We interview the biggest names in indie and small press comics about their latest work, their inspirations and what they can recommend to up and coming creators.
As you’ll have seen from last week’s Pull List, we’re big fans of QAM Comics‘ Guided View Native digital comic Template. With it’s bleak cyber-punk feel and dystopian action it’s amazing to think this is produced by 4 guys without the resources of the big two publishers. To find out how they do it and what […]
In the epic sci-fi graphic novel ARK, from writer Peter Dabbene and Arcana Comics a crew of humans and ‘meta-humans’ (human/animal/plant hybrids) discover their fate is not as they thought when a mysterious message from earth reveals the true nature of the mission to their stars is not as they first seemed. But that’s not all, […]
Describing itself as the YouTube of web comics app, we featured the excellent Tapastic Comics in last week’s Pipedream Pull List, calling it “A slick and stylish portal for collecting webcomics into one place… the perfect way to read webcomics on an iPhone“. Keen to find out more about the story and people behind this great open publishing service […]
Molly Danger from Jamal ‘Supergirl’ Igle and Action Lab Comics is one of our favourite new titles in ComiXology’s Guided View section. Mixing the action-packed world of superheroes and giant robots with a coming of age story of a girl who is trying to deal with fame, celebrity and being a 10 year old superhero […]
When we spoke to him back in July, Motorcycle Samurai creator Chris Sheridan described the prologue of his new book as a western with Elvis and Bruce Lee as the hero and anti-hero. Well, this week at the New York Comic Convention, the first full issue of this intriguing mash-up is released by Top Shelf Comix and is also a […]
If it’s one thing we keep getting reminded, it’s that digital comics are about much more than superheroes and spandex. The latest example of this is the excellent The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood from Mark Waid’s Thrillbent. Written by Christina Blanch & Chris Carr and based on their experiences of teaching in US prisons, Charlie Wormwood […]
Nestled in the new ComiXology Guided View section between Batman and Wolverine you might have noticed a new title called Hurry – Adventures of the Rabbitoid Knight. Rubbing shoulders with the big boys of digital comics, Hurry is the self published adventures of a space rabbit in the L Dimension that is written and drawn by […]
As comics fans we’re all too familiar with the idea of a hero who is gifted with super powers and forced to deal with the extra-ordinary, but what if the tables were turned and everyone else had powers but you? That’s the premise of the brilliant new creator-owned series, ‘Ordinary’ from Rob Williams and Matt […]
Not only are 2000AD releasing some of their best new material at the momentvia their iPad edition, they are also resurrecting their incredible back catalogue for a whole new generation to enjoy digitally for the first time. One title getting the re-release treatment is the surreal and twisted Nemesis the Warlock from Pat Mills and Kevin […]
In the pantheon of movies based on video games, there are very few which have achieved the ‘cult’ status that the 1993 Super Mario Brothers Movie has achieved. Despite being met with critical derision and commercial failure on it’s launch, it’s developed a certain affection among gaming geeks and nostalgia buffs of a certain age, […]