“Spain” Rodriquez and “Che” Guevara. Manuel and Ernesto. Two legends, one living, the other, well, not so much. Spain has been a cartoonist for more than 40 years, one of the first and most visible and influential storytellers of the underground comix movement. While others were preoccupied (often brilliantly) with their X-rated tributes to Harvey…
NBC rolls the dice in a big way with a three hour relaunch of Heroes this Monday. After nine months away, and a weak second season as well, can they overcome it all? Milo Ventimiglia thinks so and in our exclusive interview, he explains it all, plus: The World’s Most Dangerous Milkman in a movie?…
Are you going to the Baltimore Comic-Con at the end of the month? So are we! And we’ve got something special for you. In honor of the first anniversary of our announcement of our comics publishing program at last year’s show, we’re testing three graphic novel collections of recently completed stories from ComicMix. You’ll…
The season premier for Heroes is Monday and NBC promises their website will feature more micro-sites. These specialized areas are promised to delve into secrets revealed on air, plus more graphic novel material, more cast commentaries and more webisodes beginning in December. In October, a special heroes vs. villains social network launches. Meantime, the paperback…
Framelight Prods. Has opened its doors for business and has promised to take edgy and innovative graphic novels and turn them into exciting feature films for Fanboys of all ages. They also happen to be fairly obscure properties. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the company is fronted by producer Jeffrey Erb and entrepreneur Robert Robinson…
The Good Neighbors, Book One: Kin By Holly Black and Ted Naifeh Scholastic/Graphix, September 2008, $16.99 Holly Black is a major writer for young people – one-half of the team behind the phenomenally popular “[[[Spiderwick Chronicles]]]” (along with Tony DiTerlizzi) and the author of three dark contemporary-fantasy novels for teens, starting with Tithe. Getting her…
Now you can get actual, beautiful printed copies of a few of the best comics ComixMix has offered, but these will be true collector’s items. Details right here, plus: Beau Smith packs cowboys, pirates and Nazis in a new comic Sarah Palin gets an action figure or three Missing a comic? We’ve got the update…
Last of the Funnies is a new novelette from Mike Cope, a Canadian cartoonist. The 80-page book has garnered some positive comment with Editor& Publisher noting, “One thing the book wrestles with is the issue of digital copyrights in a virtually paperless world. Cope also pays homage to characters, people, and organizations tied to comics…
IDW has announced an October 1 release for the hardcover collection of Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft. The book is from novelist Joe Hill who created the miniseries for the publisher and was surprised by its enthusiastic reception. It has since been optioned by Dimension Films. Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, written by…
Harvey Pekar: Conversations is a new collection of interviews with the celebrated graphic novelist. Now available from the University Press of Mississippi, the book spans 25 years of interviews that have been drawn from a wide variety of places, from fanzines and radio to The Washington Post. The book was assembled by Mike Rhode who…
A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child By Rick Geary NBM/ComicsLit, August 2008, $15.95 Rick Geary has been chronicling in comics form the crimes of past ages since “An Unsolved Murder,” one of his earliest stories. Most of those stories have been funneled into his “[[[Treasury of Victorian Murder]]]” series – first an…
Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars is now available for pre-order. The Teraport Wars is the fourth collection of Schlock Mercenary strips to make it into publication; in true George Lucas style, Book 3 and Book 4 were released first. This book fits between The Tub of Happiness and Under New Management, and with it the…
