Posts Tagged ‘comicbooks’
Silence Abounds
December 4th, 2009 by Riff
I know… things have been very quiet around here. But just so you know, I’ve not forgotten about either of you, dearest readers. I’ve been working hard on a secret project that soon I will hope to be able to reveal a bit more about in due course, and also I’m actually in a place [...]
Tags: comic books, comicbooks, comics, Something excitiing's coming!
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Comicbook Experiment: Calling all Artists
August 16th, 2009 by Riff
Here’s an idea that came to me the other day and I thought I’d share it with you all dearest reader. Many of us in comicbook fandom land aspire to be a comicbooks writer or artist – we love comics so much we want to be involved in their creation – and frankly I’m no [...]
Tags: comic books, comicbooks, Web Comics, webcomics
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Trending Topic (Comics & Twitter) #comicsIwant
May 29th, 2009 by Riff
It’s taken me a while to get into twitter but I must admit I’m hooked by the phenomenon. It’s a social network in a microcosm – it’s a smorgasbord. You take what you want – it can be fully interactive or it can be as brief as a text message: “We’re going down the pub.” [...]
Tags: #comicsIwant, Brian Bendis, comic books, comicbooks, Daredevil, Gil Scott Heron, Warren Ellis
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Friday Roundup
April 3rd, 2009 by Riff
A weekly round up of news in the world of comics!
Tags: Andy Diggle, Bono, Brian Bendis, comicbooks, Dan DiDio, Daredevil, DC, Ed Brubaker, Freakangels, Joe Quesada, Spider-Man, Stopblubbering, The Edge, Warren Ellis, webcomics
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First Full-Colour E-Book!
March 19th, 2009 by Riff
Ok this is stage 2 of the digital revolution that’s guaranteed to shake up the world of comicbooks: The world’s first colour e-book reader. So far, the typical e-book reader, such as Kindle, has only been able to cope with text. But that can now change – to cope with images. That’s what we want [...]
Tags: comicbooks, crucial, e-books, technology
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Portman in Thor?
March 17th, 2009 by Riff
Looks as though Natalie Portman is Thor’s “love interest” according to Filmonic. The thing is, Thor never really has any love interest. He’s always been the closest that Marvel’s ever gotten to a gay icon, Jack Kirby’s almost andrgynous golden haired prettyboy. Is this perfect then for Josh Hartnett to play the leading role? I’ll [...]
Tags: comicbooks, Josh Hartnett, Marvel, movies, Natalie Portman, Thor
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Peter David vs Scans_Daily
March 2nd, 2009 by Riff
Ouch! Talk about the shit hitting the fan(s). I’ve got to thank my buddy Coin for scouting this one out for me – I must admit it slipped under my radar totally. I’d been occupied doing other things this weekend and hadn’t had a chance to scan the comics press properly today, and I’m not [...]
Tags: comic books, comicbooks, LiveJournal, Peter David, PhotoBucket, Scans_Daily, The Incredible Hulk, writers
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Oeming launches new site
February 26th, 2009 by Riff
Michael Avon Oeming has just launched his new site. Looks cool. I love this guys work both his art and his writing. I’m guessing he’s best known for his work with Brian Bendis on Powers, initially published by Image but now part of Marvel under their Icon imprint. He’s also written a great run on [...]
Tags: art, Brian Bendis, comic art, comicbooks, comics, Cross Bronx, Icon, Image, Image Comics, Mice Templar, Michael Avon Oeming, Oeming, Powers, Thor
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New Trends in Digital Comics
February 25th, 2009 by Riff
As the mainstream comic producers begin to explore what’s now being called “the digital medium” there’s a bit of a buzz on teh interweb tubes regarding how those trends are developing – and there’s a remarkable surge of creativity as the spotlight focusses on this new medium. Marvel are making a big thing of their [...]
Tags: Alex Maleev, Bloody Sugar, Brian Bendis, comic art, comic artists, comic books, comicbook trends, comicbooks, comics, Freakangels, Marvel, news, Spider-Woman, Warren Ellis
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Art or Artifact: Comics as Commodity or Entertainment.
February 22nd, 2009 by Riff
Comicbooks aren’t for kids any more it seems. Hell some of them aren’t for grown-ups either. For many they seem to be a cash cow, an investment, something to be stored in vaults, in plastic (or better still foil) bags, in acid-free cardboard boxes in low ultra-violet light, never to actually be read or enjoyed, [...]
Tags: art, Azrael, Batman, Brian Bendis, Captain America, comic artists, comic books, comicbooks, comics, crucial, Daredevil, DC, Ed Brubaker, Free Comicbook Day, Gene Colan, Greg Ruka, Hellboy, Image Comics, Jack Kirby, John Le Carre, Len Deighton, Marvel, Michael Turner, Powers, Punisher, Queen & Country, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Superman
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