Sep 21, 2011
By Kyle Lemmon
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We chatted with the DC artist extraordinaire Cliff Chaing (Green Arrow & Black Canary, Zatanna) about the overall tone of the new Wonder Woman series he is drawing, his thoughts on violence and female sexuality in comics, and the DC Comics - The New 52 Art Tour. More
May 05, 2011
By Jeremy Nisen
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Eye of the Majestic Creature, which is now available from Fantagraphics, merges the quirky & surreal with a refreshing sort of honesty. Leslie Stein took the time to answer our questions about slice of life comics, musical influences, and anthropomorphic guitars. More
Apr 26, 2011
By Jeremy Nisen
Mike Norton
Sean Dove, Josh Emmons, Mike Norton, and Tim Seeley comprise
Four Star Studios. The Chicago-based comic book creators initially sought merely to work somewhere besides their homes, but quickly grew to appreciate the talent they’d collected in one spot
—and decided to capitalize. The project that has comics fans buzzing, as well as those interested in the business of self-publishing, is
DoubleFeature. Under the Radar caught up with Emmons, Norton, and Seeley. More
Mar 07, 2011
By Jeremy Nisen
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Winston Rowntree, the pseudonymous creator of webcomic Subnormality, has really captured something that is more than the sum of the comic’s wholly enjoyable parts. The art is vibrant and busy and pretty tightly rendered, which really emphasizes the goofiness, scariness, attractiveness, or awkwardness of the various characters and situations. The characters are tempered in personality and originality, both artwise and wordwise. Perhaps some of the humor
—and philosophy
—can be gleaned from the home page’s tag phrase of “Comix with too many words since 2007.” More
Feb 17, 2011
By Jeremy Nisen
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Gingerbread Girl is an upcoming original graphic novel created by the husband and wife team of Paul Tobin (writer) and Colleen Coover (artist). The book is being marketed in an interesting way: Top Shelf, the publisher, is posting pages of it online, for free, before the “tree pulp” version arrives in May. So really, there’s no excuse not to check it out at Top Shelf 2.0 (along with some other fine content). Colleen and Paul took some time to answer a few questions about the book, and more. More
Oct 07, 2010
By Jeremy Nisen
Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire, the writer/artist behind Sweet Tooth, refers to his creation as “lo-fi sci-fi.” “I always consider Sweet Tooth something you draw in the basement, not a glossy sci-fi comic,” he says.”
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Jan 05, 2010
By Jeremy Nisen
Issue #30 - Winter 2010 - Vampire Weekend
Perhaps no comic book series in the 2000s achieved the consistent quality and creativity of DC/Vertigo’s Fables. Launched in 2002, the series about fugitive figures from folklore has not only garnered a legion of fans as it nears 100 issues, it’s spun off an ongoing series (Jack of Fables), a graphic novel (1001 Nights of Snowfall), a novel (Peter & Max), and two affiliated miniseries (Cinderella, The Literals).
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Oct 15, 2009
By Jeremy Nisen
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Matt Kindt is a St. Louis-based, Harvey Award-winning designer and comic book writer/artist. The eclectic, compelling style of his body of work is increasingly earning him notice. He’s perhaps best known for Super Spy, “52 interwoven short stories about cyanide, pen-guns, heartbreak and betrayal.” His version of Marvel Comics’ Black Widow is soon to appear in that publisher’s Strange Tales series, which showcases short stories from so-called indie artists dipping their hands into the superhero world. More
Jun 08, 2009
By Mike Hilleary
Issue #27 Summer 2009 - Jarvis Cocker
When it started, the title sequence didn’t tell you what you were watching. Still, you knew what it was. As a variation of Danny Elfman’s familiar musical score cemented the visual action, two cartoon thieves, making their escape from a bank robbery, suddenly find themselves confronted on a building rooftop by a shadowy figure. More
May 05, 2009
By Mike Hilleary
Issue #27 Summer 2009 - Jarvis Cocker
In his home in Northampton, England, Alan Moore is sitting in what he calls “the position I spend most of my life”—that is, in front of his computer, a device he is quick to confess has been relegated to the function of a glorified electric typewriter. Though it is not by intention, the 55-year-old is something of an imposing figure. Whether it is the assortment of rings on his fingers or his wild hair and beard, it’s little wonder why people who have only seen pictures of the man assume he is someone to approach with caution.
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