Tag Indies
Koyama Press debuts new website
Koyama Press has am impressive new website, courtesy of Squidface and the Meddler. If you have never seen the comics from this beloved indie publisher, now's the time to check 'em out. [read more]
Nine years of AdHouse Books
Chris Pitzer looks back on his nine years of publishing at AdHouse Books -- from Pulpatoon Pilgrimage and on through such coveted art books as Pulphope and Process Recess to acclaimed works like Duncan the Wonder Dog and Skyscrapers of the Midwest. With stops for Afrodisiac and PopeHats [read more]
Breaking: Moonstone is still around
As the comics market has gotten a lot dicier In This Economy, a few smaller companies have become a bit harder to spot in the forest. Companies like Moonstone, the long-running pulp-themed publisher of such things as Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Buckaroo Banzai and so on. In recent year they [read more]
To Do tonight: Retrofit Comics Release Signing with Pat Aulisio, Josh Bayer, and Box Brown
It's all happening at Jim Hanley's Universe. Retrofit Comics is Box Brown's line of pamphlet/floppies that is bringing the periodical back to the indie comics world. Some releases thus far: [read more]
Stuff to buy at the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Fest
The last burst of indie comics comes out this weekend, including KRAMERS ERGOT #8 and work by Box Brown, Maurice Vellekoop and more. Check it out! [read more]
Indie Month-to-Month Sales: September 2011
Buffy returns in the top spot, although with sales far down on the beginning of the last Season, with Angel in third place. Sandwiched in between is Game of Thrones' debut issue, while TMNT drops to fourth place after being last month's best-selling indie. Further down the charts IDW's other [read more]
Weekend con report: MIX! in Minnesota
The final Minneapolis Indie Xpo wrapped up this weekend, and it sounds like it was fun. The CBLDF's Charles Brownstein tweeted: [read more]
Must read: Local Comics Scenes across the US
While news of great corporate conglomerates headlines the comics world news of late, it must always be remembered this is in industry of people and art, and the vibrancy of the the two coming together. Frank Santoro has been running an awesome series of "Local comics scene" reports at TCJ, [read more]
Nice Art: Rugg covers POOD
Let me translate that headline: POOD #4, the latest issue of the indie comics anthology is on sale this week, with a cover by Jim Rugg. Also inside: work by Eisner-winner Nick Abadzis, 2011 “Best American Comics” pick Kevin Mutch, “Dick Tracy” icon Joe Staton, and many more. [read more]
WW3 takes on Tahrir
Long before OWS there was World War 3, the long running counterculture comics anthology put together by a rotating cast of politically aware cartoonists who lived on the LES back when it was Alphabet City and not a trustfund preserve. The next issue is out next month and takes on [read more]
Indie Month-to-Month Comics Sales: August 2011
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The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book supplants Walking Dead this month, while Kirkman also takes number three spot with his & Rob Liefeld’s Infinite. Further down the charts Kevin Smith’s Bionic Man gets off to a decent start and Terry Moore’s new series, [read more]
Sparkplug Books will continue
The comics industry lost an amazing man with the death of Dylan Williams, but it isn't losing Sparkplug Books. Williams's widow Emily Nilsson has announced that she, Virginia Paine, and Tom Neely will be keeping the publisher going for as long as they can: [read more]
APE previews, debuts, parties!
The Alternative Press Expo kicks off this weekend, boasting one of the best guest line-ups imaginable, including Craig Thompson, Matthew Thurber, Kate Beaton and many others.
Please remember, Sparkplug Books will be at the show, and buying from them not only gets you some great comics but helps [read more]
1-800-MICE: the rap video
Matthew Thurber is one of a kind, and we haven't even figured out what kind yet. Here's a new animated rap video based on his new 1-800-MICE book, out now from Picturebox. Thurber is also touring, starting Friday in SF. [read more]
Giant SPX Who’s where and what — WOW
Yikes, the weekend of the Small Press Expo is here and we can't remember a show with a better balance of guests, books, and programming. And of course. sitting around yapping about comics. Here's a list of publishers, exhibitors, and more. [read more]
Sparkplug books available at this Weekend’s SPX
Tom Neely writes to say that in addition to his own books, he'll be carrying a line of Sparkplug books with new releases. He'll be at table H10 with J. T. Dockery. [read more]
APE unveils program book cover by Shannon Wheeler
This October's Alternative Press Expo is just a few weeks away -- and the program cover by Shannon Wheeler has just been unveiled.
Buried in the PR is an interesting factoid -- last year's show drew more than 5,500 attendees, the most ever.
With WonderCon's move to Anaheim for [read more]
Must Read: Michel Fiffe on comics fusion
Michel Fiffe's interviewing and archiving skills cannot be doubted -- nor, after his dynamic ZEGAS debut can his cartooning skills -- but this time out he offers a compelling survey of the often uneasy, sometimes brilliant crossover between indy and superhero esthetics: [read more]
Have your CAKE in Chicago next June
While there have been occasional attempts at establishing a Chicago alt.comix show to equal those in Toronto, New York, Portland and so on, none of them have really gained significant purchase -- despite Chicago being one of the original stops** on the Spirits of Independence tour that launched the entire [read more]