WHAT I’M READING, by Frank Barbiere
Frank Barbiere is back with this week’s WHAT I’M READING column. Today, his outstanding Five Ghosts #6 comes out from Image. Writes Frank:
Communal Creation: A Day in the Life at Hang Dai Studios, By SETH KUSHNER
Photographer and writer extraordinaire Seth Kushner steps into the 13th Dimension to chronicle a day with his colleagues at his Brooklyn studio:
So DC’s Moving to California. So What.
DC Comics is moving to California and the frenzied shirt-rending and hand-wringing has already begun. Here’s why you need to relax.
MIGHTY Q&A: Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser of 2000AD and Nikolai Dante fame is currently working on Dark Horse’s Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight and his creator-owned webcomic Lilly Mackenzie. Here he takes on the Mighty Q&A — brought to you by contributor Hannah Means-Shannon — with all his Scottish tenacity (cue bagpipe music)!
HOT PICKS: On Sale This Week
Wow. Pretty widespread love for The Fox, Saga and Sandman. No surprise there. (And no, Mark Waid did not pick The Fox — but check out what he DID pick!)
GOTHAM TRIBUNE: Arkham Games Do Batman Better Than Nolan
I don’t play video games and this isn’t a video-game site. Nevertheless, I’m here to praise the Arkham series – the most faithful representation of Batman outside of comics today.
MIGHTY Q&A: Dave Stewart
If there’s such a thing as a superstar colorist, Dave Stewart is it. He’s won so many Eisners (eight) they should consider renaming the colorist award the Stewart. Here, he submits himself to our torturous Mighty Q&A:
In Its End Is Its Beginning – Sandman: Overture Changes Comics For Us This Week
Why You Should Read The Fox — and What Our Influences Were, by HASPIEL and WAID
One of the books I’ve been most looking forward to this year is The Fox, which debuts Wednesday from Archie’s Red Circle Comics imprint. It’s written and drawn by Dean Haspiel, with dialogue by Mark Waid. Both gents stop by to list their reasons you should pick up the book – and what their influences were — Dan:
A Halloween MIGHTY Q&A: Five Ghosts’ Frank Barbiere
Frank Barbiere’s Five Ghosts from Image isn’t really a horror book per se, but its adventures feature all manner of supernatural entities, demons and the like. And since the book — a sleeper hit that went from limited series to ongoing this year — is called, y’know, Five GHOSTS, it seemed fitting to ask Frank about Halloween this week, especially since Issue #6 comes out Wednesday. See, I’m clever like that:
PUNK Magazine Began With Lou Reed Comic
With the death of Lou Reed, I tried to contact John Holmstrom, who’s cover drawing and interview of Lou Reed launched the seminal PUNK Magazine. Holmstrom and I actually spoke last week about doing an interview for 13th Dimension later this week, so we’ll have an update and some more PUNK history in a few days. So for now, in remembrance of Lou Reed, I’ll pass along a bit of rock’n roll and comics history.
Al Plastino’s Superman-Kennedy Art Battle Heats Up
This isn’t going to be pleasant. Famed Superman artist Al Plastino is “devastated” over what’s happened to his Superman-meets-JFK artwork, which he thought was at the Kennedy Library — only to find out it was being auctioned off.