Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Interview with Jamie Portillo
For my final interview of the convention, I spoke with Jamie Portillo who wrote Hell Paso. He has a passion for history that he’s converted into a series of historical…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Interview with Josh Blylock
Intrigued by Mercy Sparx, I decided to speak with Josh Blylock of Devil’s Due Entertainment. (Which has just merged with 1st Look) The books turned out to be deeper and…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Interview with Josh Shockley
I was told that I had to go talk to the guys at PLB Comics. Turns out they’re a local publisher putting out neat, pulp comics. There’s a lot more…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Interview with Arizona Power Girl
Back in 2012 when I was writing for Player Affinity (now called Entertainment Fuse), I had the opportunity to speak with Cara Nicole aka Arizona Powergirl. This year she came…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Comics as Cultural Mirrors
Really, the only bad thing about this panel was that it could easily be a semester at college. So it felt a bit compressed for a one hour panel.
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: A Talk with James Tynion IV
After the Boom! Studios panel I started thinking again about gender and sexual fluidity in comics. Long-time readers will remember I recently wondered about this in the Sunstone article. As…
Baltimore Comic-Con 2015 Cosplay Extravaganza!
This year’s show was, like any other, a mixture of the usual characters in their usual costumes, the usual characters in unique permutations, and characters rarely seen at Baltimore Comic-Con.…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 3: Interview with Robert Kendzie
Sword and Sorcery are back! With Robert Kendzie at the helm, you’re in for a romping good time. As you hear during our interview, he’s got a fun little twist…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 2: Boom! Studios Panel
The Boom! Studios panel goes beyond simply discussing the future of Boom! Studios and discusses the present and future of comics. The discussion centers on inclusion of under-represented groups and…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 2: Mark Waid Guest of Honor Panel
I’ve come to know Mark Waid more and more as he seems to make it Baltimore Comic-Con every year. So it was a no brainer for me to attend the…
Interview with Will and Kurt of Crom the Barbarian
Readers of my personal blog will be familiar with my feelings on copyright maximalism. Basically, I think it does our country and our society a huge disservice to have copyrights…
Baltimore Comic-Con Day 2: Interview with Kristy and Kat of Square City Comics
This year, more than any other, I was aware of the continuity on which exist independently published comics. On one end stand the creator-owned publishers like Image, Dynamite, IDW, and…