APES WEEK: Unpublished on the Planet of the Apes — Boom!
Rich Handley wraps up his weeklong look at the Greatest Apes Tales Never Told, with Boom! Studios.
Steranko Sees Soap Opera Instead of Action on AOS (updated)
Jim Steranko wants some action on ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, not a soap opera. He says it’s full of “teeth-grinding sensitivity” and “clues that may or may not be harvested a year from now to be tedious at best. “
APES WEEK: Planet of the Keepers
Corinna Bechko is co-writer of many Boom! Studios Planet of the Apes titles. But you knew that. What you probably didn’t know is that she also has a background in zoology and has been a researcher of orangutans and chimps. Really! So she took the time to interview three primatologists about their appreciation of — and apprehension regarding — the Apes films.
Steve Mannion: Creating Fearless Dawn
Steve Mannion combines cheesecake girlie poses, monsters, zombies, martians, and nazis with a style that sprinkles bits of Al Capp, Wallace Wood, Frank Frazetta, Jack Kirby, Dave Stevens, and a dozen other dearly departed masters of the medium to create his own style in the pages of Fearless Dawn.
APES WEEK EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Hardman’s Gorgeous Unpublished Art
Gabriel Hardman’s one of my favorite artists in the biz. That he worked on Planet of the Apes for Boom! Studios is the cherry on top. That he’s provided us with exclusive, unpublished Apes art is a gigantic, goopy sundae. Behold!
SUPER-STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Vito Delsante’s Droid Christmas
Writer Vito Delsante’s Christmas from a long time ago, in a galaxy right around here …
APES WEEK: Unpublished on the Planet of the Apes — Metallic Rose Comics
Rich Handley looks at the Caesar-Thade smackdown that might have been!
HEY KIDS, COMICS! Lost and Found, Part 2
Every week, we’re serializing Rob Kelly’s terrific book about how creators and well-known fans got into comics, written by themselves. Today is Part 2 of blogger Erika D. Peterman‘s poignant beginnings in the comics world.
APES WEEK: ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Posters!!!
What timing! Four posters were released today of the upcoming Apes epic! Aooooooogah! Aooooooogah!
MIGHTY Q&A: Darick Robertson
Artist Darick Robertson of Transmetropolitan, The Boys, and Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker joins the punk rock Occupy Comics crew at Black Mask Studios for his talking-gun tale in Ballistic. This week also sees the deluxe hardcover release of Happy! from Image Comics, a hard-boiled Christmas story about an imaginary horse friend, written by Grant Morrison. Darick joins us today for the Mighty Q&A.
WHAT I’M READING, by Des Taylor
The guy behind DESPOP is back … with his very own reading list.
APES WEEK: Gabriel Hardman’s Five Worst ‘Apes’ Moments
Boom! Studios’ Planet of the Apes co-writer/artist Gabriel Hardman has already given you his Five Best Apes Moments. His wife and collaborator, writer Corinna Bechko, has offered her Five Silliest. Here, now, are Gabriel’s Five Worst: