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Hope Larson Releases New Short Film; Recruits Comics Creators For The Poster

Matt D. Wilson — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Graphic Novelist Hope Larson, who was recently nominated for an Eisner for her 2012 adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, has made the leap to moving pictures. Her new eight-and-a-half-minute short film Bitter Orange, starring Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World's Brie Larson and The Venture Bros.' James Urbaniak, is now available to watch on Vimeo. Continue reading…

The Con Haul: Highlights From HeroesCon 2013

Chris Sims — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:30:00 +0000

As much as I like digging through the quarter bins for a run of Punisher 2099, the real action at a convention always comes from browsing through Artist's Alley for the new books that you can't get anywhere else. As much as the focus at conventions falls on superheroes, there's a lot of great independent stuff out there that you can pick up directly from the people who made it -- and it's especially easy at a convention like Charlotte's HeroesCon, which gives a huge amount of floor space over to the indies. Continue reading…

Tokyopop Returns With Plans To Evolve In The New Year

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:30:00 +0000

One of the largest and occasionally most controversial publishers of recent years is apparently making a comeback, with the news that Tokyopop has relaunched its website and is promising a new evolution in the way it brings the world "Asian pop culture" in the coming months...

The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 5

CA Staff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:35:00 +0000

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-sponsored visibility for self-publishing; and the ascension of the fan artist from bedroom dreamer to Tumblr tycoon...

Link Ink: Happy 2013, The Will Eisner Hall Of Fame And New 'Killjoys' Art

Caleb Goellner — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

New Year: Happy 2013, everybody... except mutants. According to the classic "Days of Future Past" storyline by Chris Claremont and John Byrne (specifically Uncanny X-Men #141, originally released on January 10, 1981), you guys aren't going to have the best year...

Gerard Way And Scott Allie On 'Killjoys' And The Future Of ' The Umbrella Academy' [Interview]

Caleb Goellner — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Even though it's been more than three years since the last issue of the second volume of The Umbrella Academy, the sci-fi family saga illustrated by Gabriel Bá is never far from writer Gerard Way's mind. The M...

Superhero Body Diversity: Female Artists Offer Their Take

Andrew Wheeler — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Two weeks ago we ran an article on ComicsAlliance looking at body diversity and superheroes. We asked four artists to rank male and female superheroes by size and describe which athletic types they resembled...

Becky Cloonan Draws New Jump-On Points For 'Batman' and 'Conan The Barbarian' [Previews]

Andy Khouri — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Fans of Becky Cloonan (like us) are in for an uncommon treat this week, as the artist's work can be seen in two new issues of two publishers' most high profile releases. For Dark Horse Comics, Cloonan rejoins writer Brian Wood for a new issue of Conan The Barbarian, based on the classic character created by Robert E...

Sex & Violence Comix: Conan The Barbarian

David Brothers — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Brian Wood's scripting the latest relaunch of Robert E. Howard's Conan character, this time in a series called Conan the Barbarian. The DMZ and The Massive writer is using Howard's short story "Queen of the Black Coast" as a springboard for new stories featuring the barbarian...

Ming Doyle Accessorizes Comic-Con with Wonderful Handbags [SDCC]

Betty Felon — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Artist of Conan the Barbarian, Demo and many more lovely comics besides, Becky Cloonan is seen here carrying a handbag designed by Mara and The Loneliest Astronaut artist Ming Doyle. This cute carryall is a big hit at Comic-Con International in San Diego, as you can see in this photograph with Cloonan, ComicsAlliance's Bethany Fong and Ali Kay...