It’s been a big stretch for Chip Zdarsky. The writer, artist, and writer/artist just saw the first issue of his big Marvel event comic Avengers: Armageddon debut, its follow-up in a new Avengers series with artist Marco Checchetto was announced, and the Sex Criminals adaptation got even more exciting news — to say nothing of … Continued

I love talking to comics retailers. These fine folks who run the comic shops that act as the heart of the medium for so many comic fans are crucial to the way the world of comics work, and I do what I can to regularly highlight what they do both on SKTCHD and Off Panel. … Continued

Steve Morris is a lot of things, as we’ll get to in a second. But if you had to pick two things above all, he’s a marketing manager at Rebellion, the company that publishes the stories of Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and beyond in 2000 AD, and the person behind Shelfdust, the Eisner Award-nominated comics … Continued

I’m very much on record as being a fan of Lee Lai. The cartoonist is a truly exceptional talent, as she crafted one of my Comics of 2021 in Stone Fruit and one of my Comics of 2025 in Cannon, with the latter project showcasing a staggering jump in craft and storytelling from an already … Continued

You never know what’s going to catch your interest when you write about comics. Sometimes it’s a new work by an old favorite. Other times it’s a fresh take on an existing favorite character. But every once in a while, it’s something that is so wildly unexpected that you cannot help but have your curiosity … Continued

When did Mark Waid know some of his biggest projects like The Flash and Kingdom Come would work? Find out in The Moment.

As I have probably made abundantly clear since its arrival, I was a bit of a fan of Zdarsky Comic News. While hyphenate Chip Zdarsky’s (previously) Eisner Award-nominated free monthly comics magazine — which was distributed solely to comic shops throughout its 18 issue run — is now dead and gone, just like my dreams, … Continued

Back in early 2005, Tim Leong was towards the beginning of his time as a comics journalist. He’d only done a handful of interviews, but he was eager to make his comic site Comic Foundry feel like a special one. This was before the writer/editor launched the site as an eventually Eisner Award-nominated comics magazine, … Continued

While there’s a whole lot to choose from, Deicidium, the new series from writer Ram V, artists Evan Cagle and Anand RK, letterer Aditya Bidikar, designer Tom Muller, and editor Eric Harburn, might just top my “2026 comic project I’m most interested in” power rankings. That creative team speaks for itself, so I’m not sure … Continued

It’s time for the big one folks: Chip Chat turns its attention to ARMAGEDDON! But, you know, the good type of Armageddon. As in the upcoming Marvel event Avengers: Armageddon that Chip Zdarsky is writing, which has its first issue on final order cutoff on April 20th before arriving in comic shops everywhere on June … Continued