Posts Tagged ‘comics’
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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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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Time for a Rethink?
October 7th, 2009 by Riff
Musings over the future direction of this site and or blog. Whither now?
Tags: Ashes, comics, Crucial Comicbooks, Opinion, WordPress
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Captain America 600
May 13th, 2009 by Riff
So here’s some exciting tease from Marvel about Captain America Issue #600. Now, regular readers will recall the teaser I published here a week or so ago; the white star on a solid black background. I can’t be certain but I wonder if those events aren’t connected in some way.That said “July” The solicitation data [...]
Tags: Captain America, comics, Ed Brubaker, Marvel, Stan Lee, Steve Rogers
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Quesada: Writing for Comics
April 16th, 2009 by Riff
Joe Quesada is prolific – especially on Twitter (arguably he should have written “Daredevil: Father” on Twitter, it would have run to schedule then.) When he speaks, those of you serious about breaking into the comics industry should listen. He doesn’t mince words – he tells it like is is, succinctly, no soap, in an [...]
Tags: comics, Joe Quesada, Marvel
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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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Superhero: Make your own!
February 23rd, 2009 by Riff
Some people get their knickers in a twist because “it can’t be done.” An online character creator where you can make your own superhero, spec out the look and the powers and then… well most of the time you end up looking at it. Hero Machine have been doing it for a number of years, [...]
Tags: City of Heroes, comic art, comics, internet radio, Marvel, webcomics
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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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Pet Avengers Assembling (after Walkies)
February 19th, 2009 by Riff
Marvel’s Marvellous Mutts (and other animals) spring into action with the new Pet Avengers series, lead by Lockjaw (technically he’s an Inhuman umm dog) but this looks like an off beat whimsical and fun mini-series. Nothing too serious here but a great idea and I think Chris Eliopoulos will do a sterling job. It also [...]
Tags: comic artists, comic books, comicbooks, comics, Frog Thor, Lockheed, Lockjaw, Marvel, Pet Avengers, Squirrel Girl
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