Ask the cartooners!
Bryan Lee O'Malley and Brian Wood have open Q&A's on their LJ's. Spoilers beware.
Meanwhile, Chip Zdarsky day over at the Engine may have faded into the collective unconsciousness of a battered nation, but he...
McClouds announce first tour leg
The first few months of the The Making Comics 50 State Tour have been announced, with much more to come. The tour kicks off September 5th in New York City, the cay that Making...
CHIP ZDARSKY’S ENGINE
Warren has taken to his bed, so Chip Zdarsky has taken over THE ENGINE. Much mirth and monitor spewing follows:
What does this have to do with The Engine? Not much I suppose. Just that...
Video: Dave Johnson at Isotope!
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SEE Dave Johnson drink a giant glass boot full of beer!
WW Chi: Loeb Auction huge success
Just to end this on an up note, Newsarama has a really nice story about an auction to benefit a scholarship founded in honor of Sam Loeb, the late son of Jeph Loeb.
âI was...
Rivkah: Paneling, Pacing, and Layout in Comics and Manga
While we're waiting for MAKING COMICS, Rivkah (STEADY BEAT) has a couple of pieces (one more is planned) looking at timing, pacing, balloon placement, panel flow and many of the other intricacies of comics....
Two from Seattle: Forney and Fantagraphics
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer looks at the locasl 'tooner scene with a description of how Ellen Forney lets her freak flag fly, and looks at her excellent new tome I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN:
Certainly,...
Comics Multi Media frenzy!
Leah Moore and John Reppon interviewed by Paul Holden at On The Drawing Board.
Joe Kubert profile:
"Jew Gangster" is one of these. There's also "Yossel, April 19, 1943," in which he imagines what his fate...
OPOLIS: While you were in Rosemont…
We were in Queens at the Flux Factory for the closing night of "Opolis". Curated by cartooner Jason Little, with Jean Barberis, and Morgan Meis, it's his third exploration of comics taken to utter...
Hope Larson in the New York Times
The comics loving New York Times has a lovely full-page comic by Hope Larson on the Op-Ed page today. Click on the image for the whole thing.
Ryan & Cooper
Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper team as Hector Mumbly for Nick Magazine, as spotted at Dave Roman's new nickmag_comics blog. Damn, if only we were a child.
Jonathan Levine interview
Regular Beat readers know that we're big fans of Jonathan Levine's art gallery here in NYC, which specializes in "lowbrow" or "pop surrealism" art, much of it influenced by pop culture and comics....
