Tag Archives: chicago

This post is a round-up of both current and recently completed crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or other platforms by Chicago-based comic creators.

Chicago got a big Power-Up this past Wed., Sept. 30, as Jane McGonigal and the SuperBetter team talked about games, health, and the forging of new alliances.

From the panels to the celebrity autograph signings, all signs indicated Wizard World Chicago 2015 to be a robust, well-organized con in its prime.

Wizard World, Inc. and Skybound, Robert Kirkman’s imprint at Image Comics, today announced that Bishop creator Whilce Portacio has drawn the 13th in a yearlong series of Limited Edition Exclusive Variant Covers of The Walking Dead #1 comic, to be provided free to all full-price attendees at Wizard World Comic …

The 2nd annual Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival presented by Wizard World, Aug. 20 – 23 has added two more films to its already bursting schedule.

How much of the magic we feel in a place is from the reality and how much is from the fiction and pop culture that portrays that place?

Just when I think there is nothing more that can be done with the “fights-in-tights” genre, 'C.O.W.L.' comes up with something truly original. In the tradition of 'Watchmen,' this book explores what a world with superheroes would really be like. It's a refreshing take on the superhero genre, with super-powered fistfights taking a backseat to bare-knuckle politics.

Outside of Marvel and DC there are plenty of superhero titles right now that are virtually tailor made for jaded readers like you and me. And in this post I list twelve of them, twelve superhero comics that I’ve read to various degrees in a recent binge attempting to find ones that I found interesting.

The Book of My Lives is a tale of two cities, Sarajevo and Chicago. His love of both cities is apparent even—especially—when describing their faults. This is a funny, poignant, and angry look at the lives of a complicated man in the places he holds most dear.