Gillen & McKelvie Preview 'The Wicked & The Divine' In Two-Page 'Trailer'
Described by writer Kieron Gillen as “a superhero comic for anyone who loves Bowie as much as Batman,” The Wicked & The Divine launches this June from Image Comics. To encourage retailers to...
View ArticleBest Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): May 2014
A great comic book cover has a lot of work to do. It’s both an advertisement and a work of art; both a statement and an invitation. Sometimes they convey character, sometimes mood, sometimes moment....
View ArticleThe Wicked + The Divine: The Entire Creative Team Talks Story, Art, Design,...
The creative team of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie first made their mark with the 2006 Image Comics release Phonogram: Rue Britannia, a thrilling and thoughtful story about magic, music, modern...
View ArticleOh Snap! The Godlike Genius of 'The Wicked + The Divine'
The mark of a great pop song is not just that it's a pleasure to hear and hear again, but that it rewards struggling with it. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie have been conflating pop music and comics...
View Article'The Wicked + The Divine' #2 Variant Cover Gazes A Gazely Stare
Because you're young you may not realize the latest Wicked + Divine variant cover is a particularly cheeky reference to a 1976 mugshot of David Bowie, himself a major inspiration on the Kieron...
View ArticleComics Alliance Roundtable: Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman Costume For 'Batman V....
One of the most discussed news items from last month's Comic-Con International was the first look at Wonder Woman as she will appear in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the new DC Entertainment...
View ArticleRevival, Reinvention, Resurrection: The Power Of Great Superhero Costume Design
We live in a time of awesome superhero costumes in comics. The rise and rise of cosplay culture, the emergence of comic artists with a savvy understanding of fashion, and the slow diversification...
View ArticleWhere Are Superhero Comics' Big Name Bisexual Characters?
It's Celebrate Bisexuality Day today, also called Bisexual Visibility Day -- a day to celebrate and promote recognition of those who are sexually attracted to people of more than one gender. The day...
View ArticleBest Abs Ever (This Week): An Appreciation Of Male Comic Book Eye Candy
In the process of writing my article about muscles vs curves, and how the big dudes of superhero comics typically fail to represent the tastes of most androphile women, I gathered a collection of...
View ArticleComixology Launches Image 'New Hits' Bundle With 'Southern Bastards,''The...
If there's one problem that we as comics readers all share, it's that we just have too much money. Sure, we keep trying to give it to publishers and creators, but sometimes there just aren't enough...
View ArticleRiot In The Streets With A Hot Cup Of Coffee (And An Earth-Shattering...
As someone who will argue vehemently against the very existence of a second Pipettes album, I've been a fan of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's comics about the (literal) magic of pop music since day...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week): Chvrches, Spider-Gwen, Ramones, Mister X, Gotham...
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleOh Captain My Captain: How Carol Danvers Became Marvel's Biggest Female Hero
Fans of Captain Marvel probably won't tire of being reminded that their hero is getting her own movie, scheduled for a July 6th 2018 release. There's no director, no writer, and no star attached, but...
View ArticleImage's Variant Covers Will Look Especially Wicked + Divine In December
I'm going to go ahead and assume that you've all been reading The Wicked + The Divine, because it is amazing and since you're currently reading ComicsAlliance, I already know that you're a person with...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week): Batgirl, Seconds, Marvin the Martian, Squirrel...
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week): Tank Girl, Say Anything, Spider-Gwen, Tintin,...
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleThe Great Super-Costume Poll: Captains Marvel
For day four, we look at the high-ranking uniforms of the Captains Marvel, with our pick of the best costume for each major character to bear the title --- four of them from Marvel and one from Fawcett...
View ArticleThumbnail: The Wicked and The Decapitated – The WicDiv Covers of Jamie McKelvie
Thumbnail is a new recurring feature on ComicsAlliance in which we invite our writers to reflect on comic book details that deserve a little extra attention, whether it’s a favorite character, and...
View Article'Mad Max: Fury Road' Hero Furiosa Inspires Art From Jamie McKelvie, Greg...
Within hours of Mad Max: Fury Road hitting theaters, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram exploded with fan art featuring the neon wasteland desert and its high octane inhabitants. One character, though,...
View Article'The Wicked And The Divine' Optioned for TV, DeFractions to Produce for...
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked And The Divine, published by Image Comics, has been optioned as a possible TV series by Universal Television. The show will be produced by Milkfed Criminal...
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