Best Cosplay Ever: San Diego Comic-Con Edition [SDCC 2016]
This year's San Diego Comic-Con may not have felt as over-stuffed as years passed, but that didn't mean the convention floor wasn't still jam-packed with incredible cosplay. The annual event is still...
View ArticleThese 'Saga' Action Figures Are The Impossible Made Real [Review]
We got action figures based on Brian K. Vaughan's and Fiona Staples' Saga. Those are words I never thought I would write. Not that Saga isn't amazing and worthy of a line of toys, but it's a rarity for...
View ArticleThe 'Saga' Continues: Catching Up With Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples'...
When a comic runs for a long while at a consistent level of quality, with a single reliable creative team, it can often slip out of the conversation. When it launched four and a half years ago, Brian...
View ArticleComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Sci-Fi Comic of 2016
Check out the best sci-fi comics in 2016, including our critics' picks and the comics you voted the runners up and winner in this category! Continue reading…
View Article'Kim & Kim', 'Midnighter', 'Love Is Love' Make Shortlist For GLAAD...
The GLAAD Media Awards have always provided an interesting marker for the progress of queer representation in mainstream comics. While in the past many comics received nominations and accolades for...
View ArticleImage At 25: What 'Saga' Meant To My Relationship
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, is one of those comics that seems to have almost universal appeal. I've recommended it to so many friends who have never really tried comics, and the...
View ArticleComics' Sexiest Female Characters (From A Queer Perspective) [Love & Sex Week]
The problem with "sexiest women in comics" lists is that they tend to get wrapped up in the presumptive male gaze and the assumption of a male readership. Basically, you end up with a bunch of sexist...
View ArticleBest Cosplay Ever (This Week): Aquaman and Aqualad, Moana, Howl's Moving...
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes...
View ArticleBest Covers Ever (This Year): Image Comics 2016 Edition
The end of the year is a time of reflection in many ways, and that often means thinking about and assessing what the very best releases in any particular medium were. As we prepare to cross the...
View ArticleComics' 20 Most Memorable 'Beauty And The Beast' Romances
One is a kind, caring and sweet person who wants to make a difference. The other is brash and feels isolated from a world that would paint it as an outsider. Somehow, they find a common bond and fall...
View ArticleBrian K. Vaughan And Fiona Staples' 'Saga' Wins Hugo Award
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga continues to be honored in the awards circuit. After picking up three Eisner Awards at this year's Comic-Con -- sweeping the three categories for which it was...
View ArticleImage Launches A Pay-What-You-Want Humble Bundle For CBLDF
If you're not familiar with Humble Bundle, here's the deal: Deals. Specifically, they're deals with proceeds that go to charity. So far, the site has offered comedy albums, downloadable video games,...
View ArticleLink Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 07.04.14
Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be...
View ArticleThe Comics Alliance Guide to SDCC 2014: What To Do On Saturday
With hundreds of panels to choose from at San Diego Comic-Con, the show can be an overwhelming experience — and it’s far too easy to miss a panel you think you might have loved, or to find yourself on...
View Article2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees
The 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony took place Friday 25th July in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, as part of San Diego Comic-Con. It was a good night for Saga,...
View ArticleHalloween Cosplay At Silver Snail's Snailoween Party 2014
Cosplay always goes mainstream at Halloween, with the witch and ghost and vampire costumes of yesteryear making way on the streets, and at parties and bars, for the sort of pop culture costumes we're...
View ArticleBrian K. Vaughan And The Ongoing Story Of Post-9/11 America
In common with a fairly significant chunk of the comics community, Brian K. Vaughan was in New York on September 11th, 2001, and witnessed the events of that day first-hand. Sublimating his experiences...
View ArticleImage Announces 'Kaptara' From Chip Zdarsky & Kagan McLeod
Sex Criminals co-creator Chip Zdarsky and Infinite Kung Fu author Kagan McLeod plan to take readers to colorful, strange, and rather gay new worlds with their new Image ongoing title Kaptara this...
View ArticleBoom And Image Receive Two Nominations Each In GLAAD Awards
GLAAD, the media monitoring group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender representation, has announced the nominees for its annual Media Awards celebrating positive LGBT representation in...
View ArticleBoom EIC Matt Gagnon on Push Comics Forward [Interview]
Boom Studios has a reputation in the comics industry for publishing an increasingly diverse group of books and creators. This commitment to diversity in genre and people is reflected in an all-new...
View ArticlePoll: The Great Comic Romances, Round I
Unleash your OTPs! As lovers everywhere get ready for a Valentine's Day weekend full of romance and passion, and as everyone else updates their Netflix lists and wonders if they're finally desperate...
View ArticleBest Cosplay Ever (This Week): 03.23.15
Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as...
View ArticleHugo Awards Ballot Stuffing Affects Nominations
This weekend, the Hugo Awards nominations were announced, and almost every category was affected by the "Sad Puppies" campaign, which encouraged anti-liberal voters to push specific works by...
View ArticleALA's Most Challenged Books List of 2014 Includes Comics
The American Library Association (ALA) announced their list of Most Challenged Books in 2014, and three comics were on the list: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga,...
View Article2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced
Today the 2015 Eisner nominations were announced for the awards ceremony that will take place on July 10th during San Diego Comic-Con International. There aren't a ton of surprises in this year's list...
View ArticleFor 2nd Year In A Row, Female Readers Are A Growing Market
Publishers Weekly released findings from their comics retailer survey last week, and once more all signs point to growth, particularly in regards to female readers. This is great news not just for...
View Article27th Eisner Awards: Full List of Winners
The 27th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards took place at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront San Diego on Friday night, and it was a great night for diversity, for women in comics, for...
View ArticleBest Cosplay Ever (This Week) 09.21.15
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes...
View ArticleBest Cosplay Ever (This Week) 09.28.15
Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as...
View Article'Saga,' 'Sex Criminals' And 'Dick Tracy' Win At The 2015 Harvey Awards
Last weekend at Baltimore Comic-Con, the 27th annual Harvey Awards were held, and in one of the least surprising developments in the history of the Harveys, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga...
View ArticleComics Alliance Best of 2015: Best Sci-Fi Comic of 2015
Our judges have adjudicated; our readers have voted. We’re proud to present to you the best sci-fi comic of 2015 — and four great runners up. Continue reading…
View ArticleComics Alliance Best of 2015: Continued Excellence In Serial Comics
Our judges have adjudicated; our readers have voted. We’re proud to present to you the award for continued excellence in serial comics in 2015, recognizing comics that are still some of the best in the...
View Article20 Great Black Comic Book Characters
It's no secret that white male leads have dominated comic books since --- well forever. In the '60s, Marvel and DC finally started to put a change to that with the addition of super-powered people of...
View ArticleThe 30 Greatest Romantic Couples In Comics
Valentine's Day weekend is upon us, and love, bad chocolate, and expensive restaurant reservations are everywhere you look. To mark the occasion, we've compiled a list of the 30 greatest couples in...
View ArticleA Celebration Of Staples & Vaughan's 'Saga'
Since its first issue, debuting on this day in 2012, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga has become the benchmark for independent, creator-owned series that solidified Image Comics as the place...
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