Archaia Comics

TOUGH PIGS INTERVIEWS HEATHER WHITE & JEFF STOKELY

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:41 +0000

With less than two months until Archaia Studios’ Fraggle Rock comic book arrives in stores, our excitement here in the ToughPigs office (read: my mom’s attic) is piquing. To help pique your excitement too, we’ve got a week’s worth of Q&As with the writers, artists, and behind-the-scenes honchos who are responsible for the first issue of the comic.

Click here to read the Heather White interview!

Click here to read the Jeff Stokely interview!

AIN’T IT COOL NEWS CALLS ‘TUMOR’ YEARS BEST NOIR COMIC

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:07:01 +0000

Ain’t It Cool News awards Archaia’s own ‘Tumor’ as this year’s Best Noir Comic!

Click here to read the whole awards list on Ain’t It Cool News! (be careful, strong language!)

COMIC BOOK RESOURCES REVIEWS ‘THE KILLER’

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:16 +0000

The Killer feels like a 1970s action movie, and I mean that as a huge compliment. Even if you weren’t alive in the 1970s or (like me) too young to have seen them in the theater, thanks to the videotape and then DVD market, you’ve probably seen some of them: Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, The Day of the Jackal, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The French Connection, stuff like that. They all have a certain feel to them that earlier and later movies don’t – I often wonder if it’s the level of technology.

Click here to read the full review on Comic Book Resources!

NEWSARAMA TALKS HOLLYWOOD WITH STEPHEN CHRISTY

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:51:34 +0000

Some of the changes to comic book publishing are obvious since Hollywood started salivating over their wares. But a lot of changes influenced by the film industry have happened without most loyal comic book fans even realizing it.

The biggest and most apparent shifts within the world of publishing have happened just in the last year. DC Comics is now calling itself “DC Entertainment,” reporting directly to Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Marvel now runs its own movie studio under the umbrella of Disney’s entertainment conglomerate. And comic book’s top writers, like Brian Michael Bendis and Geoff Johns, spend much of their time nowadays consulting on scripts for movie projects and TV shows.

But other changes to the comic book industry have trickled down to even smaller publishers in ways that are less noticeable to readers, but all-too-apparent within the industry.

Click here to read the full article on Newsarama!

HOMEWORLD INTERVIEWS HEATHER WHITE & JEFF STOKELY

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:45 +0000

A few weeks ago, we broke the news that Archaia Comics had acquired the rights to Fraggle Rock. And I excitedly and cryptically mentioned that if you were a Fraggle Rock fan, you should really keep an eye on the site. Then, that whole website blowing up thing happened (sorry about that, again), and it all got kinda put off. But, now we’re caught up, and here it is: our first ever interview!

Click here to read the full interview!

NECESSARY COOL REVIEWS ‘THE ENGINEER’

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:51:15 +0000

Not long ago The Engineer was sent over to us for review by our friends at Archaia Press. Read on for the NC Review!

Sadly among the dozens of things going on around here it took me awhile to find the time to read it, (If you can believe it, I was apologizing to Tom Brevoort the other day for just reading Siege #2 last week!). But as soon as I started this book I immediately regretted waiting so long to make time for it.

Check out the full review here!

MULTIVERSITY: VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH DAVID PETERSEN

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:45:21 +0000

Today we bring you a special edition of Multiversity Comics Presents. While this is not the first time we have spoken to Mouse Guard’s David Petersen, it is the first time we’ve sat down with him in person. Or any creator for that matter. Try not to be distracted by the goings on behind David and myself. We were filming in a hotel and apparently at a busy time, but still, it was a good time.

For the full interview click here!

SECRET IDENTITY TALKS ‘FRAGGLE ROCK’ WITH STEPHEN CHRISTY

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:40:16 +0000

We here at Secret Identity have long been fans of Archaia, having met some of the great people there a few years ago at the Kids’ Comic Con. 2009 was an interesting year for the company, as Archaia went through some restructuring on the administrative side, which included a break from publishing for a few months. When things ramped back up in June of last year, Archaia emerged with a strong team and a publishing strategy that included a healthy mix of single issue comics, double-sized collected editions and graphic novels.

To read the full interview click here!

OMNIVORACIOUS TALKS ABOUT ‘DAYS MISSING’ GRAPHIC NOVEL

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:25:18 +0000

Archaia has long been a favorite graphic novel publisher. Now they’ve come out with Days Missing, based on an idea by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and fleshed out by the likes of Ian Edginton. The idea, that a mysterious entity has been interfering with history at various points, usually to save humankind’s collective ass, is presented in a series of short pieces, each in a different style and different era.

Check out the full article here!

COMIC VINE INTERVIEWS ‘FRAGGLE ROCK’ ISSUE 1 MAIN STORY TEAM

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:14:40 +0000

If you’ve ever had a chance to watch Fraggle Rock, you should be on the edge of your seat waiting for the Archaia Comics release. When I heard the issue was coming, I started asking for any information we could get on it. I hadn’t watched the show when it was on but I have with my daughter since the episodes were released on DVD. Fraggle Rock #1 (which is available for order by retailers) will contain a main feature along with a couple back up tales. I had the chance to ask Heather White (writer of the main story) and Jeff Stokely (artist of the main feature) some questions.

Check out the full interview here!