Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Comic Round-Up: April 1, 2015

Sketch Sunday: The JokerCreated by Art Thibert

"The Joker" by Art Thibert

Event: Artist Matthew Fox will appear at Elite Comics in Overland Park, KS on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM to sign the first issue of UFOlogy from BOOM! Studios! RSVP on Facebook!

Event: Gareth Hinds will appear at The Blue Bunny Books in Dedham, MA on Friday, April 17, 2014 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm to read from and discuss his graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.  RSVP on Facebook!

Interview: Chris Mafigiri Mugarura, one of the few independent comics creators in Uganda, talks about his comic Children of War, and about creating a uniquely African medium.

Interview:  The Comics Journal posts Gary Groth’s interview with the late Irwin Hasen, one of the last of the Golden Age artists and the creator of the newspaper strip Dondi.

News: The Supreme Court has turned down the latest Zombie Stan Lee Media appeal

News: The winners of the 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize were announced Monday. 

Agents of SHIELD's Eyeless Inhuman Makes Marvel Comic Debut

Both DC and Dynamite indicate on their comics that the paper they are printed on is certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative; Reed Beebe looks at what that means — and what it doesn’t.

CBR also wrapped up its Top 25 Women Writers and Artists lists, as chosen by readers. You can argue—no Posey Simmonds or Elaine Lee!—but both lists go way beyond The Usual Suspects.

ComicBookResources looks at The Ins and Outs of Star Wars Canon

I don’t agree with all of these 8 Reasons Why 2015 Is Already A Better Year for Comics Than 2014 but they aren’t bad.


Paste Magazine also wraps up the month with 12 Women Who Have Helped Transform the Comic Book Industry and it’s a pretty good list.

Pick up some new titles from the Heroines Who Rule comics sale on Google Play.


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