Remembering Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert 1926-2012, photo copyright The Kubert School The news that Joe Kubert had passed away caught me at just after I finished last week’s blog. I was tempted to dive in and rush a last minute...
View ArticleKirby4Heroes: A Granddaughter’s Campaign to Honor Jack Kirby’s 95th Birthday
Celebrating what would have been Jack Kirby’s 95th birthday and his illustrative carreer as possibly the greatest and most influential comic creator ever, we at CO2 Comics are proud and honored to...
View ArticleSanta Gets a Reboot
MERRY CHRISTMAS! My apologies to those of you that have been following Making Comics is Risky Business and were expecting Part 4. I will continue with that series after the holidays. Those of you...
View ArticleMaking Comics is Risky Business: Part 4
Over the years the business risk of making comics has shifted as has been outlined in the previous three installments of Making Comics is Risky Business. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 As promised in this...
View ArticleRead Your Favorite Flash Based CO2 Comics on an iPad or iPhone!
One of my biggest criticisms of Apple’s iPad (and the iPhone for that matter) was its inability to read Flash. This was particularly irksome to me since the CO2 Comics site depends on a Flash viewer...
View ArticleOld School Comics
Popular, classic and brilliant comic book artist, Jerry Ordway, whose work throughout the 80′s and 90′s defined the DC Universe recently wrote a heart wrenching essay, Life Over Fifty, describing his...
View ArticleFree Comics Every Day!
The first Saturday in May has become an major holiday for comic book retailers around the world! Free Comic Book Day has been described as “Christmas” for comic book fans because it is the one day of...
View ArticleThe New Villain is Superhero Play
Let’s play The Blame Game! This is the favorite pass-time of people that don’t want to take responsibility for anything. Well, it is time to blame superheroes again for some kind of corruption of the...
View ArticleRocket Raccoon Not Rabid as Expected
The battle over fair compensation for comic book creators whose creations have generated enormous profits for the corporations that now own them is almost as old as the industry itself. In most cases...
View ArticlePrince Leads the Charge for the Return of Creator’s Rights
According to Billboard, recording artist Prince is ready to party like it’s 1999 all over again because Warner Brothers Records has returned to him the power to control his music thanks to revisions...
View ArticleHappy Hanukkah to the World of Comics and Comic Books!
Since today is the first day of Hanukkah this year, we at CO2 Comics would like to wish a very “Happy Hanukkah” to all of our Jewish friends and family in the great world of comics and comic books! It...
View ArticleNot Your Father’s Comic Books
Another Father’s Day is looming and as we plan to celebrate dads everywhere I’m getting a little introspective. I am a father of two college students who are excitedly anticipating their future armed...
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