Alex DeCampi Welcome back to THREE QUESTIONS – The ongoing series of questions and answers with digital comics creators, innovators, and storytellers. This week we’re thrilled to speak with filmmaker and Eisner-nominated comic creator Alex De Campi! Alex has been on the leading edge of digital comics and is one of the original “turbomedia” storytellers, notably … [Read more…]
Matthew Petz Our regular series of THREE QUESTIONS continues this week with digital comic writer and artist Matthew Petz. Matt is most well known for his original digital comics series WAR OF THE WOODS, a former Zuda Comics winner about an alien invasion told from the point of view of the woodland creatures that try … [Read more…]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of the holiday we thought we’d focus on a few digital and webcomics by Irish creators. Enjoy! SUPERHERO HELP DESK – Creators Tree Farrell, Kerrie Smith and Hugo Boylan have created a light-hearted, fun comic about the unenviable job of providing information, troubleshooting problems, and providing support to the … [Read more…]
Dan Goldman With our THREE QUESTIONS series we ask different digital comics innovators the same three questions. The similarities (and differences) in their answers is often enlightening. This week we’re happy to continue the series with digital comics writer, artist, and speaker Dan Goldman! Dan has been at the forefront of experimenting with progressive storytelling … [Read more…]
International Women’s Day If you weren’t already aware, March 8th is International Women’s Day; a time to celebrate the achievements of women, show support for the women in your life, and inspire the next generation of women to go even further. In honor of the day we thought it might be nice to showcase some … [Read more…]
A History of Censorship For better or worse, comic books in the United States are almost synonymous with super heroes. While the idea that graphic fiction is so overwhelmingly focused on one particular genre is interesting in and of itself, it’s made even more fascinating because of its isolation. Whether you’re talking about French bande … [Read more…]
Geoffo & Mast Our series of Three Questions continues this week with two gentlemen on the leading edge of “turbomedia” – Geoffo and Mast. In fact you may remember Mast from an earlier post about the history of Turbomedia. In addition to chronicling digital comics Geoffo is also a prolific digital comics creator and winner the … [Read more…]
Mark Waid Earlier this week we announced the debut of a new feature on the blog aimed at offering different perspectives on creating comics specifically with digital reading and distribution in mind. Today we kick off that feature with none other than Mark Waid! Not only is Mark a New York Times best-selling author and an … [Read more…]
Three Questions With this blog we’ve always tried to demystify digital comics. On the one hand you’ll find straightforward information about the creation and production of comics like RELAUNCH and THE ROAD GOES EVER ON; however, we also want to present a practical look at the thinking behind digital comics. Why are they unique? What are … [Read more…]
Turbomedia What digital comics pioneer Balak collectively calls “Turbomedia” is a method of graphic storytelling that uses narrative tools from comics, animation, and video games adapted to tell stories made specifically for digital reading. It the same philosophy behind comics like RELAUNCH and THE ROAD GOES EVER ON, Marvel’s Infinite Comics, the work done on … [Read more…]