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LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS in Flaunt
My upcoming book, LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins of American Comics was named by Flaunt Magazine as the #1 pick of their current Baker’s Dozen. The book tells the history of comics through 50...
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LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS ON LA TIMES: HERO COMPLEX
My upcoming book, LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins of American Comics was recently featured on LA Times: Hero Complex. The feature, “Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Secret Origins of a Classic Tandem”...
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Thomas the Headless Boy – 3
Return biweekly for new episodes of our most-ages freak-fest, Thomas the Headless Boy! Roald Dahl meets Tim Burton in this new graphic series about a magical young boy who must navigate the world...
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SCHMUCK 3: THE HOOK-UP
Read past installments SCHMUCK 1: Beer, Babes and Bowel Movements THE SCHMUCK DIARIES: MEIN ROOMMATE SCHMUCK 2: The Burning THE SCHMUCK DIARIES: The Lap-Date Sean Pryor is a cartoonist/illustrator and...
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Thomas the Headless Boy – 4
Return biweekly for new episodes of our most-ages freak-fest, Thomas the Headless Boy! Roald Dahl meets Tim Burton in this new graphic series about a magical young boy who must navigate the world...
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Where Superman Was Born
“I grew up watching Superman, but I didn’t have any idea he was born here in Cleveland. All I ever thought was he was born in Kansas.” Jefferson Gray and his wife, Hattie Mae are the current owners...
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The Regrets We Talk About
Fred Chao writes and illustrates the graphic novel Johnny Hiro {half Asian, all hero}, an excerpt of which was included in The Best American Comics 2010 anthology. His comics have also appeared in the...
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KIM DEITCH: LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
Kim Deitch has a reserved place at the first table of underground cartoonists. The son of UPA and Terrytoons animator Gene Deitch, Kim was born in 1944 and grew up around the animation business. He...
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Leaping Tall Buildings / CBLDF Art Print: Dean Haspiel
To celebrate the release of the book, Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins Of American Comics, exclusive, limited edition art prints were commissioned to be drawn by three of the book subjects: Becky...
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JIMMY PALMIOTTI: LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
Jimmy Palmiotti is a writer, editor and multi award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and...
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JOE SIMON: A PHOTO TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN AMERICA’S CO-CREATOR
I had the honor of meeting Joe Simon in 2009 when I took his portrait for, LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins Of American Comics. Through the efforts of Steve Saffel, his editor at Titan Books, Chris...
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Leaping Tall Buildings: Seth Kushner’s Photography & Comix Event at BookCourt
Tue Apr 17, 7:00PM @ BookCourt 163 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 info@bookcourt.com Seth Kushner (The Brooklynites) has taken his skills as a photographer and his passion for comic books and turned...
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Leaping Tall Buildings at BookCourt
For Seth Kushner, Chris Irving, and many others, the Leaping Tall Buildings event at BookCourt on Tuesday night was the culmination of a four-year odyssey which readers could little imagine when...
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Poppa Bears – Part 1
Poppa Bears is a family comedy created by cartoonist couple Ryan Alexander-Tanner and Katie Rose Leon. This first story comes in 3 parts, appearing in monthly installments exclusively on Trip City!...
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ENJOY THE SILENCE: LARRY HAMA & G.I. JOE #21 “SILENT INTERLUDE”
“The one thing that I remember best about you is that you had a letter published in an issue of G.I. Joe,” my long, lost friend said. “You complained about the silent issue.” I had just exited the...
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Sons of Ba’al
I want you to listen to the song while you read the comic, because there’s really no such thing as liner notes anymore. So go do that and come back here, and I’ll tell you a thing or two. Welcome...
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LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS PRESS BOMB
[Legendary MAD Magazine artist Al Jaffee with his copy of Leaping Tall Buildings. Photo by Chris Irving] LeapingTall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics is now available in bookstores...
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SCHMUCK PREVIEW: JEW-DEATH
My auto-bio “Comix Neurotica” series SCHMUCK was planned as to be dolled out one episode per month for one year. Unfortunately, life intervenes and freelance artists get other paying gigs and...
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SCHMUCK 4: JEW-DEATH
Read past installments SCHMUCK 1: Beer, Babes and Bowel Movements THE SCHMUCK DIARIES: Mein Roommates SCHMUCK 2: The Burning THE SCHMUCK DIARIES: The Lap-Date SCHMUCK 3: The Hook-Up THE SCHMUCK...
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LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS AT JIM HANLEY’S UNIVERSE
On Wednesday July 25th at 6PM, Jim Hanley’s Universe hosts LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN COMICS authors Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner, plus an assembly of top notch comic book...
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