February 1, 2012 – 12:39 pm | View Comments

The Backroom team are joined by special guest Joe Dilworth to talk about the impact of comic movies on comic sales, his indie comic Believer, and 1222 Studios.
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Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 41: The Awesome Age Of Comics
January 6, 2011 – 1:19 pm | View Comments

I have a small stack of Comics that I keep handy whenever I want to be inspired by really, really good stuff. In that stack is a copy of the collected Sam & Max: Freelance …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 40: Giving The Gift Of Krampus!
December 28, 2010 – 8:11 am | View Comments

The first time I heard about Krampus, I was 14. I was looking through a book I found at a library book sale that was filled with all sorts of urban legends like Bigfoot and …

Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2010 – 8:00 am | View Comments

Here’s hoping no one gives you a VHS copy of the movie you watched the night your parents were murdered.

What a douche.

Last Minute Christmas Shopping Guide
December 22, 2010 – 10:36 am | View Comments

The Backroom team give some suggestions for last minute Christmas gifts for the comic lovers in your life…and what not to give them.

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 39: Who Are YOU?
December 16, 2010 – 7:51 am | View Comments

Not that long ago, I was talking to a major Comics publisher about doing some writing for them. While there was interest in me pitching story ideas, I was told that I had to sign …

Young Justice-ish
December 15, 2010 – 9:58 pm | View Comments

Cartoon Network premiered the first episode of Young Justice a couple of weeks ago and, as predicted, I am now full of obsessive devotion.  Even if they insist on calling it Young Justice.
The Awesome
Robin is …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 38: Scotty Young’s Ass-Kicking Super Chicken
December 9, 2010 – 7:10 am | View Comments

Quite a few years ago, I started working a day job in the Purchasing department for an industrial bakery, buying everything the bakery needed to function that didn’t directly go into the cake they baked. …

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Blerg
December 8, 2010 – 7:51 pm | View Comments

So by now I’m guess you’re aware of this Broadway musical for Spider-Man… there’s been a Vogue photo shoot about it by Annie Leibovitz, music created for it by the Edge and Bono from U2, …

“In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night”: The Highs and Lows of the Green Lantern Trailer
December 5, 2010 – 10:00 am | View Comments

The trailer for Green Lantern was released online recently.  The film, directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), and starring Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Waiting…, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Blake Lively (Gossip Girl), Peter Sarsgaard (Garden State), and …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 37: The Steel Cage Match of Plot Vs. Point
December 2, 2010 – 10:35 am | View Comments

I have an artist friend of mine who is doing his own writing for the first time in years, and when he told me about his new project, he was really excited about the challenge. …