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Free Comic Book Day – Toronto style

April 27, 2010 Doug Groves comic books, crawl, event, Free Comic Book Day, Toronto2 Comments

For a good eight years now, Free Comic Book Day has become an early May tradition, where comic book retailers promote the event and hand out copies of comic books to customers, which has unsurprisingly become a hit. You can see the North America wide list of artist signings at FreeComicBookDay.com This year,Greg Dunford, writer of Hard Drive and friend of the show has organized a Free Comic Day Comic Crawl [Facebook event] through Toronto, with a number of notable guests from fandom. If you know of events going down…

AMC greenlights ‘The Walking Dead’ TV series

March 30, 2010March 31, 2010 drsquid AMC, Comics, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, TV, Zombies1 Comment

Following on from the news in January that AMC had ordered the pilot for a TV series of the best genre comic ever, ‘The Walking Dead’, comes the annoncement that a six episode series has been greenlit by AMC. The project has been on a fast track after AMC won a bidding war last August for the rights to the comic. AMC must have a lot of confidence in Frank Darabont’s vision for the series after greenlighting a whole season while the pilot is still being cast. Hopefully this vision…

Chew: A comic about a psychic cop, chicken, and the FDA

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 drsquid Chew, Comics, FDA, Poultry, review0 comment

I used to buy a lot of comics, having a pull at my local comic store of anywhere between 5-10 floppies a week, but as the years have gone by I have a) become lot more selective in my choices, and b) decided to wait for trade paperbacks to come out, instead of buying single issues. It is only when something is very special that I still buy the floppies. Joining ‘The Walking Dead’, the greatest zombie story in any media, is ‘Chew’, one of the most original, funny, and…

AMC TV greenlights ‘The Walking Dead’ Pilot

January 22, 2010January 22, 2010 drsquid AMC, Comics, Image, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, Walking Dead, Zombies10 Comments

Last year it was announced that Robert Kirkman’s Image comic‘The Walking Dead’ had been optioned by AMC to be turned into a TV Series. This was great news for many. As an ongoing series on the cable network, it won’t be bound by the same FCC constrictions as the broadcast networks. This should hopefully lead to an authentic adaptation of what our friend Chris at Comics212 (and organizer of TCAF) says was one of the past decades best genre comics. On Wednesday the show took one more shamble closer to…

rgbFilter @ TCAF 2009 – Jamie McKelvie, Ray Fawkes & Alec Longstreth

January 21, 2010May 7, 2010 drsquid Comics, event, Image, Jamie McKelvie, ka-blam, lulu, Oni Press, Phonogram, Ray Fawkes & Alec Longstreth, TCAF, tcaf 20093 Comments

Last May we attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and got a chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show. We posted 2 videos back in May, but a lot of the other interviews were put on the backburner, so, after a long delay, we will finally be posting the remaining videos, just in time to coincide with the announcement of TCAF 2010 guest list. In this video we talk to Jamie McKelvie, the artist, with writer Kieron Gillen, of Phonogram, Ray Fawkes, one half of…

TCAF 2010 website goes live with exhibitors list

January 19, 2010 drsquid Comics, event, TCAF 2010, Toronto1 Comment

The Toronto Comics Arts Festival’s website just went live with the complete exhibitors list. Along with last weeks announcement of featured guest Dan Clowes, other noteable guests include James Sturm, author of The Golem’s Mighty Swing, and Evan Dorkin, the man behind Milk & Cheese! Check out the TCAF website here for all the details.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2010: Headlining guest is Dan Clowes

January 17, 2010January 17, 2010 drsquid Comics, Dan Clowes, tcaf 2009, TCAF 2010, Toronto1 Comment

Unlike previous TCAFs, which were held bi-annually, TCAF 2009 is being followed by another festival this year. Like last year, it is being held at the Toronto Reference Library, and is on May 8th and 9th. The TCAF 2010 website will being going live on January 19th with the full guest list, but it was announced on Friday that the headlining guest will be Dan Clowes, an artist who rarely makes convention appearances. He also created the TCAF 2010 poster above. Clowes is well know for being the author, and…

Fan Expo 09: The Anthology Project

September 14, 2009September 14, 2009 Doug Groves Anthology Project, Comics, event, Fan Expo 20095 Comments

Nick Thornborrow, one of the members of The Anthology Project, was kind enough to sit down with Ryan for a few minutes to explain some of the details behind the goals of the project. After the video, be sure to visit their site to see some great work.

Fan Expo 2009: Hard Drive Issue 1 Released

September 4, 2009 Doug Groves event, Fan Expo 2009, Hard Drive22 Comments

Ryan interviews Beth Rumjahn of cyberpunkcomics.com about the release of the first issue of Hard Drive, written by Greg Dunford and art by Renzo Podesta. Check out the site to see more of the the first issue artwork in high res. Nice stuff!

Max Brooks Interview: For Those Who Like Their Zombies Shambling

August 31, 2009August 31, 2009 Doug Groves Comics, event, Fan Expo 2009, interview, Max Brooks, survival guide, World War Z, zombie5 Comments

Alex sits down with Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z to talk about the WWZ movie, comics, Max’s previous “schticks” and much more, including his upcoming work on a G.I. Joe mini series. Finally, in the vein of “Hulk vs. Thing” and “Ninjas vs. Pirate” debates, Max lets us know where he stands regarding the “slow vs. fast zombies” debate.

rgbFilter at Fan Expo: Good eyes, Murphy.

August 31, 2009August 31, 2009 Danny X event, Fan Expo 2009, photography0 comment

Throughout the weekend at Fan Expo we put rgbFilter’s FroggyBootKnocker and his Sony Alpha 700 DSLR through the paces. A huge thanks to him, and for these amazing shots. We have LOTS of content and lots of great interviews still to come! Keep checking! .

Disney buys Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion

August 31, 2009August 31, 2009 Danny X 6 Comments

Yes, you read that right. The boards of both Disney and Marvel Entertainment today approved a $4 Billion purchase deal, allowing Disney to buy Marvel.