Imagine living in the desert, away from your family and friends for months … years. Imagine waking up every day of your life and wondering if today is the day you will die. The day your child takes it’s first steps without you. The day you will take another life. The day one of your best friends will no longer be there.
Now, imagine returning home after this struggle only to face a new one - the inability to get a paying job back here in the states. For 20% of our veterans, that is the challenge.
Activision not only launched the much anticipated Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 this week but it also launched the Call of Duty Endowment, a website to assist our military veterans in finding employment after their tours of duty have ended.
Take a look at the site. Donate if you are able to but, more importantly, spread the word about this great charity.
Joe Brusha is a busy man in comics these days. When his hands aren’t full of comics from managing Zenescope Entertainment as president, his pen and ideas are hitting paper. His latest contribution? Brusha has been putting his creative mind to work with the all-new, upcoming Neverland twist. The writer/company president agreed to take the time from his daily routine to give GEN the scoop on Peter and his boyhood pals … and foes.
Awakening author Nick Tapalansky talks comics, zombies and zombie comics with The Nerdy Bird. Plus, Mexican brothels?!
Way back in 1994 The Cranberries posed the question, “What’s in your head?” They were also kind enough to give us the answer: Zombies! Yesterday I brought you the review of Awakening - Volume 1 from Archaia Comics, today I dig deep into the recesses of Tapalansky’s head and find, thankfully, he can still be counted among the living. Alex Eckman-Lawn, his artist? Maybe not so much.
Check out what Tapalansky had to say about the sad state of the zombie world today, Awakening’s time out and what he would do if zombies ever attacked. He’s got the most original answer I’ve ever heard. Read the full story
Last time we interviewed Johnny Zito and Tony Trov—the creative minds behind The Black Cherry Bombshells. But what about the comic’s illustrator, Sacha Borisich? We asked the artist about her female role at Zuda, what she thinks of the digital medium, and her reaction to the zombie-infested, girl gang story.
Johnny Zito and Tony Trov aren’t afraid to show their love for their girl-meets-zombie web comic, The Black Cherry Bombshells. That passion recently earned their co-written work a Harvey Award nomination and an upcoming spot on Zuda Comics’ exclusive print list. I talked with the force that’s been taking Zuda by storm about their success and inspiration, the experience of working with a digital publisher, and the future of BCB. Plus, the team’s illustrative member, Sacha Borisich, jumps in for the second part of the interview tomorrow.
Writer Tom Pinchuk teamed up with illustrator Kate Glasheen to create Hybrid Bastards, a mini-series published by Archaia that centers on ancient mythology with a modern, weird twist that fits the hidden eccentricities of its groundwork. We talked with Pinchuk about his interest in comics and Greco-Roman culture, how Hybrid Bastards came to be, and what else he’s been busy with on the comics scene.
The wise-cracking, regeneratin’ mercenary for hire—fondly referred to as Deadpool—can’t help being drawn to money, explosions, and rockin’ babes (at least half of which are in his head). Thanks to current Deadpool writer Daniel Way, the Merc with a Mouth now stumbles into enough yellow word balloon-adorned, thrilling adventures to keep the talkative star and his fans more than happy.
Way took us behind the pages, answering our questions about what makes Deadpool a worthy character, his thoughts on a certain not-so-hot incarnation, the other comics he’s working on, and which superhero of all comic time would make for the number one Deadpool team-up. (Let’s just say you wouldn’t hear me complaining.)
While Kevin Conroy took us deep into the heart of Batman, and Paul Dini unraveled the mind of the character, Batman: Arkham Asylum director Sefton Hill from Rocksteady Studios broke the Bat and his rogues’ gallery down from a video game perspective. The developer addressed our pressing roundtable questions as to why the Boy Wonder was excluded from the game, what kind of gameplay we’ll experience as the Caped Crusader, what influenced the change in the appearances of characters like Harley Quinn, and how the team handled the pressure built up from previous Batman crash-and-burns.
