Archive for the ‘Comics News’ Category
Making it in Comics the @NateCosboom way!
July 19th, 2010 by Riff
Ikea make some great furniture, but it can be a bitch to nail together even when it’s going right. Add into that mix some bad beer and even worse food from the game and we’ve been really fortunate to have @NateCosboom on twitter – better known as Nathan Cosby, Marvel Editor – share some pearls [...]
Tags: colourists, comic artists, Good advice!, Ikea, Making it in comics, Marvel, Nathan Cosby, Twitter, writers
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Comic or literature?
June 29th, 2010 by Riff
So today I happened across Google. I know, I’m the only person to use Google today, it’s one of those “microsites” we hear so little of. But it’s actually a search engine. Check it out if you get time. I noticed they’d got a different logo today and so I checked it to discover “Le [...]
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How to do Comics – the Jim Shooter way!
June 15th, 2010 by Riff
Ok I wasn’t planning this and I’ve got a helluva lot of other stuff happening right now, so appologies, dearest reader, for its brevity and lack of otherwise unenlightening commentary. However this is an interview with “shouty shouty” Jim Shooter, former EiC of Marvel, and often comic writer. He was the man in charge when [...]
Tags: CBR, comics, creation, DC, Jim Shooter, Marvel
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Excelsior! Happy Birthday Stan Lee
December 29th, 2009 by Riff
A tribute to Stan Lee, celebrating his 87th Birthday
Tags: Dr Doom, Fantastic Four, Jack Kirby, Spider-Man, Stan Lee
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Hooving Most
November 8th, 2009 by Riff
Looks like I’m going to have to find myself a new web host for here, and for my other sites – my current host seems to have lost the plot (and several servers.) But the good news is I have a cunnning plan and I’m even kind of managing to dip into comics again ever [...]
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…. annnnnnnd we’re back!
September 10th, 2009 by Riff
Ok well that was traumatic. For those of you who don’t know, WordPress recently announced a vulnerability and patched it but it was too late for many of us and some slimy little shits of hackers got in under the radar and took our sites offline. Not a pleasant experience, and something that I’ve not [...]
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Oh no! Disney Acquire Marvel!
August 31st, 2009 by Riff
Disney Acquires Marvel is some of the hottest comics news for an age. Personally I dread it. I think if Disney do anything more than a very light touch they will fuck Marvel irreparably. That said, it’s easy to see why they’ve done it. Bruce Banner & Reed Richards, Tony Stark and Victor von Doom [...]
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Warren Wants Your Web Comic
August 3rd, 2009 by Riff
If you’re even vaguely interested in comics, Warren Ellis’ Whitechapel forum probably hasn’t escaped your notice. However, just in case it did, here’s a little heads up from me: Warren Ellis wants to host your web comic. He’s basically offering you the same deal I did a couple of months ago (great minds think alike [...]
Tags: Warren Ellis, Web Comics, Whitechapel
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DC Universe Online News
July 23rd, 2009 by Riff
One of the quietest MMOs out there, the DC Universe Online is about to reveal some of its secrets at the Comic Con in San Diego. DCUO (which, by any standards, is an awful mouthful) let this taster loose over at Massively and frankly, from what I read, it’s pretty disappointing unless you’re a die [...]
Tags: Aquaman, Batman, Champions, Champions Online, City of Heroes, DC, DC Universe Online, DCUO, Green Lantern, Marvel, Nightwing, Robin, Superman
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THE 99 – Islamic Comic
July 2nd, 2009 by Riff
Very interesting article on the BBC Website today about an Islamic superhero comic, soon to become an animated movie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8127699.stm I’ve got to say I find the raison d’etre of the comic to be highly laudable, a tool to combat extremists by someone who is clearly passionate about his faith without wanting to radicalise it [...]
Tags: Dr Naif al-Mutawa, Islamic Comic, THE 99
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