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Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture By Rob Salkowitz McGraw-Hill, 304 pages, $27.00 Comic book fandom was a natural outgrowth of science fiction fandom, splintering off in 1961 as the revival of superhero comics was clearly here to stay. In that year, sci-fi fan and future author Richard Lupoff published Xero, the first comics-only fanzine.… Continued on next page...
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In the early days of comic book fandom, it took its cues from science fiction fandom since there was quite a bit of overlap. The early SF zines included names and addresses so as others began publishing, they knew where to find eage... Read Post

Rob Salkowitz, author of "Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture," on digital comics! Christos Gage talks "Sunset"! Derf talks "The City" and "My Friend Dahmer"! Ed Piskor on the genesis of "Wizzywig"! Plus more! Read Post

Tim O’Neil eviscerates Age of Ultron, and the culture of comics in which it was created, in a must-read review of the series up through #9: How do you read comics? I don’t know about you, but I really don’t read most superhero comic... Read Post