Graphic Novels and Comics

Happy 75th birthday, Superman!: Remembering Man of Steel's trip to Boulder

Exactly 75 years ago today, the first Superman comic was published -- and to mark the occasion, the City of Cleveland, where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the Man of Steel, is officially designating April 18 as "Superman Day." We don't know of similar festivities planned in Boulder, but perh ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting victims and families create local charity

The surviving victims of the Aurora theater shooting and their families have had well-documented issues with the charitable support coming from around the state and the country. The problems got so bad that Governor John Hickenlooper was forced to step in and appoint Ken Feinberg to serve as a "spe ... More >>

Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con will team up again on a superpowered beer

Some people need a phone booth to become super heroes. Others need a mask and a utility belt or just a lot of stress and anger-management issues. But in Denver, it takes a little something different to turn a man into a myth: their local brewery. On Thursday, the heroes of Denver Comic Con, who wil ... More >>

Denver Comic Con announces Chris Ware and more celebrity guests for 2013

Denver Comic Con streaked out the gate last summer in its inaugural year; in 2013, the popular fan convention is already on track to surpass last year's success, at least from the looks of the guest list. Yesterday, DCC announced that New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and illustrator Chri ... More >>

The Flip Side of Mr. Lincoln

Now, That's Funny

Q&A: Artist Daniel Crosier of Mother Mind Studios

Mother Mind Studios is turning into a motherlode of creativity. The new digital media company, which promotes and produces feature films, comic books and other artistic endeavors, has developed a strong team including visual artist Daniel Crosier, director/producer Dane Bernhardt, writer Cuyler Mort ... More >>

Amphibious Jones

Space Junkie
Self-released

Comic artist Stan Yan explains why Garfield got him drawing

Stan Yan always had a fascination with comics. Even before he understood what they really were, he would draw stick figures in frames. And since then, he's been a bit obsessed. "All of the stories I think up in my head are in comic form," he says. Yan recently took a break from dreaming up graphic ... More >>

Sense From Nonsense

Invocation of Light
Self-released

3Two

The Prix Fixe EP
Self-released

Denver Post comic cut-ups save money, double the funny: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ Instead of cutting entire comic strips and losing more readers the Denver Post could save space (and money) by splicing together different strips to create comic cut-ups that are immensely more funny...

Denver Post yanks Doonesbury, Peanuts and few readers complain -- so far

​Once upon a time, a newspaper cut comic strips knowing it could be unleashing the hounds by way of calls and letters from readers angered by a disruption of cherished routines. But this far, the Post hasn't been deluged after cutting a baker's dozen of strips, including iconic favorites like ... More >>

Four coming-of-age comic books that would make great films

​Films based on comic books can really suck. But every once in a while, the stars align and the movies manage to translate a graphic novel into a film that actually works on its own. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is one of those successes, an adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel seri ... More >>

Janelle Monae on Big Boi and what it takes to become an agent of change in the community

Janelle Monáe (due Sunday, May 29 at 1STBANK Center with Bruno Mars and Mayer Hawthorne), like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, grew up in Kansas, and like that character, Monáe left home to go on something of a fantastic journey. But instead of Oz, Monáe landed in Atlanta, Georgia, where she met u ... More >>

Tonight: Illiterate's Talk & Draw provides a look into the underappreciated world of comic artists

​If you've ever wanted to be a comic artist, you should probably reconsider because there's no money in it. But if you're anything like a comic book artist, you're stubborn and you will not listen, so you might as well get off on the right foot -- and Illiterate's Talk & Draw series is a good ... More >>

This Weekend: A 24 Hour Comics People book release from Squid Works

​Cartoonists are wackier than the average bear, and that's the closest we'll ever come to explaining why, once a year, cartoonists across the nation gather en masse in coffee shops and comic book stores and other dens of iniquity too dark to properly describe to individually plot and sketch an ... More >>

Author Benjamin Percy talks about genre, big box stores and more

​Author Benjamin Percy has his feet in pretty much every pair of shoes on the writing track: he's a novelist, a short story writer and an essayist, he's worked on graphic novels and short films and he teaches on top of all that. Since he's in town tonight at St. Cajetan's Center, we took the o ... More >>

Find your inner comic artist: A personal invitation from Noah Van Sciver

This could be you!​This I know is true: Comic books aren't easy. Banish the idea that they are from your minds immediately before you proceed. Sure, artists like Noah Van Sciver (creator of Westword's weekly 4 Questions strip) make it look easy, but a comic artist is kind of like a god-figure ... More >>

Graphic.ly: Boulder-based start-up aims to become the iTunes of comic books

​So present-unwrapping is over and you're freshly stocked up on new socks, kitchen utensils and copies of the soundtrack to Glee, but is there a tiny, immature part of you that's still hungering for something that's just pure fun? If so, Graphic.ly is your answer. The Boulder-based start-up is ... More >>

Harvey Pekar tribute features a galaxy of Denver comic art stars

A young Harvey Pekar prepares for his close-up.​ Although the illustration above looks a lot like me showing off the big muscle of my cartooning arm, it is actually a detail of my comic contribution to the Harvey Pekar tribute on the Scholars and Rogues website...

Roosevelt and DC Comics top our new release picks for November 23, 2010

​It seems like each holiday season is accented by a new, heavily researched American history novel. We'd venture a guess that it's because they sell well as Christmas presents, usually given to the mom or dad that simply "likes history." What else are you going to buy these folks, a time trave ... More >>

Ten musician related comic books

​ We found the above gem while wandering around the comic store yesterday -- it appears to be some type of (unauthorized?) biography of Lady Gaga. Unfortunately, mom didn't give us enough loot to actually buy it, so we'll never know for sure. What we do know, however, is that this isn't the f ... More >>

Striking Gold

Amy Reeder Hadley spices up the Local Flavor Fest.

The Dead Science

Tuesday, June 9, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Free Comic Book Day comes to Time Warp in Boulder

Free Comic Book Day, which takes place on Saturday, May 2, is a nationwide celebration of the form, which, like other print mediums, is struggling to survive in today's techno-happy world. And Time Warp in Boulder is pulling out all the stops. Daniel Crosier, an event organizer and co-creator of t ... More >>

Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Camp Swampy at Pinon Canyon

It's time to stop the Army's costly expansion plans and start turning the Pinon Canyon military training site into a money-making family vacation destination... Renaming the site "Camp Swampy at Pinon Canyon" and hiring costumed characters from the Beetle Bailey comic strip will help to soften th ... More >>

Thou Art in Heaven

When it comes to Art Spiegelman, we’re not worthy!

Guilty Pleasures

Comics for a Cause

Marc Hughes has the heart of a super hero.

Ten treasures: A short guide to the underpinnings of Denver ArtsWeek

Art by Carlos Fresquez. I’m a Denver native who snuck away for seven years to live in San Francisco until circumstances called me back. A lot of people thought I was plain out of my mind to come back here, where the culture just doesn’t engulf the city like that famous San Franciscan fog. B ... More >>

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Sunday, August 17, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Deadbolt

Friday, February 15, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7624.

Last Night ... Los Comicos Super Hilariosos

More Messages: Tooning Out

The Gourds

Saturday, July 8, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

The Message

Stripped

Best Gifts for Geeks

Mile High Comics Megastore

Best Thing to Come Out of the JOA

Denver Post Sunday comics

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more.

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Custody Battle

Marvel Comics isn't going to give Joe Simon his son, Captain America, without a fight

Best Development to Come Out of the News-Post Joint Operating Agreement

Comics

Cough It Up

The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place.

Fatman and Slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds.

Not the Funnies

The Hundred Years War: A Century of Red Ink and Bad Press