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Box 13 comic review

August 11, 2010August 16, 2010 Peter Brunton Box 13, Comics, Dave Gallaher, digital comics, Red 5 Comics, review, Steve Ellis7 Comments

Box 13 Publisher: Red 5 Comics Review based on the trade paperback, original published on Comics by ComiXology iPhone app Writer: David Gallaher Art: Steve Ellis (inks), Mike Paar (colours) & Scott Brown (letters) Technologic OK, let me start by saying that Box 13, if nothing else, is a noble experiment. Conceptually, a comic book divided up into mini issues, just 8 pages long (including cover), designed to be read on your phone is pretty freaking cool. After all, in so many ways the comic book format seems ideally suited…

Scott Pilgrim Launch Party report and pictures

July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 drsquid Beguiling, Comics, contest, Cosplay, event, Hand Eye Society, Manga, Oni Press, Party, Scott Pilgrim, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Toronto3 Comments

On Monday night we attended the Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (vol.6) Launch Party, and while I knew that the comic was popular, I didn’t expect to see so many people crowding Markham Street, waiting for the book, and their hero, Bryan Lee O’Malley to sign it. If you are not too familiar with Scott Pilgrim, it is a manga inspired-comic set in Toronto, starring the titular Scott Pilgrim and his efforts to win, and keep, his dream girl, Ramona Flowers by battling her seven ‘evil exes’. Since the first issue…

Cowboy Ninja Viking review

July 13, 2010July 13, 2010 Peter Brunton AJ Lieberman, Comics, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Image Comics, review, Riley Rossmo3 Comments

Writer: AJ Lieberman Artist: Riley Rossmo Publisher: Image Three Kinds of Badass… Literally… When a man tries to sell me a comic book called Cowboy Ninja Viking – about a hero who is a cowboy, a ninja, and a viking, at the same time – you might say that he is working from an advantaged position. When said comic is about a secret project by the US government to weaponise multiple personality disorder in order to create super-soldiers for the war on terror… well, I’m fairly sure my wallet was…

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is now an annual event!

June 29, 2010June 29, 2010 drsquid Arts, canada, Comics, event, festival, TCAF, TCAF 2010, TCAF 2011, Toronto, Toronto Reference Library2 Comments

A few days ago Christopher Butcher, the TCAF Festival Director & Co-Founder, posted his festival wrap-up on the TCAF website, Torontocomics.com. In this he thanks everyone who attended, and “some of the organizations and individuals who worked to make TCAF 2010 such an unprecedented success”. We can attest to this — this year’s TCAF was the best ever, and you can see all our coverage here. However the biggest news in his post was the announcement that the Festival would be returning in 2011, and would be occurring annually from…

Walking Dead: Zombie School

June 13, 2010 Doug Groves AMC, Comics, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Zombie School, Zombies7 Comments

The folks over at AMC are certainly doing a good job of using the Walking Dead series blog as a production diary. Besides some of the make up work that they released images of, they’re including more and more behind the scenes featurettes and shorts. The latest is “Zombie School“, where the zombie extras are actually trained in zombie choreography. They’ve also put up the first production still (the image above, natch) and you can see the high res version, as well as the video, after the break…

NSFW – TCAF 2010 – Evan Dorkin Interview

June 9, 2010June 9, 2010 Doug Groves Beasts Of Burden, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Evan Dorkin, Hectic Planet, interview, Milk and Cheese, NSFW, Show, TCAF, TCAF 20103 Comments

Evan Dorkin, creator of books such as Hectic Planet and Milk & Cheese, and writer of the new Beasts Of Burden, gives us more of his time than he probably expected. In this wide ranging, NSFW, funny, insightful, some would say meandering – Alex and Evan talk about everything from Bangladesh to pop culture, cross dressing to ELO, and even the state of comics today.

The Walking Dead enters production

June 3, 2010June 3, 2010 Doug Groves AMC, Comics, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Zombies2 Comments

It’s no secret that The Walking Dead is one of our favourite ongoing comics here at rgb HQ, so when it was announced a TV series based on it was in the pipeline, we couldn’t be happier. A TV series based on the book could be potentially awesome, if handled properly, and eveything seems to be lining up in that direction. Although AMC’s list of original series is short, their track record is impeccable, what with Mad Men, and the best show currently on TV, Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad in…

TCAF 2010 Charles Vess Interview

May 27, 2010June 2, 2010 Doug Groves Charles Vess, Comics, interview, Show, Stardust, TCAF, TCAF 20101 Comment

Alex interviews legendary artist Charles Vess, best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman on works such as the Sandman comic series and “Stardust”. Charles talks with Alex about his latest book called “Instructions”.

Legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta passes away at 82

May 10, 2010May 10, 2010 Doug Groves albums, artist, book covers, Comics, Death Dealer, Frank Frazetta, Molly Hatchet, painting, Tyrannasaurus Rex0 comment

According to Comic Book Resources, fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has passed away at the age of 82. Frazetta’s artwork has graced album covers (including three Molly Hatchet covers), comics, movie posters and book covers over a decades long career. His single most recognizable work is probably that of The Death Dealer, a grim dark figure perched on an equally foreboding horse, which was used for Molly Hatchet’s eponymous debut album. What I personally found appealing about Frazetta’s work is that he eschewed the conventional fantasy/science fiction wisdom of hyper-realism, ornate…

rgbfilter @ TCAF 2010: Day 2 Photos

May 10, 2010May 11, 2010 drsquid canada, Comics, event, festival, TCAF, TCAF 2010, Toronto5 Comments

On Day 2 we returned to Toronto Comics Arts Festival to talk to some more of the very talented writers and artists in attendance. We managed to get interviews with some great webcomic artists, like Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, Emily Horne and Joey Comeau of a softer world, Brandon Bird, and David Malki of Wondermark. We also talked to Jim Munroe, of nomediakings, writer of the ‘post-Rapture graphic novel’ Sword of My Mouth. Lastly, in a bizarro finale to the show, Alex interviewed Evan Dorkin, creator of Hectic…

rgbfilter @ TCAF 2010: Day 1 Photos

May 8, 2010May 10, 2010 drsquid Comics, Emily Horne, event, Jamie McKelvie, Jim Munroe, Matthew Kumar, Miguel Sternberg, Ryan North, Scott Campbell, Shannon Gerard, Sonja Ahlers, TCAF, TCAF 2010, Toronto1 Comment

Today was the first day of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and we were there with our cameras. Above is a slideshow of the crowds at the Toronto Reference Library, and two panels that we videoed, to be put up online in the next week… We went to the The Spirit of Indie: Where Comics Meet Video Games panel where creators Scott Campbell, Jamie McKelvie, Jim Munroe, and Miguel Sternberg were interviewed by games journalist Matthew Kumar. There were some great discussions about how indie games and comics are starting…

rgbfilter @ TCAF 2010: Kick-off Event – Daniel Clowes presents Wilson

May 8, 2010May 10, 2010 drsquid Comics, Dan Clowes, Daniel Clowes, event, pictures, Ramones, TCAF, TCAF 2010, Toronto, Toronto Reference Library, Wilson1 Comment

We went to the Daniel Clowes presents Wilson event on Friday night, where Mark Medley, arts writer from the National Post, sat down with Daniel, and talked with him at length about his career, art, and Wilson (his new graphic novel). Some interesting info I learned was that he created art for an animated Ramones video, and there was the short-lived ‘OK’ Cola created by Coca Cola, that featured his artwork on the can. He also mentioned that while he still pencils, inks, and letters everything by hand, he now…