Turnstyle News features Secret Headquarters in new comics-themed series The...
Turnstyle spotlights hipster Silver Lake comic book store Secret Headquarters in a new NPR-style slideshow/audio series by Noah J. Nelson called The Funnybook Business. I’m interested to see how the...
View Article7 Billion People in 6 Pages of Comics
7 Billion, Unpacked by Lisa Hymas, Thomas Pitilli & Warp Graphics (Grist) Even environmental news and commentary site Grist understands the power of comics. Grist co-founder Lisa Hymas teamed up...
View ArticleTag Team Art Battle: Axel Gimenez vs. Chris Faccone / Hordak vs. Skeletor
Here’s a fun collaboration idea with some ’80s nostalgia to give it that extra oomph. Two artists jam on a piece of two characters battling it out. Axel Giménez (Action Comics) started out drawing the...
View ArticleTheater and Graphic Novel Hybrid to hit Los Angeles in 2012
Nick Cernoch as Josh Jaxson The acclaimed Furious Theatre Company is producing the world premiere of a unique show that brings the graphic novel and theater together. NOgoodDEED is the creation of...
View ArticleSimpsons writer lampoons comics world in Learn To Draw vids
The Simpsons writer/producer and The Doozies cartoonist Tom Gammill has a fun video series called Learn to Draw that, despite the title, will not teach aspiring cartoonists how to draw. Instead it...
View ArticleStan Lee: Real vs. Fake
After the last two days, I think we need something to lighten things up before we head off to the Thanksgiving weekend. If someone thinks about comic books long enough to consider that people actually...
View ArticleWeb-Series Makes Use of Comic Book Talent
The new web-series Shelf Life debuted recently on YouTube. Conceived and produced by voice-actors Yuri Lowenthal (Ben 10) and Tara Platt (Naruto) of Monkey Kingdom Productions, the comedy delivers...
View Article3D Manga Breaks Boundaries of Page
Initially posted to Twitter, an innovative manga by artist Yūsuke Murata (Eyeshield 21) expands the artist’s canvas, merging elements of arts & crafts, photography and graffiti/street art to the...
View ArticleThank you, Comic Books!
“Don’t Rush Thanksgiving” by Randy Bish (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 9, 2009) Happy Thanksgiving, America! You can live in any country to express some gratitude. So, The Comics Observer crew...
View ArticleOnline “Best of 2012″ Comics Lists
Happy New Year! The Comics Observer will be returning to our regular weekly schedule (more or less). But first, to kick things off: a list of lists for the listophiles. 2012 was another amazing year...
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