Young and mostly silent Jake, the enigmatic hero of the television program Touch, doesn’t look ancient. Nor does he look particularly Greek. But ah – might he be a reincarnation of Pythagoras? Or at least a fictional character inspired by Pythagoras? Who? Okay, for you hordes of non-philosophy majors pit there: Pythagoras was probably the…
UPDATE: Round 3 of the Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament has ended! Vote in the Round 4 Sweet 16 now! We started with over 300 webcomics, and we’re down to 32, while we’ve exposed thousands of people to new webcomics and raised over $750 for the Hero Initiative. Voting for this round lasts until…
The ballot for the 2013 Harvey Awards is now available. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. The 26th Annual Harvey Awards will be presented Saturday, September 7th, 2013 as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con. For…
Last week I had the distinct honor and privilege of dining with my fellow ComicMix columnist Martha Thomases. Whereas I’d love to squawk on and on about the finest fried chicken I’ve ever eaten in Manhattan, it was after I left to go home when things got interesting, weird, surreal… and dangerous. I got to…
Pariah, Missouri: The Graphic Novel Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local Man Uses Kickstarter to Realize His Hollywood Dreams Ventura, California – December 7, 2012 – Doing something creative that you love is a challenge. Finding an audience for your work and getting paid for it is even harder. Andres Salazar understands those struggles. Andres…
Pariah, Missouri: The Graphic Novel Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local Man Uses Kickstarter to Realize His Hollywood Dreams Ventura, California – December 7, 2012 – Doing something creative that you love is a challenge. Finding an audience for your work and getting paid for it is even harder. Andres Salazar understands those struggles. Andres…
New softcover cover by Darwyn Cooke Softcover that is. IDW’s adaptation of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke is now available in softcover. The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the…
Two Companies known for independent creations and innovative storytelling in two different media combine their ideas and creators together for one fantastic series of books! Pro Se Productions, a leader in New Pulp and Action/Adventure Fiction, and Heroic Publishing, a force in independent comics since the mid-1980s, have announced that beginning in 2013, new adventures…
In a very special episode, Tommy Hancock invites four writers- Paul Bishop, Bobby Nash, Mark Squirek and Will Murray- who participated in a very special project with Hancock as a fellow writer and editor- the first originally produced audiobook and ebook from Pulp leader Radio Archives- NIGHTBEAT: NIGHT STORIES! Based on the classic 1950s radio…
On this week’s episode of the White Rocket Podcast (now part of the ESO Network), Author Van Allen Plexico is joined by his longtime friend and collaborative partner, Robert J. Politte for a wide-ranging discussion of superheroes in various media–especially including the new and growing field of independent superhero novels. They also discuss influences from…
PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DISTRIBUTION PULP ARK 2013 DATES AND LOCATION ANNOUNCED! APRIL 26-28TH, 2013 10/14/12 Pro Se Productions, a leading publisher of Heroic and Action/Adventure Fiction as well as the Founder and organizer of Pulp Ark, a writer’s conference/convention that began in Batesville, AR in 2011 announces today the dates for the…
The New York Comic-Con is just a few days away, and I’m packing up my necessities in my bag, along with my towel, and preparing for the show. Above all else, above my new Nintendo 3DS XL to score more SpotPass friends, above the mobile hotspot so I can post all those awesome cosplay pics,…
