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A Wicked +  Divine Interview With Gillen + McKelvie + Co.
A Wicked + Divine Interview With Gillen + McKelvie + Co.
A Wicked + Divine Interview With Gillen + McKelvie + Co.
The creative team of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie first made their mark with the 2006 Image Comics release Phonogram: Rue Britannia, a thrilling and thoughtful story about magic, music, modern sorcery, and how the records we listen to affect our lives and identities. The series combined cultural touchstones and urban fantasy trappings in a way that captured the imagination of critics and readers, and its success ultimately led to Gillen and McKelvie becoming separately and together some of comics' most fan-favorite creators on books like Journey Into Mystery, X-Men Season One, Suburban Glamour, a second series of Phonogram, and their rmuch-lauded collaboration on the recently concluded reinvention of Young Avengers. This week, they're releasing the debut issue of their latest (and most ambitious) project: The Wicked + The Divine, an ongoing series from Image that blends together many of their favorite subjects: youthful reinvention, manifest deities, supernatural superpowers, and, of course, the transformative power of pop music. The first issue is both intriguing and exhilarating, depicting the adventure of a superfan as she rubs elbows with ancient gods who return every ninety years, this time in the form of gorgeous young people who become 21st century celebrities. At once sublimely understated and action-packed, the first issue grabs you instantly and leaves you anxious to read more. ComicsAlliance connected with the entire W+D creative team of Gillen and McKelvie; designer Hannah Donovan; letterer Clayton Cowles; and colo(u)rist Matt Wilson for an in-depth conversation about the story they're telling, their collaborative process, and the artistic and cultural inspirations for the series. Along the way, we're revealing some previously unseen behind-the-scenes materials and an exclusive previews of The Wicked + The Divine #2.
Young Avengers: Freedom And Motion
Young Avengers: Freedom And Motion
Young Avengers: Freedom And Motion
We at ComicsAlliance have never been shy about our love for Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's excellent indie Phonogram. We named The Singles Club the fifth-best comic of 2010, broke the story about Phonogram's end, and wondered hopefully at the teasing implications of a return. When The Immaterial Girl was announced in 2012, we celebrated, and when we heard it was pushed back to 2013, we were a little crestfallen. But when it was announced that Gillen and McKelvie would be the creative team on the relaunch of Young Avengers, we figured we could probably wait a little longer. We were right. Five issues in, the creative team has made Young Avengers one of the most exciting and experimental books on the stands, and one of the few comics about youth that actually captures the energy and potential of it.
Iron Man’s Origin is a Secret Kieron Gillen & Dale Eaglesham Will Tell in May
Iron Man’s Origin is a Secret Kieron Gillen & Dale Eaglesham Will Tell in May
Iron Man’s Origin is a Secret Kieron Gillen & Dale Eaglesham Will Tell in May
Marvel Comics sent out this teaser image for what's presumably a new storyline in Iron Man, the relaunched Marvel NOW series written by Kieron Gillen and currently drawn by Greg Land. Also illustrated by Land, the teaser suggests there are things Iron Man fans still don't know about Tony Stark's past despite the fact that he's appeared in comics continuously for 50 years, which will doubtlessly ca
The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 5
The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 5
The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 5
We didn't realize when we set out to list our favorite comic books of 2012 that it had been such a fun year to be a fan of the medium that we all love so much. The last twelve months offered readers a wide variety of work ranging from the most crowd-pleasing superhero epics to the most idiosyncratic of indies; the return of much missed mangaka and the emergence of exciting new talent; a new crowd-
Link Ink: CG Hong Kong Phooey And Marvin The Martian, Plastic Charizard And Stamped Doctors
Link Ink: CG Hong Kong Phooey And Marvin The Martian, Plastic Charizard And Stamped Doctors
Link Ink: CG Hong Kong Phooey And Marvin The Martian, Plastic Charizard And Stamped Doctors
Animation: Director Alex Zamm has posted footage from a canned Marvin the Martian CG/live action short, along with a Hong Kong Phooey CG demo on his Vimeo site. Upcoming: Fantagraphics has posted an online preview of the upcoming Messages in a Bottle, which will collect the best comics by Bernard Krigstein...
Parting Shot: Loki Actor Tom Hiddleston Is A ‘Journey Into Mystery’ Letterhack
Parting Shot: Loki Actor Tom Hiddleston Is A ‘Journey Into Mystery’ Letterhack
Parting Shot: Loki Actor Tom Hiddleston Is A ‘Journey Into Mystery’ Letterhack
"Crikey" was all comics writer Kieron Gillen could say when confronted with what's surely one of the most enthusiastic fan letters he's ever received in this week's final issue of his run on Journey Into Mystery. Effusive praise and camaraderie was transmitted by none other than Tom Hiddleston, the English actor who portrays JiM star Loki in the Marvel Studios films Thor and Avengers...
Marvel NOW Avengers Panel: Secrets Revealed [NYCC 2012]
Marvel NOW Avengers Panel: Secrets Revealed [NYCC 2012]
Marvel NOW Avengers Panel: Secrets Revealed [NYCC 2012]
A new creative team and new direction for a relaunched Secret Avengers book was the headline announcement at Marvel's Avengers panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday -- but there were also some other secrets revealed, including the names of three additional members of the sprawling non-secret Avengers line-up...

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