Jamie Coville – First Comics News: Recent Episodes
Jamie Coville – First Comics News
Jack C. Harris Spotlight Panel (42:06, 96.3mb) The panel starts with Comic Con giving Jack an Inkpot Award. The panel is moderated by Mark Evanier. Jack answers questions on how…
Ken Steacy Spotlight (47:19, 108mb) Mark Evanier interviews Ken about getting involved in comics, his Marvel fandom, artists that impressed him, changes in colour printing technology, his first pro work,…
The Secret History of Comics on the Bookshelf (45:48, 104mb) Moderated by Rob Salkowitz, panelists were Linda Sunshine, Michael Uslan and Chris Ryall. Rob gave an intro to graphic novel…
Photo by Bruce Guthrie Jo Duffy Spotlight (50:00, 114mb) When she wanted to involved in comic books, what comics she loved growing up, how she got into comics, her first…
Mike Friedrich Spotlight (51:00, 116mb) Joe Ferrara spoke to Mike about his work on Batman, his move to Marvel and the characters he co-created there, his becoming a publisher with…
Trina Robbins Tribute (50:18, 115mb) On the panel was Lee Marrs, Roberta Gregory, Heidi MacDonald, Barbara “Willy” Mendes, Casey Robbins. The panel was moderated by Kim Munson. They all spoke…
Photo by Daniel BarerWarren Kremer: Harvey Comics Cover Genius (53:51, 123mb) On the panel was Jim Thompson, Alonso Nuñez, Jerry Beck, Maryanne Kremer-Ames, Suzanne Kremer Petrozzino, Peter Kremer and Allen…
Rick Marschall Spotlight (49:03, 112mb) Jackie Estrada gives Rick an inkpot award. Gary Groth talks to Rick about his career, giving a brief rundown of some of the things he…
William Stout Spotlight (50:26, 115mb) William went through his mostly comics career starting with doing water colour portraits at Disneyland when Scott Shaw! Recognized his work from something else he…
Joe Matt Tribute (47:41, 109mb) On the panel was Matt Groening, Sammy Harkham and Brian Doherty. The spoke about Joe’s obsessive personality, how he was the opposite of most comic…
Sketch Duel: Tom Grummett, Ryan Stegman. (40:53, 93.5mb) Moderating the panel was Anthony Ruttgaizer. They took some odd suggestions from the audience as to what to draw, then picked something. Tom…
Where are the Queer Superheroes? (43:05, 98.6mb) Sophie Delmas spoke about Seduction of the Innocent and how the comics code forbade anything other than heterosexual relationships, then spoke a bit about…
2024 Doug Wright Awards (1:28:54, 203mb) Introduction by Brad Mackay, hosted by Dustin Harbin. Winners are in bold The Doug Wright Award for best book: Val-d’Or Neon by Olivier Ballou (Self-published)…
Deni Loubert Spotlight (54:37, 125mb) Deni was interviewed by Dr. Rebecca Sullivan about Starting Renegade Press, coming into comics and her challenges, her turning down working for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
Laugh Riot – Humour in Comics: Parody, Satire and Commentary (55:24, 126mb) Creators Jade Armstrong, Mitch Lohmeier, Thom, Rick Altergott and eventually Keith Knight talk to Robert Sikoryak. They discussed what…
Keith Knight Spotlight (58:11, 133mb) Keith spoke about his upbringing and how it changed his work, coming up with (th)ink and why he did it, talk about American History, doing a…
Paneled Rheum – Art, Comics and Sequential Narrative (55:03, 126mb) Moderated by Jessica Campbell, the panelists were Thijs Desmet, Kit Anderson, Aiden Koch and Kristen Hatfield. Among the topics they spoke…
Ask a (Comics) Librarian (57:03, 130mb) On the panel was Natalie DeJonghe, Tina Coleman, Lindsay Gibb, Scott Robins, Fatma Faraji, Dr. Lucia Cedeira Serantes and Amie Wright (moderator). They all introduced…
Joe Matt Tribute (50:27, 115mb) Panelists were Chris Oliveros, Adrian Tomine, Seth, Chester Brown and Jeet Heer. Among the topics the group spoke about was Matt’s impact on comics particularly in…
Raeghan Buchanan – Drawing History out of Obscurity (51:18, 117mb) Raeghan talked about obscure history is harder to research, with it you will find misconceptions and need dispel them, the types…
Gene Luen Yang Spotlight (45:18, 103mb) Gene and moderator Mark Askwith spoke about when he first began drawing, his first comic books, making comics as a kid with a friend, getting…
Gleem: Freddy Carrasco Spotlight (55:53, 127mb) Ho Che Anderson interviews Freddy Carrasco about his book Gleem and other topics including learning to draw, how he started making comics and doing short…
Toronto Comicon 2024 (March 15 – 17) Sketch Duel: Casey Parsons vs. Chris Compana As the two sketched they spoke about when they started drawing, their art school experience, artist…
Toronto Comicon 2024 (March 15 – 17) Larry F. Houston Spotlight Interviewing Larry was Victor Dandridge. Larry spoke about his career in animation with a lot of focus on the…
Toronto Comicon 2024 (March 15 – 17) Sketch Duel: Mike Rooth vs. Hugh Rookwood (and vs. Jay Fosgitt) The Moderator was JM Clark. While the artists did sketches, they spoke…
Trivia For Chocolate (1:09:02, 158mb) Tom Galloway asks the fans to give out answers based on clues to questions. Among the topics were name the comic book character based on the…
Comics Arts Conference #16: Identity Crisis: Trademark and the Ripple Effect in Comic Narratives. (42:06, 96.3mb) The panel of lawyers were: Jim Thompson, Marc Greenberger and Daniel Barer. They started off…
Who was Steve Ditko? (54:54, 125mb) Panelists consisted of Lenny Schwartz, Alex Grand, Mark Ditko, Marci Singel and Jackie Estrada. The group talked about their involvement with Steve Ditko, Mark and…
Beau Smith Spotlight (54:40, 125mb) Ted Adams does a this is your (comic) life with Beau Smith, but first Comic Con gave Beau an inkpot award, they went over his letter…
Who Says Romance Is Dead? A Look at the past, present and future of Romance Comics (51:54, 118mb) The moderator was Fantastic Frankey and panelists included Bruce Simon, Sydney Heifler, Trina…
Maggie Thompson Spotlight (46:58, 107mb) The focus of the panel was preserving history. Panelists were Maggie Thompson, Karen Green, Mark Evanier and Charles Kochman. Maggie spoke about her brother and his…
Defending Comics Today: Understanding Contracts (46:41, 106mb) Jeff Trexler, Dirk Vanover, Mark Zaid and Gamal Hennessy speak about the most important thing to know in regards to contracts, having leverage and…
Ottawa Comic Con 2022 (Sept 9 – 11) Gail Simone Spotlight (46:11, 105mb) Gail was interviewed by CBC Radio’s All In A Day host Alan Neal. Among the topics covered…
Celebrating 50 Years of Jim Starlin (50:17, 115mb) Jim Starlin spoke about his 50 year career in comics, interviewed by Coy Jandreau. Among the topics discussed were how he realized…
The Forgotten Trio: Letters, Colorists and Inkers (50:50, 116mb) Jessica Tseang moderates a panel with Letterer Dave Lanphear and colorist Beth Sotelo (the inker couldn’t make it). Jessica asked about…
The Universal Cinematic Influence of Jack Kirby (50:31, 115mb) On the panel was Rand Hoppe, Tom DeSanto, Tracy Kirby, Ashley Miller and moderator Mike Cecchini. They started off with a…
50 Years of Funny, The Cartooning Career of Scott Shaw! (48:20, 110mb) Scott quickly ran through a bunch of photos of his work, discussing them briefly, going from childhood photos…
Bill Morrison Spotlight (49:21, 112mb) Tom Racine interviews Bill Morrison about his work. They showed early childhood photos and an example of his mechanical drawing. Bill revealed why he never…
Our Collections, Archives and Creative-Works (50:22, 115mb) Moderated by Greg Kouloudian, panelists were Dr. Bill Watson, Terry Stroud, Dr. Alex Grand and Jamie Coville. The group talked about what are…
Gary Leach Memorial (43:24, 99.3mb) Panelists included Scott Dunbier, Doselle Young and John Layman. They all spoke about first meeting Gary and working with him. Scott brought some pictures and…
AutoBio Comics (48:30, 111mb) Cecil Castelluci moderates a panel with Nathan Pyle, Miram Libicki, Barbara Randall Kesel and Henry Barajes. Among the topics they covered were, who their influences were…
Love from the Silver Age Until Now (51:01, 116mb) Barbara Friedlander spoke about her time editing Romance Comics at DC during the 1960’s Mad Men days. She talked about starting…
Barbara Randall Kesel Spotlight (51:52, 118mb) Barbara got an inkpot award from Comic Con. The panel was a back and forth discussion between Susan Karlin and Barbara. They spoke about…
Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) 2022 (June 17 – 19) – 92 Photos Note: Friday, June 17th was Word Balloon Academy, Academic Symposium, and Librarian & Educator day. For the general public TCAF was June 18-19th. I covered Word Balloon Academy Panels on Friday. Conceptualizing the Comic (49:51, 114MB) Joana Mosi spoke about her education […]
Let’s Talk Story: Writing For TV and Comics (49:21, 112mb) Amy Chu and Dan Parent give their origin story and talk a bit about writing for comics and TV. This was mostly a Q&A with the audience that covered topics such as what the writer does and who are they are writing for, the editors’ […]
Over the last few months there have been many, many websites with “Best of 2019” lists concerning comic books, manga and graphic novels. If you’ve looked at a few, you may have noticed some of the same books on different lists and seen some unique to only that list. I went through over 208 different […]
Comics Law: Disney, Malibu and the Uncensored Mouse (52:02, 47.6mb) On the panel was Michael Lovitz, Dave Oblrich, Chis Ulm and Nat Gertler. They discussed what the Uncensored Mouse was and played an Entertainment Tonight story about the comic, Dave spoke about publishing the book, Michael discussed what is public domain and how it related to […]
John Rogers Tribute (52:29, 48mb) On the panel were David Glanzer, Janet Tait, Robin Donlan, Mark Yturralde, Maija Gates, Mark Stadler and moderator Eddie Ibrahim. They all spoke of how John had taught them or influenced them in some way, how he was a very intelligent problem solver, how he had faith in his employees, his […]
Jae Lee Spotlight (46:18, 42.3mb) Jae Lee is interviewed by Andrew Farago, they go over his starting comics and breaking into Marvel, the massive shift in style between him and John Byrne on Namor, why he hated the colour purple for a long time, the working relationship he had on titles, his doing Hellshock and why […]
Best and Worst Manga of 2019 (45:50, 41.9mb) Moderated by Deb Aoki, Rob McMonigal, Megan Peters, Christopher Butcher and Zac Bertschy discuss their picks for Best New Manga for kids and teens, Best New Manga for Grownups, Best Continuing Manga for Kids and Teens, Best Continuing Manga for Adults, Worst Manga, Most Anticipated New Manga, Underrated […]
Excelsior! Remembering Stan Lee (49:32, 45.3mb) Moderated by Danny Fingeroth panelists Denis Kitchen, Maggie Thompson, Paul Levitz, Marv Wolfman, Michael Uslan, John Semper Jr and Todd McFarlane all shared their favorite stories of Stan Lee, demonstrating his humor, willingness to help people, joy of interacting with comic fans, intelligence and more. Danny also […]
Kurt Busiek Spotlight (48:53, 44.7mb) Scott McCloud interviews his life long friend Kurt Busiek, revealing that he wouldn’t be in the comics industry if it wasn’t for Kurt. The two reminisced about what they enjoyed about comics, doing a fund raising comic for the Boston Pops that had the permission to use DC and Marvel […]
The 70s Panel (1:16:06, 69.6mb) Tony Isabella, Trina Robbins, Arvell Jones, Lee Marrs, Mike Friedrich, Louise & Walt Simonson and moderator Mark Evanier spoke about why they got into the comics industry and their attitude towards doing it as a career. They also revealed if they got some discouraging advise from veteran creators, if […]
The Hard boiled Return of Ms. Tree (52:32, 48.1mb) Max Allan Collins was interviewed by Andrew Summer. They talked about how Ms. Tree was started, the look of Ms. Tree designed with Terry Beatty, the soft reboot of the series when it was published by DC, things done in Ms. Tree that wasn’t being […]
The Art and Magic of Comics Lettering: Discussion with Richard Starkings (53:09, 48.6mb)
With Ivan Salazar and Taylor Morgan asking questions, Richard spoke about the classes that he teaches on lettering. He went through a slide show of different lettering types and spoke about where and what is lettering. He showed where balloons should be placed, how it can assist with the art, 2 and 3 dimensional planes, gave examples from works he felt were really well done, why he pioneered digital lettering, how to deal with difficult creative situations and losing the organic feel of pen lettering.