Preface Much of my knowledge on this particular subject began when I was lucky enough to have heard voice-actor/mythology scholar Crispin Freeman perform his Anime Mythology talk entitled ‘Mystics, Priestesses & Warrior Women’. If you in the Los Angeles area and can make one of his mythology panels, do it. Crispin’s mythology website can be…
Interview: Chewing Nails With Joshua Williamson & Mike Henderson
Nailbiter from Image Comics has been one of the most talked about new books of the year. From the moment the first issue was released in May, the book has been critically praised (you can read Comicosity’s reviews here and here), and the first two issues have gone back to press for a second printing. With a great…
Interview: LOKI Scribe Al Ewing Talks Identity, Drama, & the Tenth Realm
With a full arc under its belt, Loki: Agent of Asgard is set to cross over into its first big event – Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm. This miniseries is a part of Marvel’s Original Sin line, and will expand the already complicated family tree of the Sons of Odin. Writer Al Ewing was kind enough to…
Comicosity Book Club: #XStatixClub
Welcome to the kickoff of the Comicosity Book Club! It’s my pleasure to announce this new feature that is going to be loads of fun as we collectively experience some of the greatest comic books of all time. This series is going to be headed up by John Ernenputsch (@jpooch21) and Sam Marx (@smarx_), so…
Interview: Art Baltazar and Franco Bring Back TINY TITANS
Few all-ages comic books on the market today have such universal appeal like the run that Art and Franco did on Tiny Titans. Spanning 50 issues, the original series brought in every conceivable character from the Teen Titans Universe and made us fall in love every single issue. Now, the team is back in Tiny…
The Comics Classroom: Prologue of Bronze
Welcome to the ‘prologue’ entry for the Age of Bronze project I will be posting on over the next year. I am excited to begin this huge project and to share not only my love of Greek-themed comics with you, but also an in-depth analysis of the same stories (Homer’s coverage of the Trojan War…
Heroes Con 2014 Retrospective & Cosplay Gallery
Heroes Con, hosted by the Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find comic shop in Charlotte, NC, is a comic book convention for those who love comic books but hate conventions. The big publishers don’t attend. There’s no programming or floor space specifically devote to TV, movie, or video game tie-ins to comic book material. It’s sort…
WTC Special: Inside the Think Tank with Matt Hawkins
We Talk Comics is back on the air with this special episode featuring Top Cow President Matt Hawkins! The Wildfire scribe discusses his new title as well as announcing his upcoming project, The Tithe, with Rahsan Ekedal! This is another great chapter in the WTC Specials series, fire it up!
Interview: Frank Barbiere Trades on the BLACK MARKET
This July, Frank Barbiere is taking readers to the Black Market. In a world of super powered individuals, are they making this world a better place? Mysteries surround their existence and Frank Barbiere and Victor Santos are teaming up to examine this “powered” world from the eyes of a regular person. Barbiere was kind enough to chat…
Interview: SEX CRIMINALS – Brimpin’ Ain’t Easy with Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarksy
This is usually the part where I would write a really plucky introduction about Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s creator-owned hit Sex Criminals, published by Image Comics, but no time can be wasted diving into this interview. Sirs Fraction and Zdarsky were kind enough to submit themselves to an interview in advance of Heroes Con.…