San Francisco FAN EXPO 2023: San Jose Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang on ‘American Born Chinese,’ and his advice for aspiring graphic novelists Skip to content
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Zack Snyder Wants To Return To DC Studios
Despite cutting ties with the company years ago, director Zack Snyder actually wants to return to DC Studios if James Gunn will have him. However, the project has to be just right. Credit: Warner Bros. While his directorial debut was the critically acclaimed Dawn of …
Read MoreMiss Cellany Visits Comics and Cartoonists
Pearls Before Swine, Calvin and Hobbes, Herman, Junco Canché and Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucaracha), Rich Torrey (Hartland), Rip Haywire, Mike Manley (Judge Parker and The Phantom), and more Mutts (but not Guard Dog). While we hate to argue with the Wise Ass on the Hill, …
Read MoreThe December Comfort Watches, Day Three: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
Posted on December 3, 2023 Posted by John Scalzi The first thing to know about this film is that the protagonist, the 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim, starts off the film as an actual and verifiably shitty person. Does he know it? Really, not …
Read MoreZack Snyder Wants To Jump Ship To Marvel Studios
In a surprising revelation, Zack Snyder announced that he’d love to make a film for Marvel Studios, despite his previous relationship with rival DC Studios. Credit: Warner Bros. While his directorial debut was the critically acclaimed Dawn of the Dead (2004), filmmaker Zack Snyder first …
Read MoreCunningham’s ‘Day’ is one of the best books of the year
When he was in high school, gay cartoonist Eric Orner, who makes his graphic novel debut with “Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank,” didn’t like the food in the school cafeteria. “The principal was always talking about how good we had it,” Orner told …
Read MoreAniMela: India’s First International AVGC-XR Festival Set to Make a Landmark Debut in Mumbai in January 2024
AniMela, the epic four-day festival, founded by Aniverse & Visual Arts Foundation (AVAF), will debut at the heart of SoBo (NFDC, Films Division Compound, Peddar Road) from 18th-21st Jan 2024, hosting films, workshops and activities promoting and showcasing Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Comics & Extended …
Read MoreRachel Cooke’s best graphic novels of 2023
This hasn’t been a vintage year for comics; a certain grimness clung to many of those that came my way. But still, I read some good ones from big names and small, and Camille Jourdy’s beautiful and adorable Juliette ranks among the three books I …
Read MoreSTREAMING: MURDER MASTERPIECE
The official logline — an elevator pitch used to sell movie ideas in Hollywood — for The Killer goes like this: After a fateful near-miss, an assassin (Michael Fassbender) battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. When it comes …
Read MoreGen Y Speaks: I used to think my art wasn’t good enough, until I learnt what it meant to people
I was out shopping a few weeks ago when a mother of two approached me to tell me how she admired my courage for talking about dating. She had recognised me from the launch of my first graphic novel How to Date a Dozen Men …
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