Bestselling fantasy author Diana Gabaldon, creator of the Outlander series, had a comics bestseller last year with her book THE EXILE, and in an interview at EW, she explains her earlier career writing Disney Comics:
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Scott Lobdell talks about Starfire
Although battered and bruised by a wave of opprobrium over his work on the New 52, writer Scott Lobdell hasn't given up, and he's facing the music -- or questions from the internet, as the case may be. After a lengthy layoff from high-profile comics assignments, Lobdell's work on RED [read more]
Bill Willingham tweets about working for superhero comics
This afternoon, Bill Willingham tweeted some typically frank thoughts about working on superhero comics -- in recent years, he wrote JSA for DC, and before that Shadowpact, a group book featuring several of DC's more supernatural characters...and Detective Chimp. And as many have said before him, working with [read more]
The 100 most prolific DC Comics writers
What writer has made the biggest contribution to the many universes of DC? Now that question can be answered, at least in terms of volume. Jason Kirk has been playing with the Grand Comic Database and come up with a list of the top 100 DC Comics by [read more]
Crazy 8 Press publishing collective to publish David, Friendman, more
As the business is changing, creators are getting creative about the business and finding new revenue streams. One such venture is Crazy 8 Press. Six noted SF writers—Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Aaron Rosenberg, and Howard Weinstein—are banding together to start their own online [read more]
Haney and Connell to receive FInger Award
Bob Haney and Del Connell are the writers selected to received this year's Finger Award. The Finger Award is presented each year to writers, one living, one dead, who for whatever reason, have not received the recognition they should have for their creative efforts. It's named for Bill FInger, [read more]
The Periodic Table of Storytelling makes plotting a snap
Via TVTropes and Deviant Art a visual aid to storytelling devices. Do a chose-your-own-adventure type thing or use a dartboard and make your own story. Endless uses. [read more]
Mark Millar leaving Marvel for Millarverse
Via Twitter, Mark Millar reminds us he's no longer working on Marvel books but is concentrating on his own properties: [read more]
Jason Aaron’s beard still very awesome
In case you were wondering, Aaron, author of SCALPED, WOLVERINE and PUNISHER MAX, sports a beard as fearsome as his talent.
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Jim Shooter blogs
"On a November day in 1957 I found myself standing in front of Miss Grosier’s first grade class in Hillcrest Elementary School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, trying to think of a really good word. She had us play this game in which each kid had to offer up a word [read more]
Law and the Multiverse: an interview from the courthouse
Share this link on Facebook!Ever since their autumnal launch of Law and the Multiverse, James Daily and Ryan Davidson, two stalwart attorneys licensed to practice law in Missouri and Indiana respectively, have used not a brush or nib but the digital pen to question what many fates are in store [read more]
Working for a living: Joe Casey
Always outspoken creator Joe Casey has another crack at pissing people off with his take on marketing, surviving in Hollywood, and his own brand of career advice in this exclusive interview. [read more]
Happy birthday, Alan Moore!
Moore is 57 years old today, and it gives us a great excuse to post this illo by Dylan Horrocks of Moore as Tom Strong.
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When authors draw: Should Margaret Atwood have designed the new Wonder Woman costume?
Based on what she came up with for one of her Twitter followers, probably. These are pretty good character designs! [read more]
When authors draw: Dave Eggers
Literary icon, comics admirer, and Bay Area resident Dave Eggers was hired to go to the World Series and draw what he found. The results are no threat to Ben Katchor, but pleasing enough.
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Matt Fraction wins 2010 PEN Center literary award
Matt Fraction has become the first comics writer to win a prestigious PEN Center literary award for his "Outstanding Body of Work." The awards are presented annually to writers living west of the Mississippi. A panel of judges choose finalists in ten categories: fiction, creative nonfiction, research [read more]
Two from Warren Ellis
A couple of quotes from Warren Ellis were making the Twitter rounds this weekend. This one, from 2000 (!), is from Ellis' column for CBR, and concerns the fine art of writing a comic book pitch: [read more]
Pekar legacy under dispute
When Harvey Pekar died on July 12th, he was revealed in death to be a figure more influential and revered than he would ever have dared hope in life. He left a literary legacy as well as a wealth of projects in the pipeline. And he also left some awkwardness, [read more]
The Alcott Analysis: The Dark Knight
Two summers later, I am still quite taken with The Dark Knight. I have not encountered an American movie — much less an American movie, designed to be a gigantic blockbuster and based on a hugely popular comic book — that is structured as ingeniously and compellingly as this one. [read more]
Alan Moore still cranky and entertaining
With the release of UNEARTHING, a spoken word/music/photograph multimedia project, Northampton legend Alan Moore has done a few interviews which are just as entertaining as the man's work. At the Irish Times, he waxes lyrical about many things, and reaffirms his distaste for the current comics [read more]