While many of us are finding new ways to entertain ourselves during the pandemic, content creators are wrestling with how to make our shows, comics, games and books safely. The challenges for each industry are unique, as are the challenges faced by individual creators. Sean Chiplock has been a professional voice actor since 2012, and…
Cómix Latinx: Hector Rodriguez on EL PESO HERO: BORDERLAND
A few years ago, we couldn’t have imagined a world where a reality TV show actor could be elected President of the United States. Then we couldn’t imagine our children being taken from their parents and being held in cages where some die. These realities make belief in a super hero that come and save…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Dr. Theresa Rojas and The LatinoGraphix Collection
At Modesto Junior College in California, English Professor Dr. Theresa Rojas has started an important collection of Latinx Comics. What started as a reference collection in her office was enthusiastically encouraged by campus librarian Susan Cassidy and soon became “The LatinoGraphix Collection” with a home in the library. The collection already has sixty titles from…
Interview: Whitta & Robertson Twist OLIVER
This January, a project 15 years in the making is coming to Image Comics. Gary Whitta and Darick Robertson are teaming up to unleash Oliver, a post-apocalyptic twist on….well, Oliver Twist. As you can imagine with this creative team, nothing is what you expect it to be. Whitta and Robertson were kind enough to give…
Interview: Ed Laroche Sounds THE WARNING
Come to the future. Gladiator Two-Six has been deployed against an unknown threat. This is The Warning. Creator Ed Laroche was kind enough to talk about his new series, from Image Comics, which will hit stores November 28, 2018. Aaron Long: So, where did The Warning come from? Has this story been something you’ve been…
Interview: Carlin Looks Into History with MANDELA AND THE GENERAL
Global history has been, and truly still is, wrought with racial tension. One of the biggest examples we have is the apartheid that plagued South Africa for decades and ended within relatively recent history. Nelson Mandela, one of the most famous figures involved with the end of apartheid, was monumental in creating important change. A…
Interview: Steve Orlando Heads into DC’s Future with ELECTRIC WARRIORS
The future is literally now. The DC Universe’s future, that is. With tomorrow’s arrival of Electric Warriors #1 from writer Steve Orlando and artists Travel Foreman and Hi-Fi, the future of the DC Universe restarts from the seeds of Jack Kirby’s Great Disaster. Here to share his thoughts on the impending adventure, Orlando brings us…
Interview: Ben Blacker Talks HEX WIVES
For as long as there have been powerful women, there have been men doing their damnedest to oppress them. With Hex Wives, writer Ben Blacker teams with Mirka Andolfo and Marissa Louise to tell the tale of a group of Witches, stuck in a new kind of war with a group of real bastards. Blacker…
Interview: Shand and Pearson Are Gonna SNAP FLASH HUSTLE Forward
Social media is a huge part of our lives, whether directly or tangentially. What if one of the most accessed and accessible forms of media was a convenient cover for criminal activity? In Pat Shand and Emily Pearson’s Snap Flash Hustle from Black Mask Studio, we get to see firsthand how people can make a…
Interview: Boothby and Lagace Unleash the EXORSISTERS
It’s always a drag when demons are ruining the good things in life. Weddings just aren’t the most fun when a portal from Hell disrupts the show. Luckily, the Exorsisters are around to sort things out. Ian Boothby and Gisèle Lagace’s new creator owned series hits stores October 17th and the two were kind enough to…