Jen Vaughn

It's A Bad Time To Be A Teen In 'Archie' #12 [Preview]
It's A Bad Time To Be A Teen In 'Archie' #12 [Preview]
It's A Bad Time To Be A Teen In 'Archie' #12 [Preview]
When Archie #12 hits shelves today, it looks like everyone's relationship is falling apart just on the eve of the Blossoms sweeping in like a hurricane. In other words, it's a bad day to be a teenager in Riverdale, and you can see just how bad with a preview below!
Vote Hiram Lodge For Mayor In Waid & Fish's 'Archie' #8
Vote Hiram Lodge For Mayor In Waid & Fish's 'Archie' #8
Vote Hiram Lodge For Mayor In Waid & Fish's 'Archie' #8
Good ol’ Archie Andrews can’t seem to catch a break, having recently been discharged from hospital with a concussion courtesy of his ex-girlfriend Betty Cooper’s errant homerun baseball while sneaky Reggie Mantle tries to worm his way into the life of his current girlfriend, Veronica Lodge. How could things get worse for Archie, you ask? How about if Veronica’s father, a man who has no shortage of contempt for our hero, ran for Mayor of Riverdale? We’ve got a preview of Archie #8 by Mark Waid, Veronica Fish, Andre Szymanowicz, Jen Vaughn & Jack Morelli, to give you a sneak peek at the Lodge campaign.
A Comic For Everybody: Ian McGinty On 'Welcome to Showside'
A Comic For Everybody: Ian McGinty On 'Welcome to Showside'
A Comic For Everybody: Ian McGinty On 'Welcome to Showside'
If you know Ian McGinty's name, odds are you associate it with a comics adaptation of an animated series --- Adventure Time, or Bravest Warriors, just to name two --- or the Munchkin card games. But this fall, he's turning the tables; the first issue of his new, creator-owned Z2 Comics series Welcome to Showside comes out in late October, and it's already being developed as an animated pilot, with McGinty serving as showrunner and lead voice actor. McGinty will take the role of Kit, a kid who just happens to be the son of the evil Shadow King, the leader of a netherrealm full of monsters. We sat down with McGinty to discuss the pressure of writing and drawing a creator-owned book while overseeing an animated project, and to dig into the appeal of all-ages comics, pulling stories from real life, and snagging none other than Henry Rollins to do some voice acting.
Con Organizers: Here's A Solution To Your Woman Problem
Con Organizers: Here's A Solution To Your Woman Problem
Con Organizers: Here's A Solution To Your Woman Problem
Today, The Mary Sue reported that GenCon would be hosting a panel titled "Writing Comics: Writing Women Friendly Comics" that featured only male comics writers. While GenCon has since stated that they will be including women on the panel, this isn't the first time this has happened at a convention. Men are also usually the majority of convention guests. One group of women hopes to make it the last time it happens.
Best Convention Sketchbook Ever: Original Art From Comic-Con
Best Convention Sketchbook Ever: Original Art From Comic-Con
Best Convention Sketchbook Ever: Original Art From Comic-Con
Over the past few years, I've been toting around themed sketchbooks to conventions to get pieces of art from some of my favorite comic book creators, based on Jack Kirby's creations and tokusatsu heroes. This summer, however, I decided to switch things up a little and go with a much broader theme, since some people are not as familiar with the past 40 years of Kamen Rider as I'd like them to be. The result: A sketchbook full of my favorite characters. Now that I've been through HeroesCon and San Diego, I've gathered up a pretty solid bunch to start out with, and they're pretty amazing. Check below for this summer's crop of sketches from artists like Chris Burnham, Tom Fowler, Joëlle Jones, Ben Dewey and more!
Buy This Book: 'Cartozia Tales'
Buy This Book: 'Cartozia Tales'
Buy This Book: 'Cartozia Tales'
Cartozia Tales is an idea I wish I'd had. Actually, that's not quite accurate. Cartozia Tales is a bunch of ideas that I wish I'd had, put together inside of yet another idea that I wish I'd had. It's a Matryoshka doll of seething jealousy on my part, and if it wasn't so good, I'd hate it. Fortunately for everyone -- particularly the people reading every issue, like I plan to -- editor Isaac Cates
Erotica Anthology 'Smut Peddler' Is Now Accepting Submissions
Erotica Anthology 'Smut Peddler' Is Now Accepting Submissions
Erotica Anthology 'Smut Peddler' Is Now Accepting Submissions
Following the success of the 2012 installment, Smut Peddler -- the anthology featuring woman-made, sex-positive comics -- is returning in 2014. The newest edition will feature work from creators Spike Trotman, Faith Erin Hicks, Jess Fink, Jen Vaughn, Kate Leth, Niki Smith and, quite possibly, you.
The Complete Jack Kirby Character Sketchbook (Summer 2013)
The Complete Jack Kirby Character Sketchbook (Summer 2013)
The Complete Jack Kirby Character Sketchbook (Summer 2013)
  For the past few years, I've been taking a sketchbook to conventions across the country and getting pieces of art with a single theme: Characters created or co-created by the King of Comics, Jack Kirby. After 52 sketches, you'd think I'd be running out of characters, but with only a couple repeats, it's still going strong. Today, in honor of Kirby's 96th birthday, I'm putting all the sketches in
Adventure Time 2013 Spoooktacular
Adventure Time 2013 Spoooktacular
Adventure Time 2013 Spoooktacular
While traditional holidays didn't necessarily carry over into the Land of Ooo after the nuclear apocalypse a.k.a. "Mushroom War," Adventure Time's supernatural-filled setting is certainly ripe for Halloween-y scary stories. With that in mind, Boom! Studios is rolling out the Adventure Time 2013 Spoooktacular special this October featuring tales of the tricky and treat-y variety by Jen Be