Dave Scheidt

I had a simple question for a few of my favorite comic creators. What kind of music inspires you and helps your creative process when creating comics?

We all have our own unique tastes and favorite genres of music but I thought it would be really neat to connect the...

I have a friend who is REALLY into Ghost Rider. I never really got into the character so I asked him one day, "Why are so you into Ghost Rider?" and he responded almost right away, deadpan. "Dude, HIS SKULL IS ON FIRE!" and then it clicked, Ghost Rider is...

Are you in Chicago? Do you like comic books? Sure you do!

For those unaware, as well as writing about comics on here, I am also a local comic creator. My first book Monster Dudes #1 came out last October.

Don't get me wrong. I think digital comics are a cool medium. They offer a great distribution option since anyone with the Internet, iPhone, iPad, Android can download a full comic in seconds and read it right away on their respected device. Instead of comics being this niche market of...

Gifts are always a great opportunity to buy people things they normally wouldn't buy for themselves. Comics are something, unfortunately, some people still don't see themselves buying. Have you been itching to get your friends and family into stuff, or even yourself, and not really sure what to get? I...

If I were a supervillain, I'd probably get beat up a lot.

Yeah, I'm a dude who reads a lot of comics. You think that I would garner some sort of knowledge from reading them for so many years, but I somehow still doubt my diabolical abilities. For one, I...

"Comics are just words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures." -Harvey Pekar

I have those words of Harvey's handwritten above my desk where I do most of my writing. I grew up reading comics -- Batman and Spider-Man were, of course, the coolest. I had them...

Since when did "comic book" become such a bad word? Nowadays it's popping up more and more. The opening credits of The Walking Dead on AMC read, "Based upon the graphic novel series by..." The Walking Dead comes out as a monthly comic book series. As in single issue. It's...

Comic books were my birthright. I grew up with comics even before I could actually even read them. I remember just staring at them for hours lost in between the panels and my own imagination. I grew up in a family the youngest of three. My father read them as...