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Meet the cartoonists behind Cartoon Network?s hottest shows (Part One)
There's so many cartoonists working at Cartoon Network we couldn't fit 'em all in one post! This first post features interviews with cartoonists/animators Martin Cendreda, Hellen Jo, Michael DeForge and many more.
Nice art: Mike Allred draws Daredevil #17
DAREDEVIL continues to be the superhero book that proves that "nice art" can be better than "house style" as Mike Allred takes over for an issue. Mark Waid continues to write.
Marvel TV update: Hulk yes; Alias and Punisher no
The "Upfronts" have taken/are taking place somewhere in Hollywood and New York and although it sounds like a bra convention, what it really means is the networks are parading their new shows for 2012-13 in front of TV reporters. The big comics news was a greenlight for the Green Arrow tv show -- minus the arrow -- but Marvel stuff also has some motion.
The strange case of the stolen Joe Simon Artwork
Daniel Best is at it again, this time with the decade spanning story of Joe Simons's stolen artwork and a subsequent investigation by the FBI:
Kibbles ?n? Bits, 5/17/12: A bumper crop
Gosh, it's a busy world! Links about Alison Bechdel, Pixar, Urasawa, convention news bits, and so on.
Review: Jason on THE AVENGERS
Jason, the great cartoonist of I KILLED ADOLF HITLER, ATHOS IN AMERICA, and so on, is the person who didn't like THE AVENGERS:
Review: Battleship (2012)
Oh, Alexander Skarsgard. I could watch a whole movie of him standing on the bridge of a ship and giving tense orders. "Starboard!" "Aft!" "Hard to port!" "Fire when ready!"
Who Believes In You?
The anniversary of Jim Henson's passing gets me thinking...
MUST READ: The Oral History of Countdown to Final Crisis
Or: how did we get here anyway? Chris Eckert does something we're surprised more ~~anal retentive fans~~ internet researchers haven't done, and collates Five Years Later: The Oral History of Countdown to Final Crisis using the plethora of internet interviews that flooded the comics internets in the innocent days of 2007. Although, as Eckert points out, a lot of material from that era has been removed, including most of Newsarama and The Pulse, to name but two. So what was Countdown?
Dark Horse announces more pre-Code anthologies
From the gory, lurid world of pre-Code comics....Dark Horse is putting together some kick-ass collections -- in fact, you'll soon be able to read the insides of all those comics that we post whenever we're sick or late or whatever. ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN indeed.
Photo parade: the adorable foxes of Colleen Doran
Of course, they are still wild animals!
Interview: Regular Show creator JG Quintel on indie comics and cartoons
A chat with JG Quintel, creator of Cartoon Network's Regular Show about British TV sensibility, the Leprechaun Movies, and why good indie comics artists can also make for good animators. Featuring a special guest appearance by Regular Show storyboarder and cartoonist, Benton Connor.
Kickstarter: The Graphic Textbook hits goal
With 46 hours to go, Reading With Pictures has reached their funding goal for The Graphic Novel Textbook! There's still time left to pledge and get a great anthology of comics!
Smell like Hulk with Marvel?s Official Avengers Perfume
Why not get that smell of burnt Watchmen toast out of your pores by indulging in some Avengers perfume?
On the Scene: Jimmy Aquino at the Bristol Comic Expo
by Jimmy Aquino --
The Bristol Comic Expo was held in Bristol, UK this weekend on May 12-13 at The Passenger Shed in Brunel's Old Station. I was over to cover for my podcast COMIC NEWS INSIDER and The Beat as well as see friends. I've attended Bristol Expo 2 previous times. First in 2008 when it was the train station like this year. And again in 2010 when it was split between the Ramada and Mercure hotels. I was happy to see it back in the station as it kept everything (except for panels) in one place. When I first came back in 2008, it was the biggest comics show in the UK. Now, with the massive proliferation of other shows, some feel it has been hurt by this trend especially since there are literally 2 more in a row in London. I still found it quite a vibrant show with lots of great UK talent exhibiting. From small press unknowns trying to make a name to the big names in UK comics, it was a great array of comic folks.