Comics

NATO Schamto! Comics: Philosophy and Practice Conference is Big News

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Chris Ware, Mad Magazine, Comics, Art Spiegelman, Graphic Novel, Ivan Brunetti, University of Chicago, Cartoon, R Crumb, Lynda Barry, Hillary Chute, The New Yorker Cartoons, Comic Conference, Chicago Around Town, Comic Conference Chicago, Video, Chicago News

NATO?! Whatever. The big news of the weekend was the three-day conference at the University of Chicago's new Logan Arts Center, "Comics: Philosophy and Practice," where some of the greatest comics artists and graphic novelists took the stage.

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Why It Is Important To Have Queer Comics

Maria Burnham | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Comics, Queer Comic Book Characters, Lgbt Comic Book Characters, Lgbt Comic Books, Queer Comic Books, Queer Comics, Gay Comic Book Characters, Lgbt Comics, Gay Comics, Gay Comic Books, Gay Voices News

A young boy experiencing thoughts or feelings that may be completely foreign to how he was raised can find some truth and validation in a comic book. Will it have openly gay characters who don't treat homosexuality as something to be ashamed of or disguised?

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Comics Instead of Textbooks?

Jacob Devaney | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Book News, Transmedia, Education, Scholastic, Children, Children's Books, Comics, Books, Teachers, Education Reform, Learning, Graphic Novels, Video, Books News

Learning is one of the most empowering things a person can do with their life and can be quite fun, yet the mediums used in classrooms are dated and have caused students to think that learning is drudgery.

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Joss Whedon's 'Why Did I Do That?' Moment

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.02.2012

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With "Marvel's The Avengers" already smashing its international box office competition, Joss Whedon's superhero flick is poised to take the top spot h...

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Astoria Characters: The ComiX Creator

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Astoria, Hamlet, Comics, Michelle Palumbo, Starfighter, Michelle Palumbo Starfighter, Starfighter Comic, Hamletmachine, New York News

Michelle, a super-shy, self-effacing, self-described sci-fi nerd with a nose ring and a pair of chin piercings, created Starfighter, an online erotic comic strip, three years ago.

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Drew Friedman's Comic Gold

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Illustration, Anthony Weiner, Slidewide, Cartoons, Video, Political Cartoon, Satirical Cartoon, Scott Eder Gallery, Comics, Satire, Woody Allen, Jackie Chan, Slidepollajax, Drew Friedman, Arts News

Drew Friedman's illustrations and cartoons are known for their dead-on depictions of celebrities, comedians, and circus performers. In a recent interv...

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Dan Clowes Retrospective Lands At The Oakland Museum of California

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Ghost World, Wilson, Alexander Payne, Eightball, Graphic Art, Cartoons, Video, Comics, Oakland Museum, Dan Clowes, Slidewide, Comic Art, Disgruntled Cartoonists, Arts News

Dan Clowes is a comic book artist, a screenwriter, and a man with a lot of empathy for disgruntled Americans. He is the author of "Ghost World," "Mist...

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What Batman Does With His Time Off

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Christian Bale, Video, Superhero, Ordinary Batman Adventures, Comics, Sarah Johnson, Animated Gif, Slidepollajax, Batman, Tumblr, Arts News

When darkness falls over Gotham City we know where Batman will be: cruising in the Batmobile, whipping his cape around and saving Katie Holmes lookali...

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Comic Artists Donate Giant Mural

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Public-Murals, Public Art, Funky Winkerbean, Murals, Comics, Mural, Kent State University, Westview High School, Comic Art, Arts News

KENT, Ohio -- The men behind the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip celebrated its 40th anniversary by donating a 96-foot mural for a new student lounge a...

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The Wonderful Cosplay Costumes of WonderCon 2012

Terry Keefe | Posted 05.21.2012

Some of the most interesting sights of WonderCon were the plethora of innovative cosplay outfits worn by fans. Cosplay is short for "costume play." Here are a selection of photos I took from WonderCon 2012.

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The Daily Szep -- The Morning... After

Paul Szep | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Cartoons, Cartoon, Humor, Comics, Comedy News

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Paul Cornell Talks About His New Political Comic Book, Saucer Country

Bryan Young | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Paul Cornell, Politics, DC Comics, Vertigo, Comics, West Wing, Doctor Who, The West Wing, Saucer Country, X-Files, Books News

The new ongoing series, which starts this week, is quite cleverly written and covers American politics with a very keen and knowing eye.

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The Great Comic Creator Mixtape

Dave Scheidt | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Mixtape, Becky Cloonan, Steve Niles, Comic Creator Mixtape, Comics, Kupperman, Chicago News

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?

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Man's Childhood Comic Books Fetch Millions At Auction

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 04.23.2012

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DALLAS — Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection...

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Brothers Unexpectedly Inherit $2 Million Comic Book Collection

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 04.22.2012

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DALLAS — Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing r...

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Famous Comic Creates New Method Of Distribution

Bryan Young | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Digital, Archie, Digital Comics, Facebook, Digital Comic Books, Comics, Digital Distribution, Archie Comics Facebook, Books News

Archie Comics is unveiling today a major step in digital distribution.

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Irani Protest Comic Comes Together Through Collaboration

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Video, Political-Comic, Comics, Middle East, Iran Protests, Iran, Zahra's Paradise, Iran Protests 2009, Middle East Peace, Graphic Novels, Arts News

In an all-too-rare moment of collaboration across political borders and cultural boundaries a Persian author, Arab artist and a Jewish editor came tog...

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Michael Hudson Is Pulp Fiction, Part 2

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Michael Hudson, Martin Powell, Comics, Pulp Fiction, Books News

If you ever wanted to know anything about the comic book industry, this is an interview you don't want to miss! Part 1 can be found here. I am conti...

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Michael Hudson Is Pulp Fiction

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Comics, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Pulp Sequential Comics, Books News

Last month we sat down with graphics novel head writer Martin Powell who writes for many publications including Pulp 2.0, Dark Horse Comics, and now O...

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Sour Milk

Tom Falco | Posted 04.01.2012

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How To Draw A Horse

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Cartoons, How to Draw, Video, Funny Pictures, Comics, How to Draw a Horse, Drawing, Horses, Comedy News

Drawing doesn't come naturally to all of us, and there are tons of tutorials out there to help get the ball rolling, but in every step-by-step there s...

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Building the Perfect Candidate

Tom Falco | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Politics, Comics, Humor, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Comedy, Comedy News

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Chicago! Come Discover Local Comic Creators and More

Dave Scheidt | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Comic Con, Comic Art Show, Chicago Around Town, Comics, Graphic Novels, Chicago News

Are you in Chicago? Do you like comic books? Sure you do! So with that, here comes the 2nd Comics Art Show!

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The Complexity of a Fantastic Four

Dave Astor | Posted 03.20.2012

During a single year of the not-great Harding presidency, four great cartoonists came into the world. Two of those 1922-born men died recently -- "The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane in November and the Joker creator (some say co-creator) Jerry Robinson in December.

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Comic Strip Censored for Honest Depiction of Race in Police Line-Ups

David Protess | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Chicago News, Wrongful Convictions, Eyewitness Misidentification, Cleveland, Race Relations, Comics, Non Sequitur, Chicago News

We can't pretend that cross-racial misidentification isn't a problem in criminal cases. False witness testimony is the greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide. Mostly, the mistaken witness was white and the suspect was black.

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