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Comic-Con 2009 Update #9 – Radical Comics (featuring Gene & Nick Simmons)

If there is one thing readily available at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, well, it’s comics.  I was privileged enough to speak with a handful of individuals in the industry during my time there this year.  It was an enlightening experience to see how the process of working on a book plays out, from start to finish.  Continue reading ‘Comic-Con 2009 Update #9 – Radical Comics (featuring Gene & Nick Simmons)’

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Comic-Con Update #8 – Hollyvood

There are a lot of great comic books out there today.  Unfortunately, there are a lot of stagnant ones out there too.  However, I recently came across one particular title that fits the former, not the latter.  Hollyvood is a new series recently released by writer/director Vem and his writing partner Steven Thadeus.  The story features a lonely immigrant on his travels from Eastern Europe to the United States in hopes of fulfilling his American dream.  Why do I say ‘his’ and not ‘the?’  Well, as you’ll find out in the pages of Hollyvood, everyone has their own version of the American dream.  Continue reading ‘Comic-Con Update #8 – Hollyvood’

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Comic-Con 2009 Update #7 – Women of Marvel

On the final day of this year’s Comic Con was the Women of Marvel panel.  No, Rogue and She-Hulk were not present.  These were the talented women that work at Marvel who assemble a wide array of those stories we love to read.  Panelists included (but were not limited to) editor Jen Grünwald, colorist-extraordinaire Laura Martin and the brilliant mind of writer Marjorie Liu.  Continue reading ‘Comic-Con 2009 Update #7 – Women of Marvel’

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