Olly MacNamee

2 weeks ago | wp.me | Olly MacNamee

Skybound/Image Comics has announced that Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, already having sold 400,000 copies worldwide, has sold out once again. Thus calling for a third printing. Co-creator/writer Robert Kirkman and co-creator/artist Ryan Ottley were almost lost for words in the accompanying statements. But not lost of humour:“So cool! Third printing, this is crazy!” – Robert Kirkman. “So cool! Third printing, this is crazy!” – Ryan Ottley.

2 weeks ago | wp.me | Olly MacNamee

IDW’s horror imprint, IDW Dark, is debuting a new black-and-white comic book series this September with The Twilight Zone anthology. Aiming to tap into “the vein of the iconic series,” each issue will feature a standalone story by a different creative team.

4 weeks ago | wp.me | Olly MacNamee

Sunday morning and I had time for just one panel. And that was the one didcussing horror in comics with artists Steve Austin, Dave Kendall and Aly Fell. Kendall got the ball rolling with discussing his first comic, which was a horror comic (at the age of five!), with an issue of Tales of the Zombie, illustrated by Alfredo Alcala. His dad used to read EC horror comics, which might explain why Kendall was introduced to horror at such an early age.

1 month ago | wp.me | Olly MacNamee

This panel was well run and well organised looking at each artists’ training and influences. Here are the highlights:Training:I did arrive late to this one and by that time we had the obligatory discussions around the table of how each artist got into comics and particularly 2000 AD. Colin McNeil was a student at Art College when he got his first gig with 2000 AD. Back then, as I can attest from my own experiences in Art College, comics were not taught.

1 month ago | wp.me | Olly MacNamee

Hot off his latest newsletter, Mark Millar has revealed he will be kickstarting his latest comic book project, a grahic novel with Kick-Ass co-creator and collaborator, John Romita Jr. entitled Psychic Sam. But not just a graphic novel. There will be a film attached too, with The Gentlemen producer Ivan Atkinson attached. Millar states in an accompanying vidoe for the new crowdfunding campaign: “It’s about a guy with a big gun who goes out and solves problems.