As mentioned recently on Plasq’s Blog, I’ve been using Comic Life as a layout tool since the very early days of Cranium Comics. It provides me a quick and easy way to position and edit text balloons without giving it too much thought. I find it best for making sure the text fits within each [...]
Cranium is excited to announce that for the first time in our history we will be attending Comicpalooza in Houston on May 25 through 27, 2012 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Billed as Texas’ International Comic Con, the event includes names from film, anime, comics, and much more. Some of the many famous [...]
We’re in the process of making our last, great push to Staple! Independent Media Expo happening Sunday March 3-4, 2012 in Austin at the Marchesa Hall and Theater near Highland Mall. For those of you unfamiliar with Staple!, it’s an event put on ever year to “promote independent creative media: comics, art, animation, and self-published [...]
In a 24/7 news world where we’re bombarded with information every second, one comic company is trying to find meaning by focusing on the stories that resonate. We’ve all seen, read, and heard articles that seem to carry with them an importance that cannot be measured in a few sound bites or quotes. This is [...]
Cranium has set up an affiliate shopping site that will allow customers to buy related non-Cranium merchandise through Amazon.com. Using Amazon’s large breadth of content makes sense for several reasons. First and foremost, it gives folks browsing for similar products a chance to leverage some of Amazon’s best attributes including free shipping, recommendations, Wish Lists, [...]
My first experience reading Grant Morrison’s work took place during high school when I picked up a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum. During that time (late 80s) comics were undergoing a transformation with writers like Morrison, Miller, and Moore dissecting the traditional comic icons and making them more fallible, thus more human. I remember admiring the amazing art [...]
I was recently contacted by a local daycare to put on a Comic Book Workshop for campers ranging from 5-12 years of age. I was given no distinct direction to the project, however both the event coordinator and I agreed that it would be great to introduce comics to children who are unfamiliar with them [...]
Keith Quinn, founder and co-creator of Part-Time Comics, sits down with Cranium Comics to answer a few burning questions about his inspiration, motivations, and processes in creating the podcast. How did the idea of Part-Time comics come to fruition? Why did you feel that it was necessary? I listen to a handful of podcasts. Some [...]
We just received hot off the press issues of Brawn #3 and they look fantastic! I’m extremely proud of the writing and art, not to mention our sponsors for helping us put it all together. Special thanks to Dragon’s Lair Comics for their avid support of the indie comic scene and inspiration throughout this past [...]
The age of digital comics is upon us. While many still turn to their neighborhood comic shop for hard copy print issues, more and more comic fans find it easier to obtain their favorite issues via the web. Thanks to some impressive comic distribution web sites, this is an increasingly easy thing to do. Along [...]
