How do the pros #MakeComics? We’re here to tell you. Comicosity is picking the brains of a pro who is killing it in the comics industry, and this week I was lucky enough to talk to Steve Orlando! Steve’s resume is vast, and growing by the month. The current writer on The Unexpected, his credits…
#TenTweetsThursday with @JDFaithcomics
Happy Thursday, comic book fans! It’s a new year and with that brings the return of Ten Tweets Thursday! Our first guest is Virgil artist JD Faith (@JDFaithcomics), check out what he had to say when faced with the mighty Ten! #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? Definitely wasn’t my first, but…
Best of 2015: Graphic Novel
The year is winding to a close, which got us to thinking…what were the best comics of the year? The Comicosity staff has gathered and submitted their top picks of 2015, today being Best Graphic Novel: Alison Baker High Crimes Created by Christopher Sebela, Ibrahim Moustafa, and Lesley Atlansky Published by Dark Horse Comics Reading…
#TenTweetsThursday with @thesteveorlando
Happy Thursday, comic readers, and welcome to another edition of Ten Tweets! This week we’ve got Virgil and Midnighter writer Steve Orlando (@thesteveorlando) in the hot seat! Virgil hit stores yesterday (check out an interview about the book here and Steve’s appearance on THE HANGOUT here) and Midnighter has been tearing it up since it was…
THE HANGOUT featuring Steve Orlando: August 16, 2015
The writer of Midnighter joins Alison and Jessica to talk about his new creator owned graphic novel Virgil coming out September 9, 2015. Last day to preorder through your LCS is August 17th. Check out a preview on Comic Book Resources and this interview with Steve, here on Comicosity.
Interview: Steve Orlando on Queersploitation, Cross-Cultural Research, and VIRGIL
Originally launched as a Kickstarter back in 2013, Virgil is hitting the direct comic market by storm this September as a complete graphic novel from Image Comics. Writer Steve Orlando [Midnighter] has returned to Comicosity to share his thoughts on writing cross-culturally, and diving into the genre of queersploitation, played out in a tale of…
We’re Here and We’re Queer: 35 Indie Titles Doing Right by LGBTA Fans
It’s been a very challenging week for LGBT comic fans. Without any visible LGBT leads for their All-New All-Different relaunch in the fall, Marvel Comics has given its queer fans a lot to think about. This concern crescendoed with the stone cold declaration that a character who had been identified as bisexual by previous writer…
Interview: Steve Orlando Kickstarts VIRGIL
Betrayed, beaten, and banished by his own, an outed cop fights his way across Jamaica to save his man and get revenge! So begins the tale of Virgil, a graphic novel by Steve Orlando and J.D. Bright currently seeking funding through Kickstarter. Orlando is best known for his work on Outlaw Territory at Image Comics…