I had interviewed Cameron Stewart last year at Fan Expo just before word had broken about his three issue stint on Grant Morrison’s Batman & Robin. This shouldn’t really have come as much of a surprise as Stewart been a longtime collaborator with the God of All Comics from very...

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to interview a significant number of people.  For the most part, it’s been a solid and decent experience.  Sometimes it’s kind of business like and you get the answers in a cordial fashion.  Sometimes you get people who are tired and...

On February 27, Artoriginals put on an art show featuring master storyteller Guy Davis. I’ve long been a fan of Guy’s deceptively simple art style, since I picked up the first collection of Sandman Mystery Theatre. Davis has long been known as one of the fastest artists in the...

I’ve been salivating at the mouth waiting for more word on “Revolver,” an original graphic novel coming this July from “3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man” creator Matt Kindt. Matt Kindt is a wonderkind of a creator. His storytelling uses all the tricks...

Michael Cho is one of Comicbookdaily’s favourite artists. His Holiday Season card made us all weep tears of christmas joy, and his cover to Don Delillo’s White Noise made one of our favourite books even more awesome. Well, this time he’s done it again, this time drawing up a...

It’s a pretty slow news day, so I’ve been doing some trolling around looking for anything new and exciting. In saying that, consider this one of those ideas that never happened, and maybe the world is sadder for it.. maybe not. Depends on which Frank Miller would have written...

Official Press Release IDW Publishing and Desperado are proud to debut the new Desperado imprint in March with the launch of Tony Harris: Art and Skulduggery. The fifth installment of Desperado’s Eisner Award-winning art books series, this oversized hardcover edition offers a complete...

Darwyn Cooke to Appear at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Reading and signing for acclaimed graphic novel, The Hunter January 30th, 4:00 PM San Diego, CA (January 18, 2010) – On Saturday, January 30th at 4 PM, award-winning creator Darwyn Cooke will read from his much-lauded graphic...

David Finch is known for many things, among them: crosshatching and Marvel Comics. Well, as of this morning it was announced that Finch is a DC exclusive artist. Which is pretty interesting. The last time an artist who was firmly entrenched in my mind as a Marvel artists, it was Mark Bagley,...

The Beat just broke the news of Marvel’s newest line: Girl Comic. In light of some of the scathing commentary regarding the anti-female vibe that seems to permeate the Marvel titles, it seems funny that Marvel would come out with this comic… but hey, any comic that features (among...

Okay comic fans, we know Alan Moore for his contributions to comics with works like Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and many more. But did you know that Alan Moore has launched a brand new underground magazine called Dodgem Logic from his hometown of Hampton? It’s apparently...

canadacouncil.ca Montreal, November 17, 2009 – The names of winners of the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and translators and in the...

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (November 21, 2009) – Mental illness remains one of Western society’s greatest taboos.  Those who suffer from various mental health disorders often suffer in silence, with very little support from society.  Family members and other loved ones of those...

For those of you out there that are fans of uber awesome writer Matt Fraction (Thor: Ages of Thunder, Casanova, Iron Fist, etc) now have the chance to ask him questions. He’s taking over Warren Ellis’ forum to give you guys the chance to grill him on all the ins and outs of his...

So while nothing is definitely known just yet. It seems like we have more to look forward to from the quite-often-really-late-but-it’s-okay-because-his-artwork-is-so-beautiful-that-no-one-really-wants-to-complain Steve McNiven and some british writer named Mark Millar. While nothing has...

Recently, CBD spoke with Fred Van Lente. We talk Action Philosophers, upcoming projects, breaking into comics and of course, the Marvel Zombies. The interview is also available on podcast for your listening pleasure.

Some people are born to write certain characters. Garth Ennis understands what makes Punisher tick, Dan Slott writes the most compelling Spider-Man, Ed Brubaker and Daredevil were made for each other. Jason Aaron gets Wolverine in a way that no other writer ever has. That isn’t to say...

It’s hard to believe but Asterix and Obelix have been giving good mustache for 50 years now. Asterix and his uber strong menhir carrying pal Obelix have been battling the armies of Julius Caesar in their remote village on the Brittany coast — the only part of ancient Gaul never...

Darwyn Cooke is a bit of a rarity in this business. For one thing, he’s a superstar in a field with very few superstars.  Let’s face it, with the exception of maybe Jim Lee and Alex Ross, there aren’t many people who have the crossover appeal of Darwyn Cooke. Having started...

The first crime novel I can recall reading as a mature reader was Andrew Vachss’s novel Sacrifice. It was one of the Burke books, following a mysterious and quiet possibly dangerous fellow on a quest to bring back a kidnapped child that was being sexually tortured and possibly being...