Barry Kitson

Thrillbent, the digital comics publishing website founded by writers Mark Waid and John Rogers, has spent the past two years offering up free comics for pretty much free. In a Wednesday blog post, Waid unveiled what he's calling "Thrillbent 3.0," which adds another layer of content that Waid is calling a sort of "Hulu Plus of comics." Fans can pay a $3.99 monthly fee -- about a

  One of the most significant -- and to many readers, one of the most exciting -- developments in comics in the last few years has been the growth of Image Comics, with many of the most popular writers and artists in the industry currently producing much, if not all, of their creator owned work through the publisher. As such, Image Expo has become a highly anticipated event, as publisher Eric Step

A comic by Cullen Bunn and Barry Kitson is pretty exciting to begin with, but with next month's Captain America & Iron Man #634, they've raised the bar. Why? Because in that issue, two of the mightiest Avengers of all are going to be facing the single deadliest threat of their long and storied careers: The Perilous Parkour of Batroc the Leaper! T...

On sale this week from Marvel Comics is FF #5, continuing the long awaited "War of Four Cities" storyline. Written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by guest artist Barry Kitson, the story finds Mr. Fantastic assembling his worst enemies to help defend our universe from a war being waged by Reed Richardses from other dimensions...

Welcome back to our (admittedly delayed) annotations of Jonathan Hickman's hugely successful run on FF, formerly Fantastic Four! Chris Eckert of Funnybook Babylon and Savage Critics and I have been taking a look at every issue to provide annotations for readers that explore the book's connections with the rest of Hickman's work and the run's influences from all over the Marvel Universe... Read Mor

On sale this week from Marvel Comics is FF #4, beginning the much anticipated "War of Four Cities" storyline. Written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by guest artist Barry Kitson, Mr. Fantastic assembles his worst enemies to help defend our universe from a war to be ignited by Reed Richardses from other dimensions...

Spider-Man's got a lot of admirers in the super-community of the Marvel U, and rightly so. Despite the fact that he possesses less raw power than many of his teammates in the Avengers (and now, the FF), the dude's got plenty of brains and a powerful moral code that help him get the heroing job done...

Press Release Everything was going smoothly for the television debut of California's super team, The Order, until a group of Soviet super-weapons showed up looking for blood! The Order #2 jumps right into the fray with rising writer Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist and Punisher War Journal) and talented artist Barry Kitson at the reigns of this spin-off from the red-hot Initiative storyline ... R

Press Release After the devastating events of Civil War, a new super hero team has been formed by Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) in accordance with his Fifty-State Initiative. Rising superstar writer Matt Fraction and acclaimed artist Barry Kitson introduce THE ORDER; the premier team of Director Stark's post-war agenda ...

Press Release Spinning out of Civil War, a new super hero team has been formed by Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man); one that embodies everything he's fought for over the last year. Branded by Stark himself, THE ORDER (Formerly known as the Champions) is the first team to launch as part of the Fifty-State Initiative ...