Carrboro Cartoonist Max Huffman’s Offbeat New Book of “Crime Funnies” Is Drawn from Locations around the Triangle
His book “(Cover Not Final)”—no, that’s not a typo—comes out from AdHouse Books in late May.
Fight or Flight Comics and Ultimate Comics Are Picking Out Drapes Together
In March, Fight or Flight will close in the Shops at Falls Village to merge its staff and culture with Ultimate’s on Capital Boulevard.
In “Dreaming,” Torry Bend and Howard L. Craft Use Puppetry to Probe a Magical, Problematic Comic Strip
The Duke Performances puppet-theater show gives the characters in the seminal “Little Nemo in Slumberland” strip what their creator never did: a voice and a choice.
FINDER: Where to Eat, Drink, Shop, and Play in Northwest Raleigh
And how to spend seven hours there.
In Honor of Pride: Durham, Here’s Why LGBTQ Comic Books Matter
Local comics retailer Siena Fallon delves into how comics shaped her LGBTQ identity and how she makes sure others can have the same experience, but with fewer impediments, in Ultimate Comics stores.
Hillsborough Artist Richard Case Put an Indelible Stamp on Comics’ Weirdest Heroes, the Doom Patrol, Now Heading for TV
Case drew the seminal Grant Morrison-penned run of Doom Patrol comics, which is the basis for the new TV series debuting this week.
Local Creators and Tons of Free Swag Descend on Ultimate Comics for Free Comic Book Day
Saturday, May 5 Ultimate Comics, Triangle-wide 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, www.ultimatecomics.com Free Comic Book Day, an annual tradition in which comics publishers from major to minor release special free issues that readers can snatch up at comics stores, sounds like a great deal. It’s free, right? The catch is that the whole point is to…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cocreator Kevin Eastman Went for a Modest Underground Comics Career. He Started an Independent Pop-Culture Dynasty Instead.
NC COMICON: OAK CITY Saturday, March 17 & Sunday, March 18 $20–$130 Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh www.nccomicon.com You can’t create a comics dynasty on purpose. In fact, it seems helpful not to try. Spider-Man, Superman, Batmanall were cranked out by middle-aged day-jobbers on deadline. They were intended to fill a bit of newsprint and then…
Raleigh Supercon’s Debut Proved the Oak City Is Upholding Its Rep as One of America’s Geekiest Places
Raleigh Supercon Friday, July 14–Sunday, July 16 Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh It may not approach the 130,000-plus crowd that recently invaded San Diego for the annual Comic-Con International (“SDCC” to those on social media), but the recent debut of Raleigh Supercon offered ample evidence that the Oak City is upholding its reputation as one of…
Director’s Cut (For Geeks Only): Comics Writer Chris Sims Takes It Back to ’92
So you’ve read our condensed interview with comics writer Chris Sims and you still want more? Then enjoy this extended cut with extra answers, context, and details on X-Men ’92, Deadpool: Bad Blood,and Swordquest. Superhero comics hit puberty in 1992, violently sprouting massive muscles, bosoms, and guns, with ‘tude to match. The characters and the…
Does Durham’s Recent Cameo in Marvel Comics Reflect a Better Status Quo or a Fleeting Protest Fad? Our Call.
In Artificer, a new, recurring column, the INDY‘s managing arts and culture editor seeks acute angles on broad issues in the performing arts, books, and beyond. In 1990, at the height of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze, Marvel Comics launched a mercilessly demographic-researched series starring a young superhero team called the New Warriors, and…
Superhero MC: Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels Returns to the Comics That Helped Mutate a Catholic Schoolkid Into a Hip-Hop Legend
NC COMICON: OAK CITY Saturday, March 18 & Sunday, March 19, $15–$60 Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh www.nccomicon.com/oak-city A conversation with Darryl McDaniels is as fast-paced and layered as a good comic book, and that makes sense. Most people know McDaniels as the tracksuit-wearing, Adidas-sporting “D.M.C.” half of rap legends Run-D.M.C. But comic book fans know…
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