comics


Cephalopods: Voting Round!

Here we have it, a new round of Comic Battle! FIGHT! [nggallery id=17] [poll id=”13″] For next week’s comic battle our theme is: MAXIMUM POWER Those crazy things that people are afraid of. Get creative, try and take the them and make it work for your comic! For rules and […]


Elfquest

Elfquest is a fantasy comic created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978. It was a significant creation in numerous ways: a self-published comic that got mainstream attention, a prominent comic that didn’t feature superheroes, a comic created by a woman and which was as much directed towards girls as […]


Observations on the American Manga Market 1

by Aliena Shoemaker There was a time when the local Borders was the only store in my city that carried manga (Japanese comics) in the trade paper back format. The titles the store carried were limited to a grand total of about five. The titles included had either been readily […]