Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category

Beard: Controversial author to write Superman

By Jim Beard on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Noted science fiction novelist Orson Scott Card has been hired by DC Comics to write…

Toledo native pens how-to guide for comics industry newcomers

By Jay Hathaway on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

A native Toledoan and comic book writer has released a book covering the finer points…

Beard: Comics deliver ‘what if?’ scenarios

By Jim Beard on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

Some of the best fiction places the reader in a “what if?” scenario that not…

Beard: New comics deliver terrifying ‘what if?’ scenarios

By Jim Beard on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Some of the best fiction places the reader in a “what if?” scenario that not…

Anthology envisions world with monsters as weapons

By Vincent D. Scebbi on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Jim Beard, Jeff McGinnis and cover illustrator Eric Johns will appear at a book signing

Beard: ‘Star Wars’ to return to Marvel Comics?

By Jim Beard on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

or its entire 36-year history, “Star Wars” has been too big a concept for films…

Beard: Who should own the rights to Superman?

By Jim Beard on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

In 1938, two young lads from Cleveland saw their dream come true. After several years…

Comedian Finesse Mitchell comes back to Toledo

By Jeff McGinnis on Friday, January 18th, 2013

Finesse Mitchell is happy to be back in Toledo, though he isn’t used to seeing…

Point/Spider-point: The pluses and minuses of Marvel’s latest move

By Jeff McGinnis on Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

By Jim Beard
Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer
star@toledofreepress.com
and Jeff McGinnis
Toledo Free…

Batgirl writer fired by DC Comics

By Jim Beard on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Once the only female writer at DC Comics, fan-favorite and often outspoken scribe Gail Simone…

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