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Best Covers Ever (This Year): Boom Studios 2016 Edition
Best Covers Ever (This Year): Boom Studios 2016 Edition
Best Covers Ever (This Year): Boom Studios 2016 Edition
It’s that blessed time of the year where we all try to take stock of what we’ve done with our lives and what other people have created that we enjoyed. That’s right, it’s time to start putting together our “Best of 2016″ lists, and today we’re going to take a look at the Best Boom Studios Covers of 2016.
Back To Bludhaven: Tim Seeley And Marcus To On 'Nightwing'
Back To Bludhaven: Tim Seeley And Marcus To On 'Nightwing'
Back To Bludhaven: Tim Seeley And Marcus To On 'Nightwing'
Between having his secret identity revealed, becoming a world-traveling super-spy, getting his secret identity back, and then spending some time partnering up with a villain who claimed to be better than Batman, Dick Grayson has has a busy couple of years. Now it's finally time for him to find some comfort and head back to familiar territory --- namely Blüdhaven, the city across the river from Gotham that was his home in the '90s. But in Tim Seeley and Marcus To's Nightwing #10, Dick's being introduced to a whole new 'Haven. To find out more, ComicsAlliance spoke to them about why they wanted to get him back to his classic stomping grounds, what it was like to rebuild Blüdhaven from the ground up, and the shocking return of Orca the Whale Woman. Yes, really.
Read Comics About Dick Grayson Reading Comics In 'Nightwing' #10
Read Comics About Dick Grayson Reading Comics In 'Nightwing' #10
Read Comics About Dick Grayson Reading Comics In 'Nightwing' #10
Just when you thought Dick Grayson couldn't get any dreamier, along comes Nightwing #10. After throwing down with (and being turned into) a horrifying giant monster in the "Night of the Monster Men" crossover, the next issue finds Dick relaxing at home on a rare night off, catching up with some of his favorite pop culture -- and that means that we get to see Dick Grayson reading his favorite comic. And it's pretty much exactly what you think it is. Oh, and he's also moving to his new home of Blüdhaven, and there'll probably be some crime-fighting in there, too. Check out a preview now.
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Comics hosted a special livestream event at WonderCon in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to unveil the creative teams behind its DC Rebirth event, which relaunches the entire DC Universe line with new issue #1s and multiple double-shipping titles. The relaunch will set the future course of DC Comics at a time when fans are wondering whether the company will embrace a new and diversifying audience or double down on serving a shrinking core audience. The event was introduced by DC All Access host Tiffany Smith, with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio and chief creative officer and Rebirth chief architect Geoff Johns introducing and interviewing the creative teams as they joined them on stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Multiversity Annotations, Part 6: The Guidebook
The Multiversity Annotations, Part 6: The Guidebook
The Multiversity Annotations, Part 6: The Guidebook
The sixth issue of the series, Guidebook, while certainly the D&D-style sourcebook of the event and a guide to Morrison's vision of the DC multiverse, is also a necessary section of the overall story, answering many questions and asking others, as well as providing the introduction of the Empty Hand, the series' true villain and master of the monstrous Gentry. It's structured as stories within stories --- Marcus To draws a segment with Li'l Batman and Atomic Batman on Earth-42, while Paulo Siqueira illustrates the New Gods, Kamandi and the history of the DC Multiverse in an intercut sequence taking place on Earth-51. Both of these stories intersect with pages from the Guidebook itself, designed by Rian Hughes with illustrations by a large number of artists.
Discover The Life Of A Comic Artist With AT&T’s R.A.I.D. Studio Documentary
Discover The Life Of A Comic Artist With AT&T’s R.A.I.D. Studio Documentary
Discover The Life Of A Comic Artist With AT&T’s R.A.I.D. Studio Documentary
Drawing comics is time-consuming, sometimes crushing, occasionally rewarding, and almost impossible to quit if you love it. And it helps if you get to do it around other artists who love it as much as you do. Those are some of the key takeaways from Comic Book Artists: Next Generation, an AT&T U-Verse documentary about the artists at Toronto's R.A.I.D. Studio (a.k.a. the Royal Academy of Illustration and Design; though it's not a real Royal Academy in the strictest sense). The studio has ten resident artists, but the half-hour documentary shines a light on four key players: Ramón Pérez, Marcus To, Francis Manapul and Kalman Andrasofszky.
Best Abs Ever (This Week):  Male Comic Book Eye Candy
Best Abs Ever (This Week): Male Comic Book Eye Candy
Best Abs Ever (This Week): Male Comic Book Eye Candy
In the process of writing my article about muscles vs curves, and how the big dudes of superhero comics typically fail to represent the tastes of most androphile women, I gathered a collection of images and recommended artists from my correspondents that illustrate the sort of art they'd love to see more of -- but which there's sadly very little of compared to all the T&A fan-service targeted at straight men. I had far too many recommendations to put in the article, so I've compiled the collection (and a few personal favorites) into a very special one-off post. The collection includes pin-ups, fan art, sketches, and some traditional superhero art from artists who aren't afraid to put a little male eye candy in their work!
Why Superhero Muscles Aren't The Equal Of Sexy Curves
Why Superhero Muscles Aren't The Equal Of Sexy Curves
Why Superhero Muscles Aren't The Equal Of Sexy Curves
As a man who reads superhero comics, I confess that I share a commonly-held prurient interest in big-chested, long-legged heroes in skin-baring costumes that barely cover their naughty bits -- or as I like to call him, Namor. Sadly, Namor is pretty much alone in his category. Contrary to the perception that male heroes in comics are frequently sexually objectified, it's my experience that even Namor is only rarely presented as someone to lust over. Yet I'm fortunate that my tastes run towards the Hemsworth end of the scale. Like many straight men, I admire the kind of buff dudes that are the staple of superhero comics, even though they are rarely sexualized. If I shared the tastes of most of the women I know, I think I'd find superhero comics an even more frustratingly sexless wasteland.
'Superior Foes Of Spider-Man', 'New Warriors' End In November
'Superior Foes Of Spider-Man', 'New Warriors' End In November
'Superior Foes Of Spider-Man', 'New Warriors' End In November
The solicitations for November's books reveal that Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, by Nick Spencer, and Steve Lieber, and the New Warriors revival, by Christopher Yost and Marcus To, will offer up their swan songs that month. Neither series sold particularly well -- both were near the bottom of the charts -- but each drew critical acclaim, particularly Superior Foes.
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 08.15.14
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 08.15.14
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 08.15.14
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it’s new, some of it’s old, some of it’s created by working professionals, some of it’s created by future stars, some of it’s created by talented fans, awnd some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it is awesome.

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