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Mar 6 2013 11:55 AM ET

Furor over Orson Scott Card's anti-gay views drives 'Superman' illustrator to leave comic

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Celebrated science fiction author Orson Scott Card also happens to be a fervent, outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage — and now the controversy sparked by his unpopular views has affected Card’s upcoming Adventures of Superman project.

Card has been opposed to gay marriage for decades; in 2009, he joined the board of directors of the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative group dedicated to “protect[ing] marriage and the faith communities that sustain it.” When DC announced last month that Card would co-write an issue of Adventures of Superman, the news immediately stoked fan ire. A petition urging DC to sever ties with Card has garnered over 16,000 signatures on the LGBT activist site All Out; other supporters of gay rights have called for a boycott of the comic itself.

Yesterday, the brouhaha prompted artist Chris Sprouse to leave the Superman project altogether.  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 4 2013 05:57 PM ET

A revealing new book collects 'Comics About Cartoonists': Dark, happy, surreal, suicidal

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Sean Howe’s recent history of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story was only the latest chronicle of one theme that runs through every honest assessment of the lives of comic book artists: That they have been since the dawn of the industry underpaid, overworked, and exploited. Add to this the art-world prejudice that these men (and they were mostly men, at least in the 1950s/60s world of superhero, horror, and romance comics) are lesser talents than fine artists, and you can see why the gorgeous, poignant new book Comics About Cartoonists: Stories About the World’s Oddest Profession, edited and designed by Craig Yoe (IDW/Yoe Books) exerts a potent fascination. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 1 2013 01:55 AM ET

Stephen King unearths origin of 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' -- EXCLUSIVE

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A man never outlives his father.

That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it applies in earnest to Danny Torrance, the psychic little boy from Stephen King’s The Shining.

King is revisiting the now middle-aged Dan Torrance in the sequel Doctor Sleep (out Sept. 24) which finds him working at a hospice, where he uses his innate supernatural powers to ease the suffering of the dying. Dan may have survived his old man’s madness (and swinging mallet) in the hallways of that long-ago snowbound hotel, but he has grown up to realize that not all demons can be escaped. Some are a part of you.

In a wide-ranging interview with Entertainment Weekly, King reveals the origin story behind Doctor Sleep, talks about the fatherhood fears buried in The Shining, and speculates about what could become of his stories when he’s long, long gone …

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Jan 11 2013 12:54 PM ET

'Doctor Who' to be celebrated by LGBTQ fans in new essay anthology 'Queers Dig Time Lords'

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The longrunning British science fiction show Doctor Who has repeatedly portrayed gay, lesbian, and bisexual characters in a positive light — even when the character in question happens to be a green lizard-lady. Now the LGBTQ community is reciprocating that affection in book form.

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Jan 8 2013 09:00 AM ET

'Love and Rockets' co-creator Jaime Hernandez on the comic's 30th anniversary

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Since the 1980s, Jaime Hernandez and his brothers Mario and Gilbert (a.k.a. Los Bros Hernandez) have amassed a seriously loyal fan base for their funny, quirky, urban, sci-fi tinged comic-book series Love and Rockets.

Stuffed with smart, feisty female characters who pack more va-voom than Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield combined (their hips could knock an eye out), the comic book celebrates its 30th anniversary with a retrospective exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco through March 10.

Gilbert Hernandez is best known for his Palomar stories, a magical realism series set in a rural village and following characters such as sexual, stubborn Luba, and lovers Heraclio and Carmen. The Love and Rockets Locas stories by Jaime Hernandez focus on aging on-again, off-again California punk Latina gal duo Margarita Luisa “Maggie” Chascarrillo, a mechanic turned apartment manager, and Esperanza “Hopey” Leticia Glass, and also Maggie’s on-again, off-again love Ray Dominguez. Their worlds feel both real and fantasy-filled, and always emotional.

EW chatted with Southern California based Jaime Hernandez, holed up in his house working, about the comic book’s anniversary, his brothers, drawing all those curvy women, differences between the comic then and now, his influences, and which Love and Rockets characters are his favorites. (Hint: Maggie!)
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