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Questionable Comics: Alex Paknadel and Danny Djeljosevic

December 6, 2016 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Alex Paknadel

Questionable Comics is a series where Dan Hill surveys professionals from every corner of the comics industry about their methods and experience. This week Dan spoke to two people who are very close to us at Loser City (one of whom co-publishes our site, even). Up first is Alex Paknadel, a dear friend of Loser City who […]

Filed Under: Features, Interviews Tagged With: Alex Paknadel, Boom, comics, danny djeljosevic, Questionable Comics

Resurrection Blues: Welcome Back Breathes New Life Into the Heroic Epic

August 19, 2015 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Seems like we get flooded with apocalyptic headlines on a daily basis these days. Lately it’s centered around climate changing happening faster and harsher than previously anticipated. Scientists say that heat and ice cycles are a natural part of the development of our planet but that we’re amplifying them, locking ourselves into our own loop […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Boom, Christopher Sebela, comics, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer, Welcome Back

Boom and Image Hypocrisy Pushes Comics Backward

July 11, 2015 By David Fairbanks Leave a Comment

It’s been an incredible few years for Boom and Image. Titles like Lumberjanes, Sex Criminals, Teen Dog, Wicked + Divine, Bee and Puppycat, Saga, the Boom Box 2014 Mix Tape, Zero… I think you get the point. Many of the best monthly titles are being produced by these two companies, and I would argue that […]

Filed Under: Features, News Tagged With: Airboy, Boom, Diversity, Image, Image Comics, JG Jones, Mark Waid, Strange Fruit, Trans, Transphobia

What We Talk About When We Talk About Money In Comics

June 24, 2015 By Shea Hennum 1 Comment

Big Trouble In Little China - Elevator

Last week, Big Trouble in Little China artist Brian Churilla made a post on his Tumblr regarding the financial realities of making comics. He writes: So you want to be a comic book artist..? Here’s some sobering information. One year. 12 issues. 264 pages. 4 covers. […] This was a strictly work-for-hire job on a […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Antony Johnston, Big Trouble in Little China, Boom, Brian Churilla, Business Insider, Dark Horse, David Byrne, David Harper, DC, Economics, Frank Quitely, gender, Georgia Webber, Heidi MacDonald, homophobia, Image, intersectionality, Janelle Asselin, Jim Lee, Jim Zub, Julian Lytle, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Matt Hawkins, Matthew Thurber, Misogyny, Money, Oni, race, Raina Telgemeier, RJ Casey, Ron Wimberly, Ronald Reagan, Sexism, Transhopia, Transmisogyny, Ulises Farinas, Yeti Press

Free Comic Book Day 2015: Our 10 Picks of What to Get

May 1, 2015 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Hip Hop Family Tree Three in One

May is here again, which means one very important thing: Free Comic Book Day! If you’re wondering what to pick up this year, don’t fret, we’ve put together 10 choices representing the diverse offerings available in order to help you decide.  Bob’s Burgers We’re living in a Golden Age of licensed comics, with Adventure Time essentially […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2000 AD, Adventure Time, Attack on Titan, Avengers, Bob's Burgers, Boom, Captain Canuck, CBLDF, comics, Dan Dare, Defend Comics, Drawn and Quarterly, Ed Piskor, Faith Erin Hicks, Free Comic Book Day, Hip-Hop Family Tree, Jillian Tamaki, Judge Dredd, Kate Beaton, Lumberjanes, manga, Marvel, SuperMutant Magic Academy

Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: The Woods, Cyclops, Original Sin and More

May 8, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Original Sin 1 Mike Deodato

In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover and friends talk about the comics they’ve picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. This week, Dylan Tano joins in as the two discuss a couple new creator owned series and some Marvel work that is of varying quality. The Woods #1 Written by James Tynion IV Art […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Boom, comics, Cyclops, Image, Marvel, Nailbiter, Original Sin, The Woods

My Kingdom for a Horse: Translucid #1 Explores Hero/Villain Codependency

April 17, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Translucid Written and Created by: Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert Illustrated by: Daniel Bayliss Colored By: Adam Metcalfe Lettered By: Ed Dukeshire Publisher: Boom! Translucid is a tale of codependency. Not a tale of a man and woman sharing a codependent relationship, but an otherwise unspoken tale of codependency between a hero and his arch […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Boom, Claudio Sanchez, comics, Daniel Bayliss, Translucid

Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: Shutter, Iron Fist, Lumberjanes and More

April 9, 2014 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Lumberjanes Friendship to the Max Brooke Allen

In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover and friends talk about the comics they’ve picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. This week, Dylan Tano joins in. Shutter #1 Writer: Joe Keatinge Artist: Leila Del Luca Colorist: Owen Gieni Letterer: Ed Brisson Published by Image Comics  Joe Keatinge’s work frequently deals with characters who have […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Boom, Brooke Allen, comics, Ed Brisson, Edward Pun, Grace Ellis, Image Comics, Iron Fist, Joe Keatinge, Kaare Kyle Andrews, Leila Del Luca, Lumberjanes, Marvel Comics, Noelle Stevenson, Shotgun Wedding, Shutter, Top Cow, William Harms

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