Monthly Archives: February 2010

Artist Interview: Ben Steeves of Zom-Ben and Our Time in Eden

This week we chat with Ben Steeves, artist on Our Time in Eden – an ongoing online graphic novel written by Gibson Twist, who we profiled on the site last month.

Steeves is also the author and artist of Zom-Ben, a webcomic featuring the adventures of a comic-illustrator-turned-zombie-superhero. We chat about early 90’s comic book trading cards, innocence lost, and the walking dead. Which sounds suspiciously like my 14th birthday.

Artist Interview: Kelly Tindall, Writer/Artist of Archie Snow

Hordak, Baloo the Bear, Judas Priest, and Snow Leopards: What do these things all have in common?

A: They are all topics of conversation when I interview Kelly Tindall, the Montreal-based artist responsible for all of those nifty backup stories in the Image Comics title Proof.

February 10th Fabler Update: in which the awesome hits the ceiling

A brief update, concerning Fabler interviews as well as (unrelated) the upcoming Convention season.

Few animals were harmed in the making of this post.

Antecedents and Archetypes of Modern Comics: Props Where Props Is Due.

So an antecedent and an archetype walk into a bar, right?
….Oh, forget it.

This post salutes the pulp magazines and early American comic strips of yesteryore for the impact they had in shaping the characters of the Golden and Silver Ages of comic books.