Nick Hanover: The other day, Abhay Khosla mentioned Loser City in a post about why comics don’t really excite him anymore. (We were in there as an example as people he thinks are okay and still talking about the scene in interesting ways.) It’s a messy but worthwhile read about his frustrations with the industry […]
ymmv – Run the Game Solo
ymmv .23 – Run the Game Solo No one is going to ask you to make comics. At first, this idea fuels my desire to self-motivate and stay up late every night to kick ass. But soon it also becomes a way of life when you don’t have a dozen publishing deals lined up. Literally, […]
A Chorus of Silence: On the Impossibility of Reporting on Chronic Abusers in Comics
For two years, David Fairbanks and I have been investigating predatory figures in comics. We can’t tell you specifically what about. We will probably never be able to tell you anything other than the fact that it involves allegations of sexual harassment, creative theft, nonpayment of collaborators and other bad behavior. That’s because the comics […]
Boom and Image Hypocrisy Pushes Comics Backward
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 […]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Money In Comics
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 […]
Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: The Woods, Cyclops, Original Sin and More
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 […]