The modern era of comics is built for short attention spans, all miniseries and limited runs and hot new creators, emphasizing new “jump-on issues” and trying to ignore that vastly more people are jumping off, every chance they get. Some of that is effect, some of it is cause; it’s been a spiral since the…
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 18, 2021) â Entrepreneur Josh Jones has acquired the animated film and television rights to Groo the Wanderer , legendary cartoonist Sergio Aragonésâ beloved comics character , with the intent of producing the characterâs first-ever animated entertainment via Jonesâ Did I Err Productions company. Groo the Wanderer, now in its landmark…
Fantastic Four No. 1: Panel by Panel By Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear, Mark Evanier, and Tom Brevoort Abrams ComicsArts, 240 pages, $40 The first title to usher in the Marvel Age of Comics has been previously annotated in other books, most notably one five years ago. But here, designer Chip Kidd does his usual in-depth…
Something can be both an obvious idea and a bad idea. I think we’ve all had that weird vertiginous feeling when looking down from a great height, like we want to jump off. Nearly all of us manage to foil that impulse, and, of the few who don’t, a large proportion have tethers or parachutes…
Mark Evanier has been writing and collecting stories from various other comics editors about freelancers who do or do not get their work in on time, and the motivations for why they might end up delivering late: The artist was a freelancer who worked for many companies and editors. I absolutely sympathize with anyone in…
Would you like to know how to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode? O.K. That was a trick question. There are plenty of ways to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode. It’s our fault, really. Many of us had children. But I digress. One way to make a baby boomer fanboy’s head explode…
When Leonard Nimoy died, several comic conventions paused for a moment of silence as fans offered up the Vulcan salute. Those were lovely gestures as the nerd community showed how beloved the actor, and his signature role, was to them. I wish that BatmanâÃÂÃÂs Adam West had a signature gesture like that. A hands-on-hips pose…
Prolific artist Will Meugniot has worked in comic book, animation, picture books, and more. All Pulp recently sat down with Will to talk about his career, his artistic influences, the differences between working in animation and comics, plus his pulp interests. Click on the art for a larger view.AP: Tell us a little about yourself…
I regret to announce that my friend Gene Colan died at about 11 pm on June 23. Gene spent this last week in a quasi-coma state following a broken hip and complications from liver disease. He was 84. I am terribly saddened to lose Gene. He was a gentle and deeply spiritual man, a bright…
With this many twos, you’d think the Harvey was Harvey Dent. The 2009 Harvey Awards were given out tonight at the Baltimore Comic-Con in a ceremony MC’d by double nominee Scott Kurtz. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. All-Star Superman repeated the…
Above: Zoorasian Brass, from Yokohama, Japan, with musicians in animal suits. Now compare to the right: Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle’s Whodunnit? comic, with Noah Zark, a rock band on the cover– musicians in animal suits. Came out in 1986 from Eclipse. Dear heavens– that’s so long ago I think this means Mark Evanier invented…
The memorial panel for the late great writer Steve Gerber was about as eclectic as he was. The panel began with a slideshow tribute to Steve’s work, set to the tune of the Beatles’ “Revolution.” Moderator Mark Evanier and Steve’s friends and relatives made sure Gerber’s spirit was as much in attendance as it could…
