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October 19, 2009

Roundtable: Digital Piracy

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By John Hogan
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We hear about it all the time: digital piracy. The scourge of the entertainment industry, digital piracy has been taken on by music companies, movie studios, and major publishers. But what of comic piracy? Does it affect the industry as a whole? We talked to three people in graphic publishing to see what the state of matters is and how they are combating illegal downloading.

Anthony Awards 2009

Named for New York Times critic and Mystery Writers of America co-founder Anthony Boucher, the Anthony Awards honor the best in mystery and crime writing published in the previous year.

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October 16, 2009

With all the traveling I do, you think my suitcase would be trained to pack itself by now. Seriously. Wednesday night as I went to pack for my trip to Indianapolis for Bouchercon, I hoped the clothes would line up and just fold themselves in. Atten hut....fold and march. Of course, I needed to rethink for cold weather. I had missed the "it’s getting colder" memo and walked around the block from my parking garage the other day with a light fleece sweatshirt on and realized everyone else had on winter coats, and scarves. I had not even added socks with my loafers! Flipping to the Indy forecast I saw numbers I had not seen in a while --- 30 and 40. I like 70 and 80. So I unboxed my turquoise cowboy boots and pulled out my turquoise vest --- and smiled. Sometimes it’s the little things. Forgot how much I loved those!

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Barry Awards 2009

Named in honor of mystery fiction reviewer and Deadly Pleasures contributor Barry Gardner, the winners of the Barry Awards are selected each year by the magazine’s subscribers and online visitors.

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Interview: Ted Rall, author of The Year of Loving Dangerously

Oct 15, 2009

Ted Rall is an American cartoonist, political commentator, and writer who has made a career of recording He’s been a war correspondent for the Village Voice and a contributor to everything from the New York Times and Rolling Stone to Time and Mad. His latest project is a memoir about the year 1984—the year he spent living and loving wildly while his future lay in the balance. We caught up with Ted to ask him about how this memoir came about now.

Interview: Bill Willingham, author of Peter & Max

Oct 13, 2009

In which we discuss Bill Willingham's long career, his versatility in many genres, and his perspectives on various comics matters.

For nearly 30 years, Bill Willingham has been a key player in the comics industry, both as an artist and a writer. Today, he concentrates primarily on the writing, working on two of DC Comics/Vertigo’s biggest publications: Fables, the Vertigo series he created in 2001, and the iconic Justice Society of America, the very first—and possibly greatest—superhero team of all.

Interview: Bill Willingham, author of Fables, The Deluxe Edition, Vol. One

Oct 13, 2009

In which Bill Willingham discusses the politics of the comics industry and talks about various controversies, both in Fables and in comics in general.

Interview: Bill Willingham, author of Fables, The Deluxe Edition, Vol. One

Oct 13, 2009

In which Bill Willingham describes the plot of his new prose book, spills the beans on what dastardly plots he has upcoming in both JSA and Fables, speaks on Obsidian and other characters, and reveals whether he will be doing any more drawing in the future.
 
Part 1 of the interview     |     Part 2 of  the interview

Interview: Laurie Faria Stolarz, author of Black is for Beginnings

Oct 10, 2009

October 2009

Laurie Faria Stolarz is the acclaimed author of such young adult books as BLEED, PROJECT 17 and the Touch series.

Interview: Laini Taylor, author of Lips Touch: Three Times

Oct 10, 2009

October 2009

Teenreads.com's Usha Reynolds recently spoke with author and artist Laini Taylor, whose latest release, LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES, is an illustrated collection of three fantasy short stories about love and romance, each of which share a common theme --- a transformative and sometimes dangerous first kiss.