matt kindt

After first gaining widespread recognition on the fantastic Top Shelf espionage series Pistolwhip (with writer Jason Hall), Matt Kindt has been on a run that's made him one of my favorite stars in the comics medium. With his uniquely impressionistic cartooning, subtle watercolors, intuitive sense of storytelling logic, and improbable mixture of sci-fi, espionage, and magical realism, the cartooni

It's going to be a lovely July, when Dark Horse beautifies new comics racks with illustrations by such auspicious artists as Peter Bagge (Reset #4), Massimo Carnevale (Conan the Barbarian #6), Gilbert Hernandez (Fatima: The Blood Spinners #2), Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), and J...

So why did DC Comics choose 52 as the number of titles to promote as part of their "New 52" reboot/relaunch/PR offensive? I'm beginning to think it might have been because there are 52 cards in a deck, and, like a deck of cards, the New 52 creative teams are always being shuffled...

TV: AMC has ordered 16 new episodes of The Walking Dead for the show's third season, which is three more than the first two seasons. New episodes from the show's current second season kick off on February 12. Movies: Conan the Barbarian director Marcus Nispel has signed on to helm a live action adaptation of Tim Seeley's Hack/Slash...

For those of you keeping up with Vertigo's must-read Sweet Tooth only in the modestly priced collected editions, you may be delighted to learn that writer-artist Jeff Lemire has completed more than 20 issues of the dystopian saga. The author of Essex County is prolific indeed, but even Lemire needs a break from the monthly grind...

Endowed with a talent similar to Jack Kirby and Jeff Lemire in that he can draw the double-rainbow dickens out of a wide range of characters and make them all become immediately recognizable as creations from his portfolio, Matt Kindt stands out on the convention sketch and commission circuit...

I think most people have a pretty active fantasy life. You know what I mean--where you daydream about being a thinly veiled version of James Bond or Superman or beating up your boss or being the president. A fantasy life is healthy, and thinking about living another life is a good way to work out frustrations or pass the time...

When it comes to peripheral DIY merchandise, Matt Kindt knows how to do it up right. The creator's been dealing out "Super Spy" "cyanide" breath mints for awhile now, but his new Giant Man Mini Comic Spy Capsule might be his most charming offering to date...

Matt Kindt has a hectic year ahead of him. The Missouri cartoonist and graphic designer's latest release, an 8-page addendum to 2009's "3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man" hit MySpace Dark Horse Presents this week, which will be followed by the release of "Super Spy: The Lost Dossiers" later this month and the launch of Vertigo's "Revolver" in July... Read M

Life-defining choices aren't always easy to make. They can mean the difference between a life fulfilled and a life, well, less than fulfilled. Online sneaker purchases, setting a relationship status on Facebook, deciding between a croissant or a bagel breakfast sandwich, these are the things readers definitely won't find in "Revolver," an original graphic novel coming this July from &quo