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Celebrating the Ingenuity and Innovation of Paul Grist
Celebrating the Ingenuity and Innovation of Paul Grist
Celebrating the Ingenuity and Innovation of Paul Grist
Paul Grist was born on this day in 1960 in Sheffield, England. Among his earliest work are a story with a young Grant Morrison called St Swithin's Day, a Grendel story with Steven T. Seagle, and a Judge Dredd story with Robbie Morrison, and he has produced stories for both Marvel and DC. But what we're really here to celebrate today are the works that Grist both wrote and drew, several of which he published himself via his own company, Dancing Elephant Press, in the '90s: Kane, Jack Staff, Burglar Bill, Mudman, Demon Nic.
On The Cheap: The Image Holiday Sale Is A Christmas Gift
On The Cheap: The Image Holiday Sale Is A Christmas Gift
On The Cheap: The Image Holiday Sale Is A Christmas Gift
It's Christmas Eve, and at this point, you know all the compelling reasons to buy digital comcis in this festive holiday season: Last-minute gifts for friends across the country, something to read on your phone as you take a long road trip over the river and through the woods, all that good stuff. What matters now is how many you can get, and how cheap you can get 'em, and lucky for us, Comixology has a sale on what seems to be Image's entire back catalog at 50% off! It's a great opportunity to get recent stuff like Kaptara, Monstress, Citizen Jack, Black Magick, plus your standard year-end list-toppers like Sex Criminals, WicDiv and more, but with over 4,000 comics on offer, it's also a great time to go back and pick up some deep cuts, too. And there's no better comic to get in that entire sale than my all-time favorite superhero comic, Jack Staff.
Ask Chris #219: If You Haven't Read 'Jack Staff', Do it Now
Ask Chris #219: If You Haven't Read 'Jack Staff', Do it Now
Ask Chris #219: If You Haven't Read 'Jack Staff', Do it Now
Q: What's the best modern comics run that not enough people have read or talk about? -- @talestoenrage A: It's a sad fact of the comics industry, but there are a ton of great stories out there that never really get the recognition that they deserve, to the point where every time something new and exciting comes out, I always end up thinking something along the lines of "they better not Thor: The Mighty Avenger this one up." But while there are comics that get canceled too soon and long-running epics like Usagi Yojimbo that never seem to hog the spotlight, there's only one that really comes to mind when I start thinking about the truly buried treasures. If you want to talk about the absolute best of the best of the under-appreciated comics, then you want to talk about Paul Grist's Jack Staff.
Top Five Horror Villains in Indie Comics
Top Five Horror Villains in Indie Comics
Top Five Horror Villains in Indie Comics
If there's one thing we've learned from our years on the Internet, it's that there's no aspect of comics that can't be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there's no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we're taking it upon ourselves to compile lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics. This week, we're heading away from the Big Two for a look at some of the scariest bad guys from the world of indie comics. The catch? We're also staying away from horror comics, just to make things a little more interesting!
ComicsAlliance Celebrates Becky Burdocktober!
ComicsAlliance Celebrates Becky Burdocktober!
ComicsAlliance Celebrates Becky Burdocktober!
Rocktober? Shocktober? Mohawktober? Here at ComicsAlliance, we just can't decide what we want to celebrate this month, so we're bringing you a different monthly theme every day! Today, we're heading across the pond to honor one of our all-time favorite characters, Becky Burdock: Vampire Reporter, from the pages of Paul Grist's Jack Staff...
Ask Chris #46:  What’s So Funny About Good Clean Fun?
Ask Chris #46: What’s So Funny About Good Clean Fun?
Ask Chris #46: What’s So Funny About Good Clean Fun?
Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's every week, Senior Writer Chris Sims puts his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...
The 5 Image Comics You Need to Buy on the iPad (And the 4 They Need To Offer)
The 5 Image Comics You Need to Buy on the iPad (And the 4 They Need To Offer)
The 5 Image Comics You Need to Buy on the iPad (And the 4 They Need To Offer)
Today, Image Comics became the latest publisher to launch their own branded iPad app, which, much like the Marvel, DC, Boom! Studios and Scott Pilgrim apps, is powered by comiXology. There have been Image books available through comiXology before, including must-have titles like "Chew" and huge runs of both "Invincible" and "Walking Dead," but the release of the app
Comics We Love: ‘Jack Staff’ By Paul Grist
Comics We Love: ‘Jack Staff’ By Paul Grist
Comics We Love: ‘Jack Staff’ By Paul Grist
It probably goes without saying, but here at ComicsAlliance, we love comics, and occasionally, we like to our spotlight onto a book that we especially enjoy in the hope that you'll love them just as much as we do. This week, with the fourth volume hitting shelves as a paperback on Wednesday, we thought it was a good time to have Chris Sims take a look at one of our all-time favorite comics, Paul G