Come visit us at Booth 2003 in the Independent Press pavilion! … [Read more...]
Comics Debbie Likes
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...]
A Shout Out to Men Supportring Women in Comics
By D. Lynn Smith When I decided to found Kymera Press, I was somewhat hesitant because of all the press about online rape and death threats women in comics were receiving. I was afraid that might happen to me as well. However while some women continue be harassed, I have not been harassed at all. … [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...]
Don’t Let People Get Comfortable with Disrespecting You!
By D. Lynn Smith Last month, Marvel’s Avengers, The Age of Ultron came to a theater near you. With it came a controversy over an interview in which Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans joked that Black Widow was a “slut” and a “whore” that went viral because it was so offensive. When I read this blog … [Read more...]
Hate has no place in the world of comics
By D. Lynn Smith Many of you probably don’t know about the controversy with the Hugo awards this year. The Hugos, along with the Nebulas, are among Science Fiction’s highest awards for writers. This year a group of people got together and stuffed the ballot box, essentially negating the validity of … [Read more...]
Comic book editor Valerie D’Orazio opens a window into the industry
By Autumn Daughetee For weeks, we here at Kymera Press have been exploring the different professions necessary to create a comic book—from the writer to the inker. Last week we explored the role of the editor in the creation of a comic book. I’ll continue that exploration with my interview of the … [Read more...]
What does a Freelance Comic Book Editor Do?
By D. Lynn Smith As I mentioned in a previous post, I didn’t have an editor on issue #1 of Gates of Midnight, and I made mistakes that weren’t caught until my husband read the finished pages. We then had to go back and make corrections, which meant paying my artists for additional work. That … [Read more...]
Letterer Jessica Jimerson Loves Working with an All-female Creative Team
By Autumn Daughetee Over the past weeks Kymera Press has explored the roles of the many members of the comic book creative team, including the writer, the penciller, the inker, the colorist and the letterer. This final entry is an interview with the extremely talented Jessica Jimerson, the letterer … [Read more...]
The Letterer
By D. Lynn Smith We already talked about the writer…the person who puts lots of words on the page that the reader never sees. What the reader does see is the work of the letterer. The letterer is responsible for every word and balloon you see on the page, whether it be a caption, a thought … [Read more...]