Walter Durajlija sits down with Galloway Park's Dennis DePues.

This past weekend was the 2011 Canadian G.I. Joe Convention in Toronto. One of the special guests was comic book artist Valentine DeLandro.  I got the opportunity to sit with Valentine and talk to him about comics and of course G.I. Joe. Ed (E): When was that point when you decided you wanted...

Two weeks ago at the Wizard World Toronto Comic I sat down once again with Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery, and Andy Belanger, the creative minds behind the IDW comic book juggernaut Kill Shakespeare. This time around I talk to the guys about their cover contest, issues eight and nine, what...

Arthur Suydam, cover artist for  Marvel Zombies, brings classical style and oil painting to his horrific creations and constructions depicting the superhero apocalypse. Suydam said Marvel Zombies was a good match for him because of his background as an anatomical artist and his interest in...

On Nov. 21 I caught up with Kill Shakespeare creators Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger at the fall Toronto ComicCon. We chatted for a little over 30 minutes on a variety of subjects: attending small and large conventions, their Pitch This victory at TIFF, their favourite characters, the...

We’re coming up on our first year of Comic Book Daily and I’ve managed to interview a whole lot of artists at different points in their career, and I can honestly say that the interviews that are the most fun are the ones with young, undiscovered talent. The energy and enthusiasm...

About a month ago, at the Hobbystar Comicon Fan Appreciation event, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview Greg Rucka: Shelley Smarz: So, first I want to say, as a comic book scholar, as a fan, and as a feminist, I just want to say thank you for writing strong women so well. Greg...

Working in a comic book store you get asked a whole lot of crazy questions – but one of the best questions I’ve ever been asked was ‘what is the most fun comic on the stands right now?” That would be Salt Water Taffy. I got turned onto this series by my co-worker who...

Jason Aaron is Interviewing Stray Bullets, Young Liars Master Mind David Lapham over at the Standard Attrition forum. Well.. what more do you need to know? Go over there and check it out!

Kayla Marie Hillier’s webcomic Galavant tells those tiny trip details that remain with the traveler long after most of the memories from the trip collapse together. Based on the three-month period she spent in the United Kingdom from December 2009 through March 2010, this once-weekly...

Karl Kerschl is one of the most in-demand artists working in comics right now. From his work on Superman with Greg Rucka to the critically and fan acclaimed Flash installments in the Wednesday Comics Project. However his heart seems to lie with his Transmission X webcomic The Abominable...

Yes, yes it is. Brian McLachlan – from the amazingly awesome Princess Planet – has taken the webcomic medium to new heights with his latest venture Smooth N’ Natural. Telling the stories of two brothers from different mothers as they… y’know what – why...

You don’t often come across that many brand new writer/artists working for the Big Two anymore, that could be the reason why Jeff Lemire seems like such a rarity in this industry.  He’s known for slice of life, lyrical biographical stories like Lost Dogs, the Essex County trilogy...

Matt Kindt has quickly become one of the more dynamic comic book creators working today.  Over the course of three books Super Spy, Two Sisters and the recently released Super Spy: the Lost Dossiers – He has given us intricately linked stories about spies during world war two and the...

On the last saturday of the Toronto Wizard  World Con, I had the opportunity to speak with one of my favourite authors, Gail Simone. Here’s a transcript of our conversation…. Shelley Smarz: So I think I speak for everyone at Comic Book Daily when I say that we’re huge fans...

The first time I came across Ray Fawkes work was through the 2008 series Apocalipstix which he wrote with buddy Cameron Stewart providing art. the book was a wonderful blending of Mad Max with Josie and the Pussycats. (I was pretty sold on the book from the start but became a huge fan upon...

Pete interviews Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger about their new comic Kill Shakespeare. A Wonderful blending of Shakespeare and some of the best influences comic books have to offer.