Comics Media

In as unstable job market as we have today, three men have decided to give their art their full time attention, their all. Writer and artist of Let's Be Friends Again!, Curt Franklin and Chris Haley respectively started their witty webcomic on the print comic world and what it means to really be friends in 2008. Eugene Ahn aka nerd rapper Adam WarRock quit his career as an attorney in 2010 in order to follow his heart and let his mouth fly. Today they announced the joining of their two ventures into LBFA!, Inc.

Well, someone had to do it: Sean T. Collins delves deep into Google cache and old wounds to give a critical look at the legacy of Dirk Deppey and ¡Journalista!. Like pretty much everyone we talk to, Collins feels that the recent ¡Journalista! as found on the revamped TCJ.com was not as effective as the earlier one. And Collins points out that Deppey himself had much to answer for in the woeful rollout of TCJ.com:

Ever since their autumnal launch of Law and the Multiverse, James Daily and Ryan Davidson, two stalwart attorneys licensed to practice law in Missouri and Indiana respectively, have used not a brush or nib...

It is impossible not to feel that this Kanye + Comics blog unites the voice for our times with some kick-ass comics panels.

In the ever proliferating world of highly focused Tumblrs about comics, how can one not adore A Nice Cup of Comics which features people having a nice hot cuppa? Above, Wolverine Tea Party by Mike Maihack; below, Cap from TRUTH: RED, WHITE, AND BLACK #7 by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker.

The New York Times spotlights a new comics blog investigating Superhero law. Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, Supervillains, and the Law investigates how everyday law would affect superheroes.  Contracts, immigration, insurance claims, and the Americans...

While I was off the grid, the Blogfather Dirk Deppey announced via Twitter that he had been laid off by Fantagraphics: I've been laid off from Fantagraphics. Wednesday will be my last day as The...

Fandom's deadliest duo are back: Ragnell (Lisa Fortuner) and Kalinara (Melissa Krause) are two writers who founded the link blog When Fangirls Attack and set off a whole generation of conversation and outrage. A few years ago they passed WFA to others due to real life stuff -- Ragnell is in the Armed Forces, and Kalinara was in school -- but it's kind of foundered since they left -- two posts explaining why there are no posts since October. So R&K are back with a NEW link blog Dispatches From The Fridge,

This book reminds me of the past, but not in a wistful, thinking-back-on-your-first-time-getting-laid way. It’s more a first-time-getting-caught-jerking-off-by-your-mom sensation. -- from NICK GAZIN’s COMIC BOOK LOVE-IN #14 - at Viceland Today where he also interviews...

Back in the days when comics media was on paper, there was the Comics Journal, the Comics Buyer's Guide, and Comics Interview. Edited by David Anthony Kraft, in the magazine's 150 issue run, just about anybody who was of note in the comics industry of the '80s and early '90s was interrogated. It's a treasure trove of historical material long unavailable (unless you happen to be rooting through The Beat's storage unit) but the revamped Comico is changing that with a POD reprint project that is available now for $34.95 -- the whole project will run 11 books, and each volume will be offered in a regular and deluxe edition, as well as paperback and hardcover.

This wide-ranging interview with noise cartoonist Brian Chippendale covers his old classics MAGGOTS and NINJA, and his new classic, IF 'n' OFF, and also the Fort Thunder alumnus' reading tastes:

Gareth Hinds is a very accomplished artist (and former Xeric winner) whose comics adaptations of classic literature have found a home at Candlewick Press. His full color Odyssey adaptation just came out, and there's a nice story about it in today's PW. While we were looking around for some art to illustrate the story, we came on Hinds' own page for the book and were struck by the "embeddable comics preview" on the page, which he said was developed by Candlewick:

Candlewick has released a short preview, using some new "widget" technology which enables it to be easily embedded in any blog or webpage. There are still a few rough spots in the implementation, but it's pretty handy. See below -- and feel free to repost it elsewhere!