Friday, April 3, 2015

Comic Round-Up: April 3, 2015

Deadpool by Clayton Crain

"Deadpool" by Clayton Crain

Event: Dan Mishkin (Blue Devil, Amethyst, Dragonlance, Dungeons & Dragons) will appear at Tonic’s Comics in Oldsmar, FL on Saturday, April 11th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm!  RSVP on Facebook!

Event: Join best-selling author Jillian Tamaki (Skim, This One Summer) at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR on Saturday, May 2nd, at 2:00 pm, for Free Comic Book Day! Jillian will be signing copies of her new Drawn and Quarterly graphic novel, SuperMutant Magic Academy. We will also have lots of copies of her Free Comic Book Day special on hand. RSVP on Facebook!


Interview: Bill Watterson, Richard Thompson Talk Comics 

Interview: Brian Nicholson interviews Connor Willumsen over at TCJ

Interview: Jen Vaughn talks about working at Fantagraphics, leaving Fantagraphics, and her plans for the immediate future, which include drawing a lot of comics. 

Interview: Nigerian creator Roye Okupe talks about his superhero graphic novel E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams, which is set in a futuristic city based loosely on Lagos. 

News: The top-selling graphic novel in the book channel last month was 69th volume of Naruto, according to BookScan. 

Reviews: Todd Klein on Swamp Thing #39. Sean Gaffney on Captain Ken Vols. 1-2. Nick Smith on Room For Love

12 New Science Fiction Comics You Absolutely Need To Be Reading


Chris Sims picks three weird comics from the latest round of DC announcements.

Deb Aoki picks six of her favorite foodie manga.

The disconnect between loving a superhero movie and refusing to pick up the comic that inspired it.

A few months into its run, Kelly Sue DeConnick’s feminist comic book series Bitch Planet is starting to get the attention it deserves. Fans are adopting the series’ notion of “non-compliance”; the biracial origin story of one of the characters hit hard in this week’s Pull List

A History of Marvel Crossovers: The Bronze Age

J. Caleb Mozzocco looks at some of the comics wrapping up with DC's event series.

The Minions Of Despicable Me Will Soon Have Their Own Comic Series

Naruto 's Son Has a Silly Name. Here's Why.

Paste Comics celebrates April Fools’ Day by sharing some favorite humor comics.

Ron Marz writes about the DC offices closing up.

A student editor and a non-student editor write about the decision to run images of Muhammed related to the Charlie Hebdo story.


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