From Washington, D.C. To DC Comics
Last year, DC found a stunning new talent to replace Kevin Smith after the filmmaker revitalized Green Arrow. Except Brad Meltzer wasn’t quite a “new” […]
Comics
Look Out! Here Comes the SpiderBaby!
In the last few months, the Midwestern Indy scene has been getting more and more notice. With the WWE and TNA scouting for more new […]
Rob Worley’s EPIC Journey To Marvel
It’s been a rocky year for the creators involved in Marvel’s Epic imprint. Designed as a way to break new talent, the project has appeared […]
Dividing Fans And Taking On Dilbert: Kyle Baker Part Two
In part one of our interview, Kyle Baker discussed the process of getting into Plastic Man, on sale from DC Comics this week. But Baker […]
Working Without Anatomy: Kyle Baker On Plastic Man
Sometimes a project and an artist seem destined for each other. While even Kyle Baker admits that a few years ago he wouldn’t have thought […]
Josh Dysart Reveals Secrets Of Gravity
In Part One of this interview, Josh Dysart talked about his experience working on new DC mini-series, The Demon: Driven Out, and his hopes for […]
Written With Blood: Joshua Dysart On The Demon
When DC Comics wanted to revive Jack Kirby’s Demon (Etrigan to his friends), the powers that be knew only one thing: they wanted the book […]
The Men Chronicling Villikon: Bryan J. Kinnaird and Roy Young
In a strange juxtaposition at the San Diego Comic-Con, the WizKids booth sat next to one featuring adult film star Cheyenne Silver. As we gazed […]
A Berserker For His Honor
(editor’s note: contains harsh language. Hey, it’s Harlan Ellison. No way am I censoring him.) “Clifford-you and I are cut from the same cloth. We […]
The Other Famous Writer From Cleveland
Some people might say that Harvey Pekar has lived a life right out of a comic book. And they’d be right, except that the comic […]
Joe Kelly On The Firing Line Over JLA #83
Interview conducted by Joshua Elder. Politics and superheroes are a potent, yet potentially explosive mix. Just ask Joe Kelly. His most recent issue of JLA […]
Five Star Comic Book Fan: Rob Van Dam
It’s pretty obvious that wrestling and comics have a lot in common. A few years ago, Chaos! Comics even went so far as to publish […]
Crossing Over With Mystere
As the movie industry has started invading Comic-Con, some comic creators have decided to turn the tables. Two such creators are Bryan J. Kinnaird and […]
Moments with a Giant in Fandom
Pardon the personal recollection. But when I first started really understanding that there was such a thing as fandom, my big guide-post was the fanzine […]
At Long Last Snake
In perhaps the single-most embarassing (so far) lag time in Fanboy Planet deadline history, we ran the first two parts of this interview with Hurricane […]
Parker Smart: Babes, Guns, and Nanenes
I admit it. After Comic-Con, we got swamped by the pressures of real life. Five days of feeling like we belonged, and we’re still paying […]
Return To The Hurricane
Yesterday, in part one of our interview, husband and wife team Bill O’Neill and Jan Utstein-O’Neill talked about how they forged a publishing company that […]
Inside The Eye Of The Hurricane
Even if you’ve never picked up a copy of Violent Messiahs, you’ve seen its alleged hero, Citizen Pain. Over the last couple of years, the […]
Brian Posehn: Be a Little More Funny, Please…
On hand as just another Con attendee, writer/actor/comedian Brian Posehn had the misfortune to be walking by as we interviewed Tom Kenny. Though he protests […]
Mark Waid Speaks
It’s been a tumultuous year and a half for Mark Waid. After penning some of the most highly regarded superhero books in the past decade, […]