Kyle Baker
The Middle Ground #60 | First Things First
The news last week about the return of First Comics makes me happier than it has any right to. Although I haven’t read an incredible amount of the publishers’ 1980s/1990s output–which included a couple of gems, which I have read: American Flagg! Nexus! Those two alone feel like they should earn First a place in most comic lovers’ hearts–the publisher holds a weird place in my heart for being, I’m pretty convinced, the first American indie publisher I ever bought a comic from, way back when.
- July 12, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by Graeme McMillan
Collect This Now! The Shadow
Shadow #9
In my debut CTN column, I raved about Justice Inc., a two-part prestige format series DC put out in the late 1980s, written by Andrew Helfer and drawn by Kyle Baker. The book starred a long-forgotten pulp hero known as the Avenger. That comic was actually a spin-off of another comic Helfer and Baker were doing at the time, which was also based off of a pulp hero, although in his case he was far from forgotten. I’m talking, of course, about The Shadow.
- October 15, 2010 @ 12:30 PM by Chris Mautner
Your video of the day: A trailer for Kyle Baker’s ‘Dexter’
Remember when I mentioned the other week that Kyle Baker was going to be doing a cartoon based on the popular Showtime series Dexter? Well, here’s the first trailer, found via Beaucoup Kevin.
- September 30, 2009 @ 09:03 AM by Chris Mautner
Straight for the art: Baker’s ‘Dexter’
Scene from Baker's 'Dexter'
Kyle Baker did an animated cartoon for Showtime based off of their popular live-action series Dexter, and he’s got the screenshots up on his blog to prove it. No word on when this goes live, but I’m stoked to see it. (found via Beaucoup Kevin.)
- September 10, 2009 @ 09:10 AM by Chris Mautner
What are you reading?
Modern Masters: Kyle Baker
Comic-con or no comic-con, gods or no gods, we aim to keep What Are You Reading up and running every Sunday regardless. Our special guest this week is none other than the one, the only Abhay Khosla. Abhay’s a regular contributor to Brian Hibbs’ Savage Critics Web site, but can also usually be found lurking about here.
To see what Abhay and everyone else is reading, click the little linky …
- July 26, 2009 @ 02:00 PM by Chris Mautner
Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: A publishing news round-up
Moomin kids' book
* Over at the Drawn & Quarterly blog, Tom Devlin announces that the company will be starting a children’s book line, entitled “D&Q Enfant.” The first few titles in the line will consist of Moomin picture books.
* The blog Monster Brains has a brief preview of Johnny Ryan’s upcoming grand guginol graphic novel, Prison Pit. It’s probably NSFW.
* The Cartoon Network and Del Rey have joined forces to produce a series of graphic novels based on the popular Secret Saturdays cartoon show. The first volume will hit stores in September.
* Zenescope has announced plans for a third and final Wonderland mini-series.
- April 29, 2009 @ 10:15 AM by Chris Mautner
Hawkman + dinosaurs = cool
Kyle Baker's Hawkman
Earlier this month Kevin posted about Kyle Baker’s Hawkman story; over at the Pulse, Jennifer Contino talks to Baker about the book and several other projects. Per the interview, the story will appear in some sort of anthology and will feature an alien invasion and Dinosaur Island:
THE PULSE: When you think Hawkman, what ideas immediately came to your mind about what a story featuring this hero HAD to be about?
BAKER: In most of his adventures, Hawkman usually defends Earth from space alien invasion, so that’s what my story’s about. There’s also action on Dinosaur Island, because dinosaurs are always cool. Hawkman carries a mace, so it’s important for a writer to create dilemmas which can be resolved with a mace. A guy with a mace fighting a T-Rex is a good fight to watch.
An official release date for the book has yet to be announced.
- February 18, 2009 @ 06:53 AM by JK Parkin
Kyle Baker’s Hawkman: Have mace, will pummel
Hawkman, by Kyle Baker
I’m not a fan of Hawkman — nothing against the hairy-chested Thanagarian; I just haven’t given him much thought — but glimpses of Kyle Baker’s upcoming DC Comics project have me a little excited.
Announced by Baker in October, the book is being teased as “ultra-realistic and violent.” How violent? Well, there’s a scene in which Aquaman’s giant seahorse is killed by a Tyrannosaurus rex.
On Friday Baker posted a couple of pages from the comic, saying that he should finish the art over the weekend. Maybe we’ll see an official announcement, and release date, during New York Comic Con.
- February 2, 2009 @ 06:44 AM by Kevin Melrose