Filmation’s Lou Scheimer: An Appreciation by J.J. SEDELMAIER
In which the guy behind Saturday Night Live’s Ambiguously Gay Duo pays tribute to an animator who inspired him:
Mighty Q&A: Aaron Lopresti
The Mighty Q&A is back today with Aaron Lopresti, an artist whose worked on most of your favorite superheroes. Dude’s been on the scene for a while and has worked on this fancy line-up: Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, the Avengers, Batman, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Superboy — plus works such as Xena, Star Trek and Gen 13. Impressive, no? I’m a fan of Aaron’s slick style and had the burning urge to put him under our grueling spotlight:
ALTERNATIVE FRIDAYS, by Jon B. Cooke
Another week ending and another feature beginning! Jon B. Cooke, comics journalist and historian, joins the ranks of 13th Dimension regulars with an every-other-week column in this very spot. It’s called Alternative Fridays. Why? Read on.
The Lull, by JAI NITZ
Writer Jai Nitz, recently of the really cool creator-owned Dream Thief from Dark Horse, steps into the 13th Dimension to write about something all freelancers face … Take it away, Jai! The floor is yours:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Trailer
Here’s the first trailer from the new Cap movie. Joining Chris Evans is Scarlet Johansson, Sam Jackson and hey, that’s Robert Redford! A quick peak at the Falcon, too!
Al Plastino’s JFK Superman Art Stolen? (UPDATED)
From his Facebook page, legendary artist Al Plastino’s plea for help about his Superman art depicting president John F. Kennedy:
“PLease help if you can. The art I donated and thought for all these years was being housed at the Kennedy library at Harvard is now being auctioned off on the anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination. And now I am finding out that the art may have never made it to the library.
YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS, by Menachem Luchins
Menachem Luchins is a regular in our HOT PICKS and AT THE COMIC SHOP features. Here, he makes his 13th Dimension solo debut with YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS, a recurring feature that will star a number of writers here. Menachem will write every other Wednesday. Today he touts his love for Terry Moore‘s Rachel Rising:
AT THE COMIC SHOP: All-Time Faves
It’s the return of our biweekly feature in which the people who work in the comic shops answer a burning query! This week:
What’s your all-time favorite comics story or arc?
WHAT I’M READING, by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Joshua Hale Fialkov is the multiple award-nominated writer of Elks Run, Echoes, I, Vampire, and more, and is currently working on the digital-first-on-Comixology series The Bunker with Joe Infurnari. Many of his works are in film production. Here, he writes this week’s WHAT I’M READING column:
HOT PICKS: Now with 100 percent more Mark Waid
Yep. Mark Waid, the writer who rattled all your cages last week, is now a regular for the weekly Hot Picks:
You Should Read These Comics, by DAN MacLEOD
New around comics? Or just looking to broaden your horizons? Dan MacLeod (@DSMacLeod on the Twitter) is a writer and musician who recently rediscovered his love of the artform. He has a fresh perspective on some cool books for new and experienced readers alike:
Oh, Political Me, by JAMAL IGLE
Writer and artist Jamal Igle writes about how comics turned him into a liberal political junkie — in a very unexpected way:
CBLDF Defends Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere
We just received this from CBLDF: This week, CBLDF took a leadership role in a coalition of anti-censorship advocates — including the National Coalition Against Censorship, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, and the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom — to defend Neil Gaiman’s novel Neverwhere, which has been removed from shelves in Alamogordo High School pending review.