nina matsumoto

It might just be me, but I have to imagine that for a lot of people my age, it's still a little surprising to see Bongo's commitment to producing kid-friendly Simpsons comics. Pleasantly surprised, you understand, but still, I remember being a kid when that show started, and I have fond memories of both the parental outcry about how the Simpsons were actively destroying family values and the truly

The characters of Futurama fuse with the cast of the classic Super Nintendo RPG Chrono Trigger in the latest mashup by Nina Matsumoto, the Japanese-Canadian artist whose popular Deviantart drawing of The Simpsons as manga characters later led to professional illustration work on the official Simpsons comics published by Bongo...

Movies: Batman's The Dark Knight Rises rides were caught chillin' on a truck at TDKR's Pittsburgh set. Manga: Viz is taking submissions for its storyboard contest through today. Winners will have their work critiqued at San Diego Comic-Con by Hisashi Sasaki, deputy director of Shueisha's Shonen Manga Group and former EiC of Japan's Shonen Jump...

Nina Matsumoto is far from unknown in the world of comics. Her manga-style "The Simpsons" masterpiece put on the map for a lot of people, and she periodically pencils stories in Bongo's official Simpsons series. Her efforts there even netted her an Eisner back in 2009...

Gaming: The Penguin graces the upcoming cover of the UK's PSM3 magazine, confirming his villainous role in Batman: Arkham City. Movies: Matthew Vaughn might make a Kick-Ass 2. After all, the first one made a ton of money, ya know? Bad Driving: The Plain Dealer reports that a driver (believed to be a repentant neighbor) drove through a commemorative comic art plate-covered fence at Superman co-cr