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Category Archives: Comic News
Second Annual Fund-raising Drive Against Human Trafficking Goes Live
110+ Comic Creators Donate Art
Press Release: Comic Creators Alliance announced today that their second annual fund-raising drive to raise funds to fight against human trafficking goes live on January 11, 2011. Lora Innes, a comic creator herself, started the yearly drive to coincide with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in 2010. Last year’s drive raised a staggering ten thousand dollars … read more
Stan Lee’s The Guardian Project Graphic Novels up for Grabs
Stan Lee’s latest venture, The Guardian Project, has been unveiling its 30 new superhero creations – each based on a different NHL team – on a daily basis according to user votes on Facebook.
Those voting in the daily match-ups are automatically in with a chance to win one of 10 Limited Edition Guardian Project Graphic Novels per … read more
Stan Lee’s Guardian Project Line-Up Revealed January
Fans of craptacular Marvel Comics creation NFL Superpro may soon have reason to rejoice. Stan Lee, in partnership with Guardian Media Entertainment and POW! Entertainment, has announced his new series The Guardian Project, an NHL-themed superhero title. Continue reading
Ted Rall Returns to Afghanistan
When Ted Rall decided that the media wasn’t giving him the full story on the situation in Afghanistan, he took a page out of Joe Sacco’s Palestine and set off to report from his first hand experiences. The result of that 2001 journey was To Afghanistan & Back. The book is reportedly considered to have been the first “instant … read more
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Tagged comic strips, comix, indie comics, Ted Rall, underground comics
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Ron Roach’s 900-page Epic ‘Armageddon Quest’ Needs YOU!
Killing the Grizzly, a new literary agency specialising in graphic novels, is currently embarking on a personal mission to get Ron Roach’s 900-page epic Armageddon Quest published.
For those unfamiliar with the comic (as I was), Armageddon Quest has taken Roach nearly 20 years to complete. The black and white graphic novel, which “chronicles the life of the Anti-Christ … read more
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Tagged graphic novels, indie comics, self-published, small press
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Competition: 5 Digital Copies of ‘Coffee’ Up For Grabs
Shelfabuse.com has five eBook copies of Mark Fisman’s Coffee to give a way. It’s a surreal but hyper-stylish graphic novel that will appeal to fans of such writers as William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson and Jeff Noon. A preview containing the first two chapters of Coffee can be read at http://marcfiszman.com.
From my Coffee review:
“Coffee takes … read more
Vote for Lincoln Butterfield, Win an RIP M.D. Graphic Novel
Now, here’s an odd little competition. Lincoln Butterfield Animation are currently giving away a copy of their latest all-ages book RIP M.D., as well as offering a personalised caricature as part of the ‘Will the real Lincoln Butterfield please stand up?’ promotion.
Several artists have each illustrated their idea of exactly what a personified Lincoln Butterfield (the name of … read more
Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone
Pocket God digital comic app explodes to the top
(San Diego, CA – August 10, 2010) Ape Entertainment announced today that their iPhone comic book app for the Pocket God property is currently ranked in the top twenty five of all apps in the paid comic book category. The app exploded after release on August 3rd 2010 and is … read more
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Tagged children's comics, comic books, Digital Comics, indie comics
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Cognito Comic’s Operation Ajax Debuts on iPad Active Reader
While digitally distributed comics are nothing new, it arguably took the unveiling of the iPad to not only get the medium some much needed mainstream attention, but to give us geeks something to read said digital comics with on the go. All, while flaunting that super slick, super shiny screen, naturally.
Emerging publisher Cognito Comics has debuted its first graphic … read more
‘Isness’ Fotonovel Project Seeks Donors
A bunch of Brooklyn creatives led by multimedia artist Stavit Allweis need your donations to help fund Isness, a gruesome fotonovela chronicling the last 24 hours in the lives of the sole surviving family of a post-apocalyptic future.
For those unaware of what exactly a fotonovela is, the format was essentially a comic book with photos instead of illustrations. … read more
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