http://iwantmycomicsnow.com Thu, 01 May 2008 17:17:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Local SF artist Matt Salidy has been nominated for an Eisner award.  For those who don’t know Eisner awards are the “Oscars” of the comic book world.  Being nominated is an honor and it is also an opportunity to get exposed to a larger audience.  I was exposed for a ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/05/01/almost-homeless/ Here are the details for the contest in issue 1misadventures-contest-new.pdf  http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/23/issue-1-contest-details/ If you are curious about the magazine, how it got started, and what its goals are, you should listen to a recent Comic Geek Speak episode where the guys talk all about the magazine.Here's a link:http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-489.aspThanks, Bryan    http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/23/podcast-all-about-the-magazine/ I recently had the opportunity to visit Milan, Dublin, and Barcelona.  The trip was for business but I did have enough free time to explore the comic shops in each of these cities.  The experience is very different in each city but the shop owners and customers are very much ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/18/comic-shopping-in-europe/ If you spent the last few weeks cataloguing new species of fish in an ocean trench, and for whatever reason came to this website ahead of all others as soon as you got back to shore and a wifi-enabled coffeehouse, you should prepare yourself for a shock. (Spoilers for Spider-Man’s One ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/09/vocal-minority-one-more-day/ Here you go: DEC074051  http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/07/issue-2-diamond-order-code/ http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2008/01/07/issue-2-cover-sneak-peak/ If you want to see the future of comics then look no further than the local kindergarten class.  Forget the crossover events and hot artists and all the other industry noise.  It's cliché but the kids are the future of our hobby.    At the recent Comic Geek Speak 300th episode I ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2007/12/08/the-future-of-comics/ Previously…Last year the New York Times published an article about the new wave of minority characters in comics, with the Hispanic Blue Beetle, the Chinese Great Ten, and the lesbian (also: Jewish) Batwoman leading the pack.  Given that no one outside the comics community has ever heard of the Blue ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2007/11/29/vocal-minority-new-batwoman-book/ The trade paperback has been a boon and a bore for comic fans.  Collected story arcs in self contained volumes have made it easy to get stories you might have missed and to enjoy older stories that you can’t afford to buy as singles.  I get it, I buy them ... http://iwantmycomicsnow.com/2007/10/16/writing-for-the-omnibusabsolute/