http://www.chemsetcomics.com Thu, 15 May 2008 22:48:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This isn't Chemistry Set related, but we would be remiss if we didn't mark the passing of one of the true legends of the comic book industry and truly, a revolutionary in the art of making comics.  Will Elder was one of the artists who flourished in the '50's under ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/15/goodbye-will-elder/ No, it's not a given. Over at Newsarama, I talk to four retailers about how to improve your chances. Rory Root of Comic Relief (Berkeley, CA), Alex Cox of Rocketship, Andrew Neal of Chapel Hill Comics (Chapel Hill, NC), and Ben Trujillo of Star Clipper (St. Louis, MO) ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/15/how-to-get-your-indie-or-small-press-book-into-comics-shops/ TODAY, May 14, marks my first work on a major title (a true franchise title).  SUPERMAN #676 is in stores NOW! Over on zee Facebook, I started a group called "Help Sell Out SUPERMAN #676."  The point of it is to create awareness among the comic book buying/reading public and also, ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/14/for-your-consideration-superman-676/ First time reading? Catch up with Page One, Two, Three, and Four. Now onto Page Five, wherein your narrator actually enters the titular location for the first time... Watch the clouds roll in next Tuesday, May 20 on Page Six! http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/13/how-i-lost-my-s-at-the-apple-store-page-five/ Welcome to the 66th installment of The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo! Well, no surprise here, but the Eagle Award went to Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. There's no shame in losing to Alan Moore! Just to be mentioned alongside Moore is a dream come true. ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/12/the-surreal-adventures-of-edgar-allan-poo-page-66/ Thanks!  See you next week! Rachel Friere & Vito Delsante http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/10/fchs-22/ And so we hit Friday, and another never-seen-before installment of The Gloom! Enjoy and let us know, by commenting! Dan and I? We'll be at the Bristol Comic Expo this weekend, so if you're there come and say hi to us. And buy us a drink, or something. Anyway, here's your slice ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/09/the-gloom-week-25/ Aaaand--we're back! Today we are serving one double-sized three-course four-color feast! It's called "Yaya Kadabra" and it's a mystical meal marinated in old-school Pinoy Komiks superhero sauce! (Please wait a moment for the pages to load, and then...) Kain na! I hope you enjoyed this latest entry on the menu! Be here ... http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/07/kare-kare-komiks-yaya-kadabra/ Wherein things take a turn for the better... ...or do they? See you next Tuesday, May 13, for Page Five! http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/06/how-i-lost-my-s-at-the-apple-store-page-four/ Thanks for reading, my friends! We hope you're enjoying the adventure thus far! Dwight L. MacPherson (with Thomas Boatwright and Thomas Mauer) http://www.chemsetcomics.com/2008/05/05/the-surreal-adventures-of-edgar-allan-poo-page-65/