is famous for serving as something of a bridge to Euro Comics from the likes of H. R. Giger, Jean Girau
Watch The Trailer For The ‘Heavy Metal’ TV Show You Didn’t Know Existed [Video]
Watch The Trailer For The ‘Heavy Metal’ TV Show You Didn’t Know Existed [Video]
Watch The Trailer For The ‘Heavy Metal’ TV Show You Didn’t Know Existed [Video]
It's been more than a year since a new television series based upon the famous science fiction anthology comic Heavy Metal (or Metal Hurlant, to give it its original French title) was announced, but the project is still happening - and to prove it, here's the first trailer for the show from French television...

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