Tag: COMICS

Public Service Announcements in the medium of comics regarding the dangers of... well whatever the popular perils of the time are, have been hoisting well-intentioned gibberish on kids for generations. PSA comics have touched on everything from drugs, to smoking, to famine, and land mines. The latest in a long heritage of comics urging you to do right comes without any super heroes or ...

Garfield, the lasagna-loving cat, is a cultural and comics icon to some. To others, though, he's just irritating and boring. The three-panel comic strips tend to be goofy and silly, with some banter between the seemingly depressed owner Jon Arbuckle and the abusive cat. Subtract the cat, though, and the comics take on a very different and disturbing tone. That's the idea behind 'Garfield Minus ...

One of the few successful "mainstream" female comic writers in the United States, Gail Simone (pictured, below) is the author of DC's 'Birds of Prey,' 'Welcome to Tranquility,' All-New Atom, and will soon take the reigns of 'Wonder Woman.' Her most recent work is for the GameTap network, which commissioned Simone to create an episode for its 'Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series,' a 10-part ...

Fear of digital piracy has also kept many comic publishers from the online realm. But that's finally changing for Marvel, who today launches a subscription-based online service for viewing 2,500 issues sampled from their massive back-catalog. The service, called Marvel Digital Comics, will not cannibalize existing printed comic sales by excluding anything newer than six months old. Additionally, ...