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.
One of the joys with webcomics is that there are so many styles and genres represented, the medium offers plenty for anyone with virtually any interest, seemingly no matter how niche. In particular, it picks...
Brad Guigar debuted his first webcomic, Greystone Inn, back in 2000. Like many webcomikers just starting out, he maintained a full-time job while working on the strip. Even when he ended Greystone Inn and...
Conventions have been a staple of fandom for many, many years but in the past fifteen years or so, they have really taken off. The attendance of Comic-Con International in San Diego never rose by more than fix...
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In print comics, there's a number of works that might be described as canon. That is, the comics that pretty much everyone agrees are worth reading and studying. Not necessarily because they're great (though...
Part of the whole point of fandom is to connect with other people. I mean, sure, it's great you love your favorite thing, but being able to share that love with someone else is amazing. Whether that's a...
I stopped counting the number of webcomics I regularly follow sometime after I shot past 300. I was adding new ones and seeing old ones fade away often enough that it was just to much work to bother with...
I saw a webcomic artist post an update that I really enjoyed earlier this week, so I pinged him about getting the original art from it. I had purchased art from him before, so I knew what the pieces looked...
I caught two movies this weekend that, despite having seemingly nothing in common, are worth discussing today. The first was The Dinosaur Project from 2012. It's basically an updated version of Arthur Conan...
Have you noticed how your bigger comic publishers don't do webcomics? You don't see Marvel or DC doing webcomics. Some of the smaller publishers like Oni and First Second do them. Even Dark Horse, in a way,...