james kochalka

Creators: Dylan Williams, cartoonist and Sparkplug Books publisher, has passed away at the age of 39 following a battle with cancer. Robot 6 has links to tributes to Williams from Elijah Brubaker, Austin English, Brett Warnock and Landry Walker...

A couple of weeks ago we showed you a portion of Fantastic Four #9 redrawn by King City creator Brandon Graham. What we didn't realize at the time was that the commissioned piece was just one part of a larger and more ambitious work: The Fantastic Four #9 project, where every page of the classic 1961 issue will be redrawn by a different contemporary artist...

Gaming: SEGA's unveiled the box art for Captain America: Super Soldier. Dude looks ready to rumble. Industry: Supernatural, Chuck and Human Target producer McG is launching his own Aspen Comics imprint. Movies: Marvel has hired No Heroics creator Drew Pearce to pen Iron Man 3...

The independent animation studio that's brought the world Adventure Time and Fanboy and Chum Chum could be turning their attention to an equally cute, but profoundly more foul-mouthed series. According to the official Frederator Studios blog, they've been making the Hollywood rounds with Vermont's Comic Laureate James Kochalka trying to sell networks on a "top secret project...

Toys: Bandai's upcoming ThunderCats line adds skateboarding scamps Wily-Kit & Kat to its ranks. Sweet half-pipe sold separately. Hollywood: Columbia's already signed The Amazing Spider-Man movie writer James Vanderbilt to pen a sequel. Th...

The prolific author of such beloved Top Shelf comics including American Elf, Johnny Boo, Monkey Vs. Robot and Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka has been appointed Cartoonist Laureate of his home state of Vermont. This makes Vermont the second American state offers such an honor, following the appointment of Alaska's Chad Carpenter in 2008...

On sale now is the eagerly awaited Dragon Puncher, the new work by Johnny Boo and Pinky & Stinky creator James Kochalka. Courtesy of Top Shelf Productions, ComicsAlliance brings you an exclusive four-page preview of the book, a full-color hardcover priced at just $9.95....

Threads: A design from Sean T. Collins's sweet David Bowie comics sketchbook by "TV on the Radio" singer Tunde Adebimpe is now on sale as a t-shirt, with the proceeds to benefit disaster relief in Haiti. (via ADD) Too Hot: Barnes and Noble has reportedly refused to carry Molly Crabapple's lovely erotic graphic novel "Scarlett Takes Manhattan," calling it "too pornographic

As regular readers of James Kochalka's "American Elf" bio strip are well aware, the prolific creator's passion for comics is only equaled by his passion for video games. Now, thanks to a team up with video game studio Pixeljam, Kochalka's "Glorkian Warrior" could come to life via both mediums...

Do you like violent, foul-mouthed teenaged superheroes a la "The Boys" and "Brat Pack," but wish they were drawn more like children's books? Then man, have we got the book for you: "Superf*ckers" by James Kochalka. While the idea of badly behaved, out-of-control teen superteams is hardly a new concept, they've never been drawn with such simplistic, colorful joy -- or