Interview: Cameron Chittock and Amanda Castillo (Mapmakers and the Lost Magic)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor ComicsOnline: How did you two meet? What had you both been working on before? Cameron: Our editor Whitney Leopard introduced us. She thought Amanda and I would work well together and as is often the…
Interview: Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, Boya Sun (The Entire 5 Worlds Creative Team!)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor If you’ve never heard of the 5 Worlds book series, you must be living under a rock. The story of Oona and her friends trying to save their multicolored world recalls a number of sci…
Book Review: 5 World Book 2: The Cobalt Prince
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor 5 Worlds: Book 2 The Cobalt Prince was heavily anticipated in my house. When I received the first installment in the series, 5 Worlds: Book 1 The Sand Warrior, in the mail, I was immediately impressed…
Book Review: Pop Painting: Inspiration and Techniques from the Pop Surrealism Art Phenomenon
by Mike Favila, Editor I had to be honest, I hadn’t really been familiar with the term pop surrealism (or lowbrow art). Of course I’ve enjoyed the works of Art Spiegelman and his peers here and there, but I…
Book Review: My First Comics (I’m Grumpy / I’m Sunny)
by Mike Favila, Editor I’m Grumpy and I’m Sunny come from Jennifer and Matthew Holm, the sibling creative team behind the highly acclaimed Babymouse. Though I’ve never read Babymouse before, I can only imagine it’s quite good after going through these little…
Book Review: Hipster Animals
by Mike Favila, Editor I have to admit, as soon as I read the title Hipster Animals, I was intrigued. A total juxtaposition of two beings that couldn’t be more different? I was curious to see if the execution…