By Debbie Lynn Smith This week I thought I'd talk about a few of my favorite comics and why I’m hooked on them. Lazarus Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark My favorite comic right now is Lazarus. In a dystopian near-future, where there is no government other than the Families who have … [Read more...]
Kymera Press is a Gateway to Comics
By D. Lynn Smith Last month, Kymera Press went to Bubonicon in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bubonicon is New Mexico's oldest and best science fiction and fantasy convention, held in Albuquerque every August. This year there were 850 attendees. Yes, it’s a small convention, but it is not small when it … [Read more...]
What Do I Look For in a Comic Book Artist?
By D. Lynn Smith I recently answered some interview questions, and one of them was something like what advice would I give to artists wanting to work for Kymera Press. I talked about getting your work up on sites like Deviant Art and not being shy about displaying your work. But I thought it might … [Read more...]
Translation of Comics
By D. Lynn Smith Earlier this year, my friend Lorraine Watson started a discussion on Facebook about dialog. Since it was very interesting, I thought I’d give a synopsis of that conversation here. Lorraine asked, “Do you know if word and/or bubble placement changes for comics written in languages … [Read more...]
Richard Matheson and Lynda Carter in New Comics
By D. Lynn Smith You all know I’m a big fan of horror. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love a good horror story. Like many people my age, I used to run home from school to watch Dark Shadows every afternoon. During the same period of time, I discovered the late-night horror host Ghoulardi … [Read more...]
A Chat With Pati Nagel
By Autumn Daughetee For those of you who are not familiar with Pet Noir, it is a novel by Pati Nagle about Leon, a talking, genetically engineered cat who is indentured to a police department on an off-world space station. Leon works off the price of his creation solving crimes with his human … [Read more...]
What Fun Home and Bitch Planet Have in Common
By D. Lynn Smith A while back, Fun Home won the Tony for best musical. And guess what? It’s based on a graphic novel written by Alison Bechdel. Here is what Fun Home is all about... “In this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late … [Read more...]
Kymera Press Celebrates a Triumphant Comic-Con San Diego
By Autumn Daughetee The staff at Kymera Press is back from Comic-Con International: San Diego and I’m pleased to report it was a very successful event. We were able to sell lots of copies of both of our series—Gates of Midnight and Pet Noir. We also connected with other professionals in the comic … [Read more...]
Playing with Fashion in “Gates of Midnight”
By D. Lynn Smith All of the art and lettering for Gates of Midnight #5 is complete! Paul, my wonderful husband and production editor, is busy putting it together into a book form and getting it ready to submit to comiXology Submit and the printer. Amelia Woo is working on the cover for Issue … [Read more...]
The Role of the Writer: Part III
By D. Lynn Smith When you are a television writer, you work hard on writing good dialog. The dialog can make or break a scene. When I started writing prose fiction again, people always commented on the quality of my dialog. So when I turned to comics, I thought, “I have this!” Wrong. Let me start … [Read more...]
The Role of the Writer: Part II
By D. Lynn Smith One of the most important things I had to learn about writing comic books is how to use panels. First, what is a panel? The following definition is from About.com: “A ‘panel’ in a comic book in one part of a comic book page. Typically a comic book page is made up of individual … [Read more...]