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High Five!’s Adventures at San Diego Comic-Con 2010
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: August 3, 2010
- In: Conventions
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For dubbing our San Diego condo “Hive Five Headquarters,” we sure were quiet during the actual convention. Surely, the other blogs were covering all of the actual news stuff (OMG EYE-STABS) while we were out, you know, having fun and stuff. But we wouldn’t be much of a comic blog if we didn’t talk about [...]
Harvey Pekar, R.I.P.
Posted by: Brendan K. on: July 12, 2010
The passing of Harvey Pekar requires acknowledgment, not just because we’re a comics blog and this is news from our geeky world, but because Pekar was a legitimately important writer who deserves the recognition and appreciation of all of us, whether you’re a nerd or not. With comics’ longevity in our culture comes the sad [...]
Miguel Calatayud: Spanish Illustration in the 1970s
Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: June 6, 2010
High Five loves to talk about writers almost as much as we love to talk about superheroes. Today, I’m taking a break to discuss a talent that falls outside of our typical modus operandi while remaining under the larger umbrella of Comics. Americans can be notorious for our ignorance of world events at any given [...]
Creator Spotlight: Peter Krause
Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: May 6, 2010
Heyo everybody! Jonny here. It’s no secret that here at High Five! we love us some BOOM! Studios. Recently I was given the opportunity to interview artist/writer Peter Krause whose work includes pencils for Irredeemable, The Power of Shazam!, and sundry 90s Star Trek comics. Published below is my Q&A session with Mr. Krause, conducted [...]
Interview with Too Much Coffee Man Creator Shannon Wheeler
Posted by: ianchant on: April 12, 2010
Cartoonist Shannon Wheeler made a name for himself after years of penning the misadventures of not-quite-superhero Too Much Coffee Man, one of the most oddest, funniest and occasionally heartbreaking alternative comic strips of the 1990s . After a long run on the overly-caffeinated, existentially tormented hero in the long red pajamas that includes hundreds of [...]
…And Justice For All: Brendan Fixes The Eisner Awards
Posted by: Brendan K. on: April 8, 2010
The 2010 Eisner Award nominations have been released, and if you’re like me, you probably had a mixed reaction, something along the lines of: “Hooray, comics I like! Boo, comics I didn’t read!” …which is why you and I shouldn’t be chosen to hand out the industry’s most prestigious and coveted award: we’re amateurs! We’ve [...]
The Duck Knight Returns: Darkwing Duck from BOOM! Studios Coming in June
Posted by: Maggie_C on: March 13, 2010
- In: Fandom | News
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If you want your beloved Disney Afternoon heroes to come back to life in comic book form, apparently all you have to do is ask. Last October at Long Beach Comic Con, BOOM! Studios hosted a panel on their upcoming titles, including a few from their Disney line; Uncle Scrooge and Mickey Mouse. The second [...]
High Five! Comics! – #100
Posted by: Maggie_C on: November 11, 2009
Should we be releasing 5 variant versions of this post? Oooo! I know! We can release it wrapped in a black plastic wrapper and tell everyone it’s a collector’s item for sure! Orrrrr not. Jon, Rob, and I sat down a few months ago after tearing through a six-pack and a Wednesday pull. We started [...]
Comic Impact at Long Beach Comic Con
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 15, 2009
The crew from Comic Impact put together a great video for this year’s inaugural Long Beach Comic Con, with tons of creator interviews and a bunch of fan reactions. Here’s the trailer; (And yes, that’s High Five!’s very own spazzy co-editor, Maggie, at 1:13, demonstrating what we like to call “A Massive Case of Geek-face.”) [...]
The Question to Relaunch, Blackest Night #6 Will See Release on December 30th
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 12, 2009
- In: News
- 6 Comments
At High Five! we’re usually more into goofing off than reporting industry news, but the DC news out of Baltimore is pretty awesome, so I’m going to chatter about it a bit. From CBR’s article on the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore: DC Comics took the stage to wrap the event with VP of Sales [...]
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