Titan’s Andrew Sumner is a fascinating guy with so much to say. You might be enjoying his impressive publishing and collectible output from Titan, you might have seen him on so many SDCC or NYCC panels, and maybe you’ve even see his podcasts & YouTube interviews.
I must admit: I have the great privilege of hosting Andrew as a Guest Lecturer at Ithaca College. He’s always one the very favorites of the students.
Well, now the tables are turned. He’s the one being interviewed. Eoin McAuley provides an outstanding interview in the latest episode of Creator in Conversation..and it’s available here!
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At San Diego Comic-Con in July, I always enjoy the small press area. Someone once gave me good advice: walk up and down the small press aisles with a little cash in your pocket and spend it with these talented creators. And I always do.
Let me tell you about just two of the folks I chatted up there this year.
Wicked Town is a clever comic from Francis Stokes and Andrea Dailey. This series is a clever, self-published, period piece—set in the 1970s—that deals with the suburbs, witchcraft, and more. Francis admits that as a fan, he started with Bewitched and then moved onto movies like the Stepford Wives and The Wicker Man. It’s easy to see the through line in his creepy, twisty comic.
Andrea Dailey is a young artist, and she clearly didn’t grow up watching Elizabeth Montgomery on TV. She’s personable and upbeat, bursting with artistic talent and potential with an outstandingly grasp of dynamic colors.
Interested? If you are check out chapter 1 (for free) here on the Wicked Town Studios site.
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DC Comics just released the newest version of the Legion of Super-Heroes. I hope it’s a huge hit, embraced by both new and older fans. And it makes me think of the hard-working Legion fans who always run the Legion Outpost fan table every year at San Diego Comic-Con.
Their table is a fun, fan-focused island in a sea of commercial capitalism. That’s part of their charm. They offer all sorts of classic Legion of Super-Heroes nick-nacks and comics – all for free. I always just love snagging a few issue of their Legion Lore mini-comics reprinting classic Legion stories. I’ve always been a big Legion, but I’m also a fan of fans who work so hard to keep the torch burning!
