Thursday, April 9, 2015

Comic Round-Up: April 9, 2015

Poison Ivy by Stjepan Sejic

Poison Ivy by Croatia-based Stjepan Sejic

Event: Bryan Konietzko & Michael Dante DiMartino (creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra) and Gene Luen Yang (writer of the ATLA comics as well as Superman, American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, and many more) speak on a panel moderated by novelist Leigh Bardugo at Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, CA where they will break down the components of mythic storytelling on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at noon. A book signing will follow at 1:00 PM. Present as part of the Yallwest book festival in Santa Monica, CA.  RSVP on Facebook!

Event: Writer Scott Snyder (Wytches, The Wake) appears at Midtown Comics Downtown in NYC on Thursday, April 30th at 6:00 pm for a signing of Batman #40! RSVP on Facebook!

Interview: Charlie Cox on Daredevil prep; binging on comics 

Interview: Lucy Knisley reminisces about her favorite places in Chicago and talks about her graphic novels, including the upcoming Something New, a memoir of her wedding 

Interview:  Mike Mignola discusses Hellboy in Hell in a radio interview.
News: The first printing of One Piece, Vol. 77, may have dropped below 4 million, but its sales aren’t slacking. According to Japanese market research firm, the latest volume of Eiichiro Oda’s hit manga has sold nearly 1.67 million copies since its release on Friday, more than seven times that of the No. 2 title on the weekly sales chart, the 67th volume of Tite Kubo’s Bleach.

News: Manga market veteran Dallas Middaugh has been named head of brand and community for digital anime and manga platform Crunchyroll.

Reviews:  Alex Hoffman on The Hospital Suite. Todd Klein on GI Zombie #7. Andy Oliver on Death Of The Artist.

7 of the 10 bestselling comics in comiXology’s recent Marvel sale featured female leads.

Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang provides unvarnished but smart advice on how to break into comics, focusing on how to get to the point where you can make publishable comics.

I generally subscribe to the Evanier Doctrine , which holds that if you move the San Diego Comic-Con out of San Diego, it won’t be the San Diego Comic-Con any more, but CCI’s David Glanzer talk about the importance hotel room availability and moving WonderCon around raises some excellent points.

Is The Spirit a comic book?

Josh Jones walks us through several artists' takes on The Divine Comedy.

Should old comics be recolored when they’re reprinted — as Marvel is doing with Star Wars? John Gholson posted some side-by-side comparisons on Twitter to show how much of a difference coloring makes, and James Whitbrook gathered them up with some additional commentary to make a very interesting article.

Tri-State Comic Con in Huntington, West Virginia, is keeping it simple: It’s a one-day show with a strong emphasis on comics creators.  Here's some local coverage of the event.

The Vision: An in-depth look at Avengers: Age of Ultron's secret weapon

Wednesday was “Draw a Bird Day,” and Steve Martino, director of the upcoming Peanuts film, posted a video encouraging cartoonists to draw Snoopy’s feathered friend Woodstock.


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