IDW’s Ted Adams talking comics and digital at ICv2
Innovative IDW head Ted Adams is interviewed at ICv2:Part 1 -Part 2, Part 3
On the comic book front, we’ve got in development literary projects with beloved, best-selling writers like James Patterson, Peter S. Beagle,...
Just Mostly Gross, Funny Fun: An Interview with CHEW Writer John Layman
On the occasion of the German edition of CHEW, which debuted from Cross Cult Verlag last week, I had the opportunity to talk to Layman about the series, his prospects in the comics industry and his experiences at WildStorm. An abbreviated and translated version of the interview, which was conducted via e-mail over the course of several weeks, appears in CHEW - BULLE MIT BISS 1: LEICHENSCHMAUS.
First Bill Watterson interview in 20 years — No regrets
With Salinger gone, you would have thought that Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson was ready to assume the mantle of the literary world's most dedicated recluse, but he's gone and ruined everything by...
Holiday Reading: TCJ 300 conversations
For those who enjoy filling the quieter times of the holidays with reading, pretty much the most essential online comics reading right now is the ongoing posting of content from The Comics Journal #300,...
The Fiffe Files: Marcos Martin
by Michel Fiffe
Marcos Martin is one of the few modern cartoonists whose work I unconditionally follow. Although his art style is compelling and stripped of pretentions, it is Martin’s...
Rich talks LOVE, Killing, and Criterions
To engage in a rare-bit of self-promotion, I finally posted an interview I did for the new Oni Press book YOU HAVE KILLED ME by Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones. We did the...
Interviews: GUTSVILLE's fate and Infantino's final interview
§ GUTSVILLE was one of the highest concept comics ever, a Hawthorne-esque melodrama of a society that lives inside some giant beast. Written by Si Spurrier with art by Frazer Irving, the first...
The National Post's TCAF interview series
As part of the festivities leading up to this weekend's Toronto Comics Arts Festival, the Toronto National Post is running a HUGE series of charming interviews with cartoonists who are attending, with questions involving...
The Mark Waid interview
Everyone is talking about this career-spanning interview with writer/BOOM! EIC Mark Waid at AICN. In a comics media drowning in promotional interviews, the long, in-depth interview is a thing of the past (or a...
Weekend Newsy Notes
* Did Dr. Manhattan shoot his load the first weekend?Depending on whom you talked to this week, the opening weekend box office for WATCHMEN was great or underwhelming. Things look a little clearer after...
Interviews: Harkham, Wood, Wilson
Kiel Phegley posts his entire interview with Sammy Harkham, editor of the epic KRAMERS ERGOT #7:
KP: So I was wondering to start, for you is there any kind of guiding editorial principal behind the...
What ever happened to …Bill Jemas
Along with Joe Quesada, former Marvel publisher Bill Jemas was one of the principle architects of the revitalization of the House of Ideas back at the turn of the century. His tenure...