February 6, 2009
New York Comic Con 2009 is taking place today through Sunday at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. If you’re lucky enough to be there, click here to download this handy guide to the educational panels (thanks to Buddy Scalera for providing us with the link!).
Several IMPACT authors (Steve Ellis, Andy Schmidt and Buddy Scalera, to name a few) will be hosting panels, all of which are free with admission, so be sure to check them out!
Click here to go to the official New York Comic Con website.
February 2, 2009
The Insider’s Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels hit bookshelves and internet shops everywhere last month, so I figure we’re due for a little insight into the author who so deftly shares his experiences and gathers expert advice from comics greats such as Neal Adams, John Byrne, David Finch, Klaus Janson, Karl Kesel and John Romita Jr.
Andy Schmidt edited comics for five years at Marvel Entertainment, where he started under Tom Brevoort in the “Marvel Heroes” line of books. There, he lent his talents to everything from The Fantastic Four to the Avengers, to Civil War. He spent a few years assistant editing, and began full editor duties in 2002 on Captain Marvel and Spider-Girl. He developed Madrox and later X-Factor with writer Peter David and artist Pablo Raimondi. He also spearheaded the 25-part, galaxy spanning, space saga called Annihilation with a wealth of writers and artists.
His favorite projects to date have been Secret War, Madrox, Alias, Civil War, New Avengers, Young Avengers, Ms. Marvel, Annihilation, The Pulse, Defenders, Union Jack, X-Factor and X-Men.
He is now Senior Editor at IDW, the owner and operator of Comics Experience, an education-based business dedicated to helping comic book writer and artist hopefuls fulfill their dreams, and a freelance comic editor and writer who has written for several publishers including Marvel Comics, Th3rd World Studios, Markosia and Boom! Studios.
Stay tuned for IMPACT’s Q+A with Andy!
Cheers,
Mona
