Color commentary, Longbox, and a ton of interviews

March 4, 2010 | Posted by Brigid

Veteran comics creator Trevor Von Eeden (The Original Johnson) and relative newcomer Jeremy Love (Bayou) discuss issues of race in comics, including diversity within the cast of characters and their own experiences as creators of color, in a fascinating roundtable at Graphic Novel Reporter.

Sean T. Collins talks to Nick Gurewitch, creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship, about the superhero shorts he drew for Marvel. Yes, you read that right. And with the new print version of PBF coming out soon, Gurewitch reveals that the comic isn’t quite dead yet.

James Kochalka talks to Dan Copulsky at Question Riot.

Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins are all over the internet right now, what with the new book and all; here’s their latest interview, with Lev Grossman of Techland.

In a similar vein, Alex Dueben chats with Joey Comeau and Emily Horne about A Softer World, which is also spawning a dead-tree edition.

Scott Merrill interviews Drew and Natalie Dee (of Toothpaste for Dinner and Married to the Sea fame) at Crunch Gear. (Hat tip: Storming the Tower.)

Patti Martinson talks to Amanda Ahlstrom, creator of the manga-style webcomic Pilgrim (currently on hiatus) at Sequential Tart.

David Harper interviews Brock Heasley, co-creator of the latest Zuda winner Monsterplex, at Multiversity Comics.

And winding it up, Mike Perridge talks to Zuda creator Shannon Cronin at mpd57.

Remember Longbox, which was going to be an iTunes for comics? There was lots of talk about it, and then we didn’t hear anything for a while. Well, apparently it was in “private beta,” and Bleeding Cool reports that the beta version will go public sometime soon.

Terri Heard takes a look at Kickstarter, an increasingly popular way of funding print comics, at Publishers Weekly Comics Week.

Tim Demeter has announced that he is leaving Clickwheel and Graphic Smash and taking Reckless Life with him; he promises more annoucements soon and mentions in comments that it’s really all about getting back to making comics, and he’ll be writing about the comics biz at his blog.

Elle Dee has a fun look at how artists draw themselves at Storming the Tower.

Delos muses on why comics are—and are not—like cake at ArtPatient.

Coyote Trax writes about fillers and links to some examples.

Reviews: I reviewed the print editions of Cyanide & Happiness and Copper in my latest Unbound column at Robot 6. Other reviews of note:

r2moo2 on Aoi House (Digital Strips)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Aya Takeo (The Comic Book Bin)
Jason and Steve on Bear and Tiger (Digital Strips)
James Fleenor on The Prisoner (Anime Sentinel)
Luprand on Ren Rats (Luprand’s Webcomic Musings)
Larry Cruz on Shi Long Pang (The Webcomic Overlook)
Paul Haggerty on Skin Horse (print edition) (SFRevu)
Mike Perridge on The Streets of San Diablo (mpd57)
Coyote Trax on Stuff is Happening (Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique)