Book Review: Setting The Standard
More than just a companion piece to the recently released Genius, Isolated, Setting The Standard is guaranteed to make you an fan of the legendary Alex Toth. more »
CAKE! Chicago Alternative Comics Expo: June 16-17, 2012
Taking place at Columbia College's Ludington Building, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo will feature over 100 exhibitors as well as lectures, panels, and workshops. more »
Graphic Novel Review: Wandering Son by Shimura Takako
Nitori Shuichi wants to be a girl, and his best friend Yoshino Takatsuki wants to be a boy. Wandering Son focuses on these two characters, and their journey of self discovery and growing up. more »
Okay, Maybe LEGO® Can Be Kinda Cool
Holy time-consuming hobbies, Batman! Have you heard about The Brickman?!? If not, now you have. Apparently this dude creates kick-ass awesome things from LEGO®. My favorite creation of his is The Love Boat: A Cross-Section (my name, not his). This little project is just over one quarter of... more »
The Art of James Hance
I loves me a good mashup. When we love a character, we want more of them. And if we want it badly enough, we don’t wait for the creator of that character to give it to us. This is where fan art and fan fiction... more »
Graphic Novel Review: Stigmata by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti
“These were not yet the souls of priests who drew my attention, but the ones of great sinners… I was burning with the wish to pull them away from those eternal flames”- Saint Teresa Roman Catholicism is easily the world’s most prominent religion, and no... more »
Chris Ware auctioning original “Jimmy Corrigan” art for charity
If anyone wants to get me a really expens–err…”special” Christmas present, there’s nothing I’d like more than original art by Chris Ware. Some pages from the final chapter of his masterpiece, Jimmy Corrigan, no less. That’s what Ware has put on eBay, and all proceeds... more »
A Chance To Give Back: Colorist Moose Baumann Needs Help
As reported on Newsarama recently, colorist Moose Baumann has come into financial difficulties recently as he and his wife struggle with the staggering health cost of her recent cancer treatments. Baumann is a phenomenal artist whose colors have graced some of DC’s most iconic recent... more »
Even more, Bonus Points 2.0!
Welcome back to Bonus Points, where we scrape the creme of yon frothing Internet to save you having to hunt down all the awesome yourself. This week was particularly fruitful with a metric ton of cool internet oddities for your browsing leisure. The list includes... more »
Comics In Context: A Review of “Pop-Sequentialism”
It can easily be forgotten, what with comic movies, comic awards, and comic art being sold at prestigious auction houses, that until recently comics were unrecognized as a legitimate art form. In this “Age of Acceptance”, notions of comics as “adult” and art are commonplace,... more »
