Comics A.M. | Update on Cerebus negatives; rise of 'foodie comics'
Cerebus #26
Comics | Last week a building fire destroyed the negatives for Dave Sim's Cerebus: High Society, but George Peter Gatsis reports that more than half the 500 pages already had been scanned for the audio/visual digital edition (covering issues 26-50). For the other pages, Sim will be getting the best possible printed material and, hopefully, high-res scans. [Bleeding Cool]
Comics | Food writer Jon Watson addresses 'the rise of foodie comics,' singling out Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory: 'It helps that the book is extremely well written, but I'm interested in a well-executed crossover of foodie culture into pop culture. It's not often that happens when it doesn't elicit a groan or feel forced. I think that, as food culture has grown of the last few decades, it is organically inspiring other art forms rather than feeling like an attempt at commercialization.' [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
From Gambit #2
Comics | Vocalist George Hage of the Raleigh, North Carolina, band Jack the Radio, who met artist Clay Mann at HeroesCon in 2010, makes a cameo as a security guard in Marvel's Gambit #2. 'I know it sounds trite, but when I first saw the page my jaw dropped a little and my heart was pumping,' Hage confessed. 'In my head I think I did a back flip.' [Music.MyNC]
Creators | With Image Comics about to launch a new, four-issue miniseries of his Multiple Warheads, Brandon Graham talks about the origins of the story (yes, the title is a double entendre), his manga influences and the world he has created: 'I think of it more as what a fairy tale Russia would grow into by the 1980s. They have cars and rock music on the radio. The idea is that there's no England or English-speaking countries in it. America is run by natives in totem pole robots, Japan is mostly in space and has a Dragon Emperor and France is run by knights in powdered wigs.' [Comics Alliance]
Creators | Artist Drew Geraci is profiled by his local newspaper. [Clayton News Daily]
Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics
Creators | James Romberger reviews the unfortunately titled Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics and discusses the significance of Severin's work. [The Hooded Utilitarian]
Comics | Tom Spurgeon passes along a comment from Rodrigo Baeza offering a theory as to why Marvel is insisting its Marvel Now initiative is not a reboot: To keep some titles from being emphasized at the expense of others. [The Comics Reporter]
Comics | Sam Henderson talks to some other creators and shares his own feelings about comics as a live performance. [The Comics Journal]
Conventions | Love and Capes creator Thom Zahler reports in on his trip to Star Wars Celebration VI. [Thom Zahler]
- August 31, 2012 @ 06:55 AM by Brigid Alverson
- Tagged: Brandon Graham, Cerebus, Cerebus: High Society, Chew, Clay Mann, comics a.m., Dave Sim, digital comics, food, Gambit, Greg Land, Image Comics, iron man, john layman, Love and Capes, Marie Severin, Marvel, music, rob guillory, Sam Henderson, Thom Zahler
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