ZOMBIE NATION: FROM FOLKLORE TO MODERN FRENZY
TITLE: ZOMBIE NATION: FROM FOLKLORE TO MODERN FRENZY BY: E.R. VERNOR PUBLISHED BY: Schiffer Publishing LTD, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4450-3 Review copy sent by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow The...
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Come back, Frank and His Friend
What happens when beloved fictional characters go away? I’ve been thinking about how much I miss fictional characters when they’re gone – and it all started because some of those lost characters are...
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Guest post: Crowdfunding Arrives at the Next Level, by Scott Essman
Reinventing Films might be the name of an emerging company forging ahead in the areas of alternative film financing, but at the weekend long Comikaze fan convention, it also aptly described new...
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Convention report: Comikaze 2013
So, at the last minute V. Mayer wrangled me a press pass for Comikaze 2013. Many many thanks to her. So I hopped on the bus and went down there. I went down to specifically cover the Reinventing...
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Photos from New York Comic Con 2013
Main Lobby Hallway to Artist Alley Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Display Hyundai "Walking Dead Chop Shop" Hyundai’s Zombie Survival Machine – 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport "Lola" – Agent Coulson’s 1962...
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Eastside Zine Market
So, today I went to the Eastside Zine Market and loved it. Got wonderful zines, here are the ones I read so far. Black Tea is a lovely collection of mini-comics with a good heart by Jason Martin. Moon...
View ArticleBook review: The Diamond Man
The Diamond Man By Michael J. Molloy Published By: Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC, May 13, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-61950-099-0 Review copy sent to author Review written by Ida Vega-Landow This is one of the...
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Book review: The Boylen King
The Boylen King By Laura Andersen PUBLISHED BY: BALLANTINE BOOKS, A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. ISBN: 978-0-345-53409-5 Review copy provided by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow This book is an...
View ArticleMovie review: “Stripped” the comics documentary
So I went to the premiere of Stripped at the ArcLight in Hollywood last night and liked it a lot. If you’re into comics, syndicated or web, comics history, a man whose job title is Comics Historian...
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WonderCon 2014 in Anaheim was wonderful
So, I only made it to Saturday at WonderCon, but it was totally worth it, horrific parking notwithstanding or something. I talked to some really wonderful artists, and those reports will be posted very...
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Artists at WonderCon 2014
So, WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention center was wonderful (except for parking, but that’s what I get for going down there at 11 AM). I could only be there on Saturday, but on Saturday I found more...
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WonderCon 2014: Moira Hahn
Moira Hahn had one of the most beautiful art books I saw at WonderCon. Excellent reproduction of her excellent art, which is visually pleasing and mentally stimulating (great stuff!). She calls her...
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WonderCon 2014: Christopher Wanzie
Christopher Wanzie‘s work deals with transhumanistic technologies, and how human beings are going to deal with emerging technologies. He is especially interested in how it’s going to affect us...
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WonderCon 2014: Hillary Bauman
Hillary Bauman, creator of Cirrus: The Red Storm, which is a hand-painted graphic novel, now up to two issues. She also had a couple of clay models from the Cirrus comic book on display. The other...
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WonderCon 2014: James Cartwright
Cartwright Comics are written by James Cartwright and illustrated by Pelligre (Rocky Mountain Fire Lizard) and Mike Ratliff (Hamsters), whom he found online through message boards. He’s never met them...
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WonderCon 2014: Jordon Monsell
Jordon Monsell makes silhouettes. Really, seriously, I am not making this up. He will even cut out a portrait while you wait for $20. I would like to now take this opportunity to publicly...
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WonderCon 2014: Ron Bassilian
I spoke to Ron Bassilian the writer of Inferno Los Angeles, which is an updating in comic book form of Dante’s Inferno. The mouth of hell is in Westwood, and the underworld is full of LA characters,...
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WonderCon 2014: Shing Yin Khor
Shing Yin Khor is a comic artist and sculptor. Most of her work is about a crypto-zoological institute that studies them. Her background is in theater scenic design. This is her fifth year of doing...
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WonderCon 2014: Tanya Bjork
Tanya Bjork has been making comics since 2003 and it was a guest spot in a printed webcomic anthology edited by comics artist Robert Tritthardt. Tanya has studied art, but is mostly self-taught. As...
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WonderCon 2014: Tuna Bora
Tuna Bora had two books at WonderCon: a sketchbook mostly of pen and ink work from two years ago and an illustration book of the past year in various media. She had prints of both books and a few...
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