By: Jason Boog,
on 4/18/2013
Actor and author Patton Oswalt made a guest appearance on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. During taping, he delivered a sprawling speech outlining his ideas for a new Star Wars movie.
Although the speech mostly got cut, you can watch the complete recording in the video embedded above–a hilarious and awe-inspiring eight-minute fan fiction sermon delivered in a single cut.
Oswalt is the author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 4/10/2013
Comic book fans downloading comics through iOS apps cannot download issue No. 12 of Saga, Brian K. Vaughan‘s critically acclaimed series with Image Comics.
Vaughan issued this statement:
Unfortunately, because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex, Apple is banning tomorrow’s Saga #12 from being sold through any iOS apps. This is a drag, especially because our book has featured what I would consider much more graphic imagery in the past, but there you go. Fiona and I could always edit the images in question, but everything we put into the book is there to advance our story, not (just) to shock or titillate, so we’re not changing s***.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 4/5/2013
The first issue of the Archie Meets Glee comic cross-over series, ARCHIE #641, has sold out. According to the release, “both the regular and variant covers proved equally popular, selling out simultaneously.”
Dan Parent, long-time Archie Comics illustrator and the creator of the Kevin Keller character, worked with colleagues Rich Koslowski and Tito Pena on the covers and the interior art. Glee TV series writer/producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the story.
The second part was released on April 3rd. Part three will hit comicbook stores on May 1st and the final installment will follow on May 29th.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/26/2013
Comic book hero Wolverine got a six-second teaser trailer on Twitter’s Vine, a “tweaser” that pushes the limits of how movie trailer brevity. Director James Mangold joked on Twitter: “I think teasers are going to keep getting shorter and shorter and shorter until they become one sheets.”
We’ve embedded the Vine above. What do you think–can a six-second movie trailer actually be satisfying? If you want more, MTV News has a 20-second trailer for the comic book adaptation. Mashable has more about the movie:
The flick stars Hugh Jackman and comes out July 26. Among the action-packed scenes in the Vine are glimpses of Viper and Silver Samurai, and a short clip of Jean Grey, hinting at the possible return of Famke Janssen‘s character (presumably in flashbacks).
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/18/2013
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The creators of the popular Cyanide & Happiness web comic turned down television deals, raising more than $770,000 on Kickstarter for a DRM-free online show. The campaign is now closed.
The founders explained that “TV, as a medium, doesn’t really work for what we want to do with a Cyanide & Happiness Show.” You can watch a sample short in the video embedded above. In all, 14,242 fans contributed to the campaign. Check it out:
The episodes will be released at the same time every week, with very limited advertising, on our own website, on YouTube, and on several other free streaming websites. You can also get the show in the form of DRM-free, ad-free downloads for a low price per season (in fact it’s one of the pledge rewards). You’ll get an email when a new episode is out, and be able to download it even before it hits YouTube. Do whatever you want with it once you download it. Take it to your friend’s house on a flash drive. Remix it. Print out each amazing frame and roll around naked on top of them. We don’t care.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/14/2013
The third season of The Walking Dead comic book adaptation will conclude this Sunday, undoubtedly one of the biggest nights for television drama this year.
Below, we’ve linked to free samples of the six graphic novels containing the epic arc of the current story on the cable television show with some eye-popping ratings.
While the television show has already diverged from the comic book series, the graphic novels contain lots of spoilers for fans of the show.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 2/21/2013
How many performance enhancing drugs have you used during your writing career?
While many sports are plagued with chemical cheats, artist Grant Snider outlined Performance Enhancing Drugs for Writers in a web comic public service announcement (embedded above).
Snider explained: “I don’t advocate drug use — unless it leads to great works of literature.” If you want to share his PSA with your friends, you can also buy a poster version of the comic.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 2/14/2013
Zach Weiner, creator of the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) web comic, drew six hours of free cartoons on Reddit to promote his new book.
Here’s the original post, it drew thousands of comments on the popular site: “I have a new book coming out, and so… for the next 6 hours, I’ll draw whatever you want … I did this a while back and was doing full color art. This time I’m gonna do quicker sketches so I can try to get to more people’s requests. A humble request: So I can get to more people, please keep it simple! No Jesus riding a pterodactyl who is also Batman and Batman is a jedi but he’s on fire and wearing Dr. Who’s scarf, which is also Batman.”
So far, the comic creator has raised more than $231,000 on Kickstarter for a new book of comics called SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543.
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By: Dianna Dilworth,
on 7/19/2012
Comic book writer Chuck Dixon, whose resume includes co-creating the Batman villain Bane (as well as a whole slew of other characters), refuted conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh‘s conspiracy theory that Bane represents Mitt Romney.
Dixon told ComicBook.com: ”The idea that there’s some kind of liberal agenda behind the use of Bane in the new movie is silly. I refuted this within hours of the article in the Washington Examiner suggesting that Bane would be tied to Bain Capital and Mitt Romney appearing. Bane was created by me and Graham Nolan and we are lifelong conservatives and as far from left-wing mouthpieces as you are likely to find in comics.”
Dixon said that the he did not have politics in mind when he created the character, but said that he would be more of an “Occupy Wall Street type,” if he were to be compared to a modern day political figure.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 7/20/2012
A gunman opened fire outside of a screening of The Dark Knight Rises last night, an unthinkable tragedy in Aurora, Colorado.
We will use this page to collect ways you can help the victims and community of Aurora, Colorado during this difficult time. The best way to help is to donate to the Mile High Red Cross, the Red Cross branch serving the city of Aurora–follow this link to donate. If you know of other organizations who will help the city recover, email GalleyCat the information.
CNN has more about the shooting: “A heavily armed gunman tossed tear gas into the darkness of an Aurora, Colorado movie theater Friday and then sprayed the audience with gunfire during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie, killing 12 and wounding 38 others, authorities said.”
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/10/2012
TV writer Tim Heiderich and writer/illustrator Mike Rosen hope to raise $2,800 on Kickstarter for Misunderstanding Comics, a project responding to Scott McCloud‘s 1993 graphic novel, Understanding Comics. We’ve embedded a video about the project above–what do you think?
Here’s more about the project: “Join us as we turn a jaundiced eye toward all that is wrong with the ‘invisible art.’ Every innovative idea that still shuffles along past its much- deserved death, every awful web comic that still manages to rack up a million page views with recycled Star Wars jokes, the once great artists and writers who have become caricatures of their former selves, and the new talent ready to discover bold new ways to sell out. You won’t understand comics until you misunderstand them.”
Welcome to our Kickstarter Publishing Project of the Week, a feature exploring how authors and publishers are using the fundraising site to raise money for book projects. If you want to start your own project, check out How To Use Kickstarter to Fund Your Publishing Project.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 9/12/2012
Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis explained why he killed a major Marvel Comics figure in Avengers vs. X-Men No. 11, declaring in a frank interview: “I was very happy that we voted to whack…”
SPOILER ALERT: Below, we will include excerpts from the interview and reveal who is the character killed in the comic.
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By: Dianna Dilworth,
on 9/13/2012
Amazon’s content production arm Amazon Studios has released a digital comic book called Blackburn Burrow, a haunted story set in the Civil War America.
Writer Jay Levy brought the piece to Amazon’s content arm as a screenplay for a feature film but after comments from the Amazon community, the idea evolved into a digital comic adaptation. If it proves popular, the comic may be adapted as a motion picture.
On the product listing page, Amazon asks readers, “Should this story be made into a movie? Tell us what you think at blackburnburrowsurvey.com.” The comic is available through Amazon and Graphicly as a free download. The next issue will be released in October.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 9/17/2012
Somewhere in NYC, a cop is listening to an angry short artist in heels spewing obscenities in four different languages #freemollycrabapple
— Warren Ellis (@warrenellis) September 17, 2012
Artist Molly Crabapple was arrested during Occupy Wall Street anniversary protests today. She recorded her own arrest on Twitter.
The Marvel and DC Comics artist instantly earned responses from writers online, getting online support from Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis and journalist Laurie Penny. Ellis even launched a #freemollycrabapple hashtag on Twitter. Crabapple recently used Kickstarter to fund Shell Game, an angry work dedicated to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Here’s more from Ellis: “Interestingly, what evidently happens is that NYPD insisted everyone get on the pavement, and once they were on the pavement they were arrested. What I am pleased about is that Molly’s arrest wasn’t one of the violent ones – because nobody in the NYC power structure gives a shit about sending the message that they will beat non-violent protestors to show how devoted they are to preserving the peace of breakfast in the financial district – and that, frankly, she gets to see the inside of a black maria and a cop shop. Because that is going to give her a wealth of new stuff to draw angry, in the mode of her Shell Game pieces.”
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By: Jason Boog,
on 9/28/2012
Author Neil Gaiman made a guest appearance in JL8 the past few weeks, sharing some literary wisdom with a grade school-aged Superman and Batman.
Check out the bi-weekly web comic in reverse order on Tumblr. However, you can read the whole Gaiman series by following these links (in order): JL8 #69, then JL8 #70, then JL8 #71, then JL8 #72 and conclude with JL8 #73
Here’s more about the comic: “‘JL8′ is a side project of ‘Gifted’ creator Yale Stewart. A weekly webcomic, it follows the adventures of popular DC comic characters as children in elementary school. Mostly funny, with a dash of pathos, it should be an enjoyable read for any fans of DC Comics characters as well as people who enjoy the traditional syndicated comic strip. ‘JL8′ is not related to DC Comics in any way, and is created for the sole purpose of entertainment.”
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By: Jason Boog,
on 10/30/2012
Disney will acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, promising to bring Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015 (“with more feature films expected”) as it takes control of the science fiction franchise.
Disney paid $4 billion for Marvel Comics in 2009. Lucasfilm co-chair Kathleen Kennedy will be the new president of Lucasfilm, working with Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn.
Lucasfilm CEO George Lucas had this statement: ”For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next … It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I’m confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come.”
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 11/1/2012
Papercutz will release a new Nancy Drew graphic novel series about the famous detective’s early years. Since 2005, the publisher has released 23 Nancy Drew comic titles. Volume No. 1 of Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew is titled “Small Volcanoes.”
Husband-and-wife writing duo Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney will write the stories; both have worked with Papercutz on the Nancy Drew comics. Artist Stan Goldberg will illustrate.
Here’s more from the release: ”Drew family’s top-secret case files once again to reveal the mysteries that abounded in River Heights when Nancy was only eight-years-old. Her best friends George, Bess, and Ned are still helping her out, and their friendship is almost as important to solving these middle-grade crimes as their unparalleled smarts.”
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 12/4/2012
Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books partnered with indie comics publisher Bluewater Productions to create a graphic novel entitled Killing Geronimo: The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
The book focuses on the Navy SEAL Team Six mission that killed Osama Bin Laden. The book has been released today. Artist James Boulton illustrated. Writers Jerome Maida and Darren G. Davis collaborated wrote the story.
Maida had this statement in the release: “This is an epic story nearly ten years in the making. It’s like a true-to-life Jason Bourne novel. And like those Ludlum books, it’s a complex labyrinth of intrigue, danger and politics culminating in an action-packed ending.” (Via CNN)
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By: Jason Boog,
on 12/9/2012
Someday will we be nostalgic about our good old-fashioned Kindle or Nook?
In his “For Lack of a Better Comic” strip, artist Jacob Andrews imagined how we will talk about eReaders and digital books in the future.
If you liked the comic, check out the complete “For Lack of a Better Comic” archive at this link.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 12/21/2012
Inspired by a GalleyCat post about the best gift you can give a writer, author and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi drew a Will Write for Chocolate cartoon (embedded above) illustrating our simple gift idea.
Give the writer in your life some extra time to write: “There are countless ways to give the writer in your life some extra time: let them borrow your office on the weekends; buy them a stay in a nearby bed and breakfast; promise to babysit on a weekday evening; purchase a mountain of gift certificates to your local coffee shop; volunteer to do their household chores for a day; buy them a spot in a weekend retreat; in short, do anything it takes to help your writer find a few consecutive hours of peace and quiet to write. They will never forget that gift.” continued…
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By: Jason Boog,
on 1/17/2013
The creators of the popular web comic Cyanide & Happiness revealed that they have walked away from three cable network discussions. Co-founder Kris Wilson explained: “We firmly believe the entertainment industry is changing, and the Internet will eventually become the only way people watch shows.”
Instead of creating a TV show based on the comic, they will raise money on Kickstarter and build a web based show. Here’s more from the site:
As some of you may know, we’ve been negotiating a Cyanide & Happiness TV show with a cable network for a while now. What you guys may not know is that this is actually the latest of three TV show talks we’ve been in. We walked away from the first two due to rights and creative control issues. We thought that we could settle those issues in the third deal, but things didn’t quite work out as we hoped. Today, we are letting you all know that we’ve officially walked away from this TV deal as well, for similar reasons as the first two. We’re starting to realize that TV as an industry just isn’t compatible with what we want to do with our animation: deliver it conveniently to a global audience, something we’ve been doing all along with our comics these past eight years. That’s just the nature of television versus the Internet, I suppose.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 1/25/2013
Do you think Amazon.com is a major force in the world?
The webcomic xkcd compared the outflow of the Amazon River to Amazon’s massive shipping powers, discovering that Mother Nature dwarfs the online retailer (comic embedded above).
If you want to extend the metaphor, here’s more about the Amazon River outflow from the National Science Foundation:
The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume; it also has the largest drainage basin on the planet, accounting for some one fifth of Earth’s total river flow. Because of its vast dimensions, it’s sometimes called “the river sea.” The Amazon River’s outflow covers an area more than twice the size of the state of Texas for several months each year, said Ajit Subramaniam, a biological oceanographer at Columbia University
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By: Jason Boog,
on 2/7/2013
The third season of The Walking Dead comic book adaptation will return to AMC on Sunday, bringing the violent and dark zombie show back to water-cooler conversation around the country.
Below, we’ve linked to free samples of the six graphic novels containing the epic arc of the current story on the cable television show with some eye-popping ratings.
While the television show has already diverged from the comic book series, the graphic novels contain lots of spoilers for fans of the show.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 2/13/2013
Nearly 8,000 readers have signed a petition at All Out, protesting DC Comics’ decision to hire science fiction author Orson Scott Card to write the first issue of Adventures of Superman.
Card has been an outspoken critic of gay marriage, drawing criticism from some fans. Zeus Comics in Dallas has already decided not carry the print edition of the comic. Here’s an excerpt from the online petition:
He’s written publicly that he believes marriage equality would lead to the end of civilization. He’s also on the board of a notorious anti-equality organization. We need to let DC Comics know they can’t support Orson Scott Card or his work to keep LGBT people as second-class citizens. They know they’re accountable to their fans, so if enough of us speak out now, they’ll hear us loud and clear. Sign and share!
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 7/18/2012
Can you imagine the Penny Arcade webcomic site without advertisements? Co-creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik have launched a Kickstarter campaign to see if they can cut out ads on the site.
Above, we’ve embedded a video about the project–what do you think? So far, they have raised more than $318,000 which allows them to remove the “leaderboard ad.” A completely ad-free homepage would require $525,000.
In addition to less ads, backers can earn different rewards that range from an original six-page Automata strip to a free online version of Twisp & Catsby children’s book.
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