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.
Last week, we saw a lot of attention thrown to the Back to the Future movies. It peaked on Wednesday, which was the date given in the second movie when Doc Brown and Marty McFly landed to take care of events...
Many webcomics tend to fall into one of two categories: serialized drama or gag-a-day. That certainly doesn't account for everything, of course (educational/instructional comics, for example) but as...
As it's October, it's hard to get away from the long ramping up toward Halloween at the end of the month. I had someone ask me last week if I could direct him to some webcomics that might be appropriate for...
New projects are being created constantly, and so there's an ongoing supply of things for people to become fans of. Any individual can become a fan of something, only later to move on to another fandom when...
One of the standard words of wisdom in webcomics is that, whatever you set as your comics' schedule, you need to adhere to that religiously. Whether that's daily, weekly, monthly, whatever... you need to keep...
By the nature of their medium, webcomics are an ever-changing field. One of the challenges in writing about webcomics is that even with the speed of the internet, articles are sometimes outdated before they're...
Strictly speaking, comiXology deals more with digital comics than webcomics. But there is a bit of overlap, at least mentally, for many people, and some of their news this week is worth discussing. Their most...
One of the perennial complaints about the San Diego Comic-Con is that it's been overrun by things other than comics. That there are people promoting movies and TV shows and everything else. This largely...
In the past let's-call-it-a-year, I've seen more than a few friends and acquaintences that have been working on webcomics for several years get some good "breaks" into the comics industry. Some had their...
When I was a kid, I was taught to dislike sports. No one ever expressly sat me down and said "sports are bad" or anything, but society as a whole told me that I should shy away from them. I played Little...