ComicCritics.com : A webcomic about comics » Blog http://comiccritics.com Saving the world from bad comics. One rant at a time! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Josh says… http://comiccritics.com/2010/03/04/josh-says-2/ http://comiccritics.com/2010/03/04/josh-says-2/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:17:09 +0000 Brandon http://comiccritics.com/?p=553

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]]> http://comiccritics.com/2010/02/06/wes-anderson-spider-man/feed/ 1 Critical Links – Pay to learn how to make free content http://comiccritics.com/2010/01/06/critical-links-%e2%80%93-pay-to-learn-how-to-make-free-content/ http://comiccritics.com/2010/01/06/critical-links-%e2%80%93-pay-to-learn-how-to-make-free-content/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:49:56 +0000 Brandon http://comiccritics.com/?p=527 Webcomics.com switches from a free resources blog into a paid recourse blog at $30 a year. To say some people are not happy about it is probably putting it lightly.

It will be interesting to see how long it can last as a paid site that is targeting web creators. It had/has a lot of useful info for webcomic creators so I think it might be worth the money if you take making webcomics seriously.

The CBR staff’s top 100 comics of 2009. A decent list with a mix of a little bit of everything from Super-heroes, indie, artsy, manga and web.

Slashfilm has the first official shots of Sott Pilgrim vs the World. Flaming sword and all.

Brian Hibbs on the future of the Direct Market periodicals.

A work-in-progress look at Tom Hart’s comics production/creation book How to Sat Everything.

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Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe , Bryan Lee O’Malley, Oni Press
My love for this series just keeps growing. I’m eagerly waiting for the 6th and final volume next year and hopeful that the movie is good.

Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Vol. 1: Friends, Naoki Urasawa, Viz Media
Urasawa, creator of Monster, creates some of the best manga around. He also has Pluto out this year which I’ve been meaning to pick up.

Parker: The Hunter, Darwyn Cooke, IDW
Cooke branches out from Marvel and DC and turns out a noir thriller that is gorgeous.

The Eternal Smile: Three Stories, Gene Yang & Derek Kirk Kim, First Second
Two of my favorite creators together on a book about how fantasy transform’s people lives.


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Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

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Neil Gaiman to edit 2010’s Best American Comics.

August release date for the Scott Pilgrim vs the World film? I bet Oni is going to be printing many copies of the series in 2010.

The year in review of web/digital comics by Unbound comics at Robot6.

Brian Hibbs talks about how direct market retailers view monthly comics versus OGNs.

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http://twitter.com/comiccritics

]]> http://comiccritics.com/2009/12/18/comic-critics-on-twitter/feed/ 0 Critical Links – Girls read comics? http://comiccritics.com/2009/12/16/critical-links-%e2%80%93-girls-read-comics/ http://comiccritics.com/2009/12/16/critical-links-%e2%80%93-girls-read-comics/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:55:38 +0000 Brandon http://comiccritics.com/?p=483 Marvel announces an all female creator anthology mini series called Girl Comics. It’s kind of a double edge sword. On one side, it’s cool to see such great talent all in one place. On the other, the environment that caused the need for this type of book probably isn’t going to go magically away.

Noah Berlatsky who recently moved his The Hooded Utilitarian blog to the new TJC.com, takes the site to task for problems the launch of the site.

First real look at the cast of the Scott Pilgrim film. I’m scared and excited at the same time.

It’s Marvel vs. Scans Daily round 2.

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Jeff Smith inks a panel. Man his lines are so smooth.

The Comic Journal online has officially launched although with some initial glitches.

Another Best comics of the decade list (this one from Time’s Techland) and another set of blow ups about what is and is not on it. Maybe someone should make a list of the Top worst Top comics of the decade lists.

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece sold 14.7 million copies in Japan in 2009.

CBR launches (in Beta) an online Event Calendar for Comics and Entertainment

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