Reading comics should be a social activity. I don’t know why this surprised me, but it did; buying comics is a social activity.
I tell stories to connect to people, and because I think we all share many universal experiences albeit with individual twists.
If you’re a cartoonist (and this has something to do with the way cartoonists are perceived in literary and scientific circles), a lot of people I wrote to, […]
There seems to be so much more opportunity here [USA], and I admit that I got tired of wading against the tide back home. British publishing, for all […]
According to my hyper-literate, arithmetically-impaired brain, comics are, at first glance, 50% writing and 50% art. In reality, the scales are probably tilted a little more toward 25% […]
With most comics priced between $3 and $4, and since very few folks put out single issue stories aymore, I find it a continual struggle whether to buy […]
Much of the medium is stuck in a spandex ghetto. But that’s largely due to the limited perception the American consumer has of comics. The truth is we […]
Comics doesn’t mean superheroes. If you’re only interested in talking about superhero comics, for instance at your “women and comics” event, then call it “women and superhero comics”. […]