Sean Kleefeld is an independent researcher whose work has been used by the likes of Marvel Entertainment, Titan Books and 20th Century Fox. He writes the ongoing “Incidental Iconography” column for The Jack Kirby Collector and had weekly “Kleefeld on Webcomics” and "Kleefeld's Fanthropology" columns for MTV Geek. He’s also contributed to Alter Ego, Back Issue and Comic Book Resources. Kleefeld’s 2009 book, Comic Book Fanthropology, addresses the questions of who and what comic fans are. He blogs daily at KleefeldOnComics.com.
Convention season is gearing up once again, and shows are ramping up their marketing accordingly. I tend to focus on the ones in/around Chicago, since those are the ones I'm most likely able to attend, but I...
In a couple weeks, movie goers will be able to sit down and watch Ready Player One, based off Ernest Cline's 2011 book of the same name. The story is basically about teenager Wade Watts living about 25 years...
I was pointed recently to Hyper Epics, a new anthology webcomic led by Tom Hoover and Thomas A. Tuna. Each update consists of a self-contained three-page story, none of which have any relation to any of the...
A lot of business models for webcomics have been tried over the past two decades. Not surprisingly, some have worked better than others. Even some that worked better for some people have worked worse for...
I caught a few folks on Facebook recently who posted something to the effect of: "Tell me things that would get your geek card revoked. Here are some of mine..." They would then proceed to rattle off some...
Frank Page has been working on Bob the Squirrel for about a decade and a half now. It's a gag strip which takes its inspiration pretty directly from Frank's own life, with the titular Bob acting as something...
Last week saw the US premier of Black Panther, the latest in a string of highly anticipated movies that are part of what's come to be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Because the film featured a great...
Something that I don't think most people think about are comics that don't seem like comics. That is, comics that are, at least by most definitions, indeed comics but almost no one thinks of them in those...
The big game's come and gone, marking the end of football season. Regardless of whether you were routing for the Eagles, the Patriots, or Justin Timberlake, you've likely had enough time to at least nominally...
When is a webcomic not a webcomic? Well, let me throw out this scenario... You stop by your local comic shop. The good one, not that dark and creepy one that makes The Android's Dungeon look like a palace....