I have nothing against superheroes or anything like that, any genre. I have no real ill feelings about it except for the fact that it dominates people’s minds; […]
The economics of comics is bad, no other entertainment form has increased in price adjusting for inflation harder than comics. It’s $3.99 right now for a comic. Which […]
100 million dollars – that’s what they spent on the Watchmen film which nearly didn’t come out because of the lawsuit, that’s what they spent on The League […]
Comic artists have been devalued to the point where you could argue public perception is of them as almost secondary creators, and certainly fungible ones in the comic […]
There is more integrity in comics. It sounds simplistic, but I believe there is a formula that you can apply to almost any work of modern culture… The […]
The poisonous touch of capitalism may not be new, and it certainly does not exist only within the comic pages, but it is disappointing to see that the […]
The main reason why comics can’t work as films is largely because everybody who is ultimately in control of the film industry is an accountant. These people may […]
The most energizing thing about comics these days is you don’t have to be in any school. Each and every gem of a comic seems to exist in […]
And so, as we could have predicted, Amazon wrecks Comixology. What has it been, less than a month since Jeff Bezos bought the most promising tool for renewing […]
Anyone can publish now, and there are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is […]
Doing one’s work and eschewing more financially beneficial options might seem groundbreaking to people who are used to consuming mass marketed things, but in the world of indie […]
Style is a capitalist invention. It’s a trademark. It’s very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn’t my first concern. I […]
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 […]
Since I have a comic store, it’s easy to have a display up front. If I make a pitch to someone asking if they want to read my […]