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This included the wording they invited men in the comic book industry to make, regarding misconduct in the industry, theirs and that of others. Male Comic Creators Take The #ComicsPledge – A First Step. MEN IN COMICS SAY NO There are a lot of ideals we claim to honor in comics hope, justice, unity, innovation, creativity, freedom.  None[...]
Laura Hudson Talks About Brian Wood, Tess Fowler, and Sexual Harassment in Comics
In 2013, Bleeding Cool reported on comic book creator Tess Fowler tweeting a series of statements about being sexually harassed by a specific and high-profile comic book creator She spoke to Bleeding Cool about the incidents and their impact, but chose not to name him at the time. A week later she changed her mind, naming Brian[...]
Kid Lobotomy #6 cover by Nick Robles
It just stops. Kid Lobotomy #6 art by Tess Fowler, Lee Loughridge, and Dee Cunniffe Tess Fowler's artwork is a highlight of the book The world has a unique cartoon styling that's just realistic enough so that the oddities still seem odd and not just the standard Lobotomy's visual design is good The scar is defining and[...]
The Comics Industry Talks – Breaking Into Comics
Welcome. — Tess Fowler (currently working on a CO GN) (@TessFowler) January 17, 2017 BREAKING INTO COMICS ADVICE: Find your peers Share your work Get better Lift each other up once you get in. — James Tynion IV 🦇🦇🦇🦇 (@JamesTheFourth) January 17, 2017 https://twitter.com/JHickman/status/821449079590948864 The Nightly News was six issues and I made about $5800 for around eight months of[...]
[Updated] 12 Images From Marvel's Venom Variant Month March 2017
I've secreted the new ones in to the gallery now for you to enjoy … and I'm still leaving the lovely surprise at the bottom. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ The creators on each cover are Invincible Iron Man #5 by[...]
More On The Future (Or Not) Of Rat Queens And Its Creators
Over the weekend, artist Tess Fowler started a two-for-one sale on her Rat Queens original artwork and answered questions about her decision to leave the books She stated that, despite being assured to the contrary, co-creator Kurtis Wiebe admitted to her that he had lied and that Roc Upchurch, original co-creator of the comic, who left[...]
Artist Pushed Out For Roc Upchurch To Return To Rat Queens? (UPDATE)
While there was no prosecution by the courts, Upchurch admitted to being involved to Bleeding Cool. Upchurch left the book as a restult and was replaced with artist Tess Fowler But that run came to an end And Fowler has now chosen to start talking and answering questions, that seems to indicate that Rat Queens is planned to[...]
A Deflated Return To Palisade With Rat Queens #16
Today brings the release of Rat Queens #16 from Image Comics, written by Kurtis Wiebe, with art by Tess Fowler This issue starts a new ARC entitled, "When Beards Collide" which brings the Rat Queens back to Palisade Upon arrival it's cleared that things have moved along without them, but the chaos effects each one of them differently[...]
Rat Queens Returns And We Have A Preview
Wiebe and drawn by Tess Fowler and is the fifth part of the Demons story arc. A betrayal changes the Rat Queens FOREVER! Prepare to be shocked! You did not see this one coming! This week, after a month and a half delay, we get the 15th issue of Rat Queens from Shadowline / Image Comics[...]
The Rat Queens Drawing Board…Issue #15 Finally Arrives This Week
Besides that, I've enjoyed reading artist Tess Fowler's perspective on her creative process… Another day Another complaint about how big I draw the boobs in Rat Queens :/ — Tess Fowler (currently working on a CO GN) (@TessFowler) March 13, 2016 Dee and her dramatic mane.#ratqueens pic.twitter.com/KDJtG4ltIh — Tess Fowler (currently working on a CO GN) (@TessFowler) March 13,[...]
A Comic Show – Secret Wars On Hip Hop Family Tree!
Tess Fowler's the new regular artist of Rat Queens, if you read the Bragga special you know that's a good thing Also for Image both Wolf and Island #2 dropped If you want that real indie high, give Black Mask's Young Terrorists a shot. Over in the mainstream, many post Convergence DCYou are secretly great Not[...]
The Heartfelt And Emotional Appeal Of The Rat Queens Special: Braga #1
From Image Comics, written by Kurtis Wiebe with art by Tess Fowler, the story follows secondary character, Braga, who has been featured in a few of the normal Rat Queens issues You might question what interest you would have in a secondary character in a series that has been leaving us hanging for months, but[...]
Ch-Ch-Changes – Rat Queens To Red Hood
A look through a few solicitations changes between Previews and publication…. Guardians Team-Up #2 will now have cover art by Stephanie Roux, above. All New X-Factor #20 will have art by Carmine Dia Giandomenico and Will Sliney, not the previously solicited Alex Garner. Captain America And The Mighty Avengers #4 will now have art by Iban Soria as well as Luke Ross. Orders for[...]
CONFIRMED: Stjepan Šejić Is The New Artist On Rat Queens
Wiebe will welcome a new artist: Stjepan Sejic of the #1 Amazon bestseller SUNSTONE for issues 9-11. The RAT QUEENS SPECIAL: BRAGA #1 will feature guest artist Tess Fowler and release on January 14 Sejic's art will premiere in the following issue, RAT QUEENS #9, on February 25 The series will be monthly with #12 soliciting[...]
Tess Fowler Shows Us Her Powerpuff Girls Cover Alternative
Tess Fowler wrote, Just because the erotic art in question was made by a woman, it does not invalidate the argument that one more piece of erotic comic book art might in fact be one piece too many. "Dude You're so stupid The artist is a GIRL." is the overall commentary lighting up forum boards right[...]
The Shaming Of Sexual Harassment By Social Media
Last month, Bleeding Cool ran an article quoting comic creator Tess Fowler, in which she detailed what she saw as unforgivable behaviour towards her at the hands of another comic book creator However, since Tess Fowler didn't choose to name names in her tweets, we respected that, and closed the message board to prevent in-thread[...]
Tess Fowler And Modern Day Misogyny In The Comics Industry
Tess Fowler is a remarkably accomplished cartoonist with past work published by Zenescope and currently with upcoming graphic novel The Rascals to her name As part of a recent discussion, she tweeted to Brandon Graham about her own experiences with misogyny in the comics industry. Everybody's mad at @royalboiler for speaking truth lol I wish MORE[...]
Shining A Spotlight – Tess Fowler
I will be looking for more artists to feature in this column as it goes forward and would be interested in ideas of artists I should look at. This week we're going to take a look at artist Tess Fowler An extremely talented artist who started her professional work doing likeness books (Charmed) as well as[...]