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Although she was among the most awarded and beloved of American pop singers, Whitney Houston was also among the most troubled. The 48-year-old star, who was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room last Saturday, was for a long period of her life known as much for her volatile marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown as she was for her vocal performances...

In last week's column I mentioned that I thought traditional print publishers still had the edge over webcomics when it came to being able to distill the best material from a variety of creators. Because of a publisher's ability to hire a range of professionals, especially editors, they are often able to select and then help craft a more taught final piece of art than many individuals operating o

Fans of Paul Tobin (Spider-Girl, Marvel Adventures) and Colleen Coover (X-Men: First Class, Girl Comics) rejoice! The comics supercouple is launching an all-new independent comic on Top Shelf 2.0 today called Gingerbread Girl, about a 26-year-old woman named Annah Billips who either has an imaginary sister she created during her parents' divorce...

Somewhere, Scott McCloud's brain is tingling, for someone has taken the lauded comics philosopher up on his challenge of the "infinite canvas" and hit it out of the virtual ballpark.That person is cartoonist Tymothi Godek, whose 35-foot-long comic strip, "...

Andrew Lorenzi's established a pretty thorough affection for video games with his "Pokémon" and "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" strips, among others, but his immersion into Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto" series may be his most comprehensive look inside the gaming experience yet. To...

Next in my continuing series of cool artists I saw at the recent Stumptown Comics festival: Emi Lenox. I'd actually met Emi several times before I saw her work, and knew she had a 24-hour comic, "Genny Gains Superpowers," which was picked up by Top Shelf 2...