Vault Comics is one of the newer publishers hitting the scene with diverse creators and content, home to Heathen by Natasha Alterici, Zojaqan by Colin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Nathan Goodan, and now Maxwell’s Demons by writer Deniz Camp and artist Vittorio Astone. Camp was on hand to walk through some of the influences behind…
Interview: Alex de Campi on Bringing ASTONISHER to Life
Since Free Comic Book Day in May, Lion Forge Comics has come out of the dugout swinging with one new title a month to add to its Catalyst Prime shared universe. And this week, we are introduced to Astonisher. Joining artist Pop Mhan is writer Alex de Campi, who was on hand to share a…
Interview: James Robinson on WONDER WOMAN and the Jason Question
It’s been over a year since Geoff Johns dropped the bomb in Justice League and DC Universe: Rebirth. Not only was Grail, daughter of Darkseid, born on Themyscira in the same early hours as Diana, but Diana herself did not come into the world alone. Her younger twin, Jason, was also born of the union…
Interview: Jeremy Whitley Returns to the High Seas with PRINCELESS
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been noticing a severe lack of all-ages lesbian pirate adventures in my comic stack lately. While Raven, the Pirate Princess — and her older sister title Princeless — have been on a little break from Action Lab Entertainment, the titles are ready to come roaring back this fall…
Interview: Kwanza Osajyefo on Forging a Path for BLACK
The world changed last year, in more ways than one. A comic by the name of BLACK found its way onto Kickstarter, and ultimately to monthly publication from Black Mask Studio, as a comic where it’s revealed that only Black People can get superpowers! The series recently wrapped up it’s six-issue run for Book One…
Interview: Lopresti and Simone Reunite for WONDER WOMAN/CONAN
Wonder Woman is certainly having a banner year, between the epic success of her film and a critically-acclaimed ongoing title. And now, two of Wonder Woman’s acclaimed past creators are back to tell a brand new story, teaming the Amazon Princess with the original Barbarian himself, Conan! Artist Aaron Lopresti and writer Gail Simone have…
Interview: Shalvey & Barrett Take Readers To SAVAGE TOWN
It’s the early 2000s. Ireland. Gangsters. Money. It’s Savage Town, a new OGN from Declan Shalvey and Philip Barrett that hits stores September 20, 2017. Shalvey and Barrett were kind enough to give us the dirt on Savage Town, the Celtic Tiger and just who Jimmy Savage is. Aaron Long: So, how long have you…
Interview: Fawkes and Miranda Unwrap RAGMAN
This October, DC Comics sets out to fright once again with a return of the classic character Ragman to their Rebirth Universe. Helmed by Gotham by Midnight writer Ray Fawkes and Catwoman artist Inaki Miranda, Ragman comes back to the Jewish hero and re-develops his origin for the new audience. The team sat down with…
Queer Visibility Interview: Andrew Wheeler Goes FREELANCE [Part 2]
Yesterday, we sat down with writer Andrew Wheeler to chat about the first volume of Freelance, Chapterhouse Books’ revitalization of Golden Age hero Lance Valiant. No stranger to analysis and criticism of queer representation himself, Wheeler continues in conversation with Senior Editor Matt Santori to chat about writing gay characters, introducing their sexuality on the…
Queer Visibility Interview: Andrew Wheeler Goes FREELANCE [Part 1]
When someone mentions the Golden Age of comics to you, you probably think Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, right? Alan Scott, Namor, Human Torch, Jay Garrick. But what about Lance Valiant? One of Canada’s earliest Golden Age heroes — and one whose absence from the comics scene has been protracted enough to return him…