People tend to reminisce about long gone eras, arguing that things were always better way back when. But when it comes to comics, there’s no denying that the 21st century has seen the medium explode in unprecedented and unpredictable ways. For many people, that has come primarily in the form of the advent of the […]
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 […]
Erotic Agents, Multiverses and Pop Assassins: 10 Comics We Loved This Year
We’re a bunch of culture geeks here at Loser City, which means we love nothing so much as conformity, lists, and faux definitive rankings of things. With that in mind, this month we’re bringing you our Loser City Best Ofs, lists on lists on lists of our picks for top video games, comics, and everything […]
Long Live the New Flesh: Why Comics Needs More Shittalkers
Nick Hanover: About a week ago, Ulises Farinas, artist behind Gamma and Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two posted this update on his Facebook feed: Post by Ulises Farinas. As one of the most visible and prolific shittalkers in what is turning into perhaps the frankest, boldest generation of comic creators, Farinas knows what […]
Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: Starlight, Creepy, Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two and More
In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover talks about the comics he’s picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. Starlight #2 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Goran Parlov Colorist: Ive Scorcina Letterer: Marko Sunjic Published by: Image Comics Few figures in comics are as divisive as Mark Millar. The Scottish writer known for The Ultimates and […]