When you hear a pitch about a comic featuring Gandhi, you think it might be a…
Rik Offenberger
Rik Offenberger has worked in the comic field as a retailer, distributor, reporter, public relations coordinator, writer and publisher since 1990. He owns and operates the e-mail bases Super Hero News service, and his published works in print can be seen in The Comics Buyers Guide, Comic Retailer, Borderline Magazine, and Comics International. On the internet he has worked as a writer and/or editor for Silver Bullet Comicbooks, Comic Book Resources, Newsarama and First Comics News. He was the Public Relations Coordinator at Archie Comics for a decade. He is currently the Editor-In-Chief at G-Man Comics. For TwoMorrows Publications, Rik co-wrote The MLJ Companion with Paul Castiglia and Jon B. Cooke, charting the history of Archie’s superheroes, and for Gemstone Publishing wrote chapters of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes.
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I have known Mickey McFaster for more than 20 years. Actually, I was friends and a…
John Ottinger talks about THE DWEORES
Frist Comics News: What are the Dweores? John Ottinger: Dweores are mechanical beings (robot) that live in a land…
Chase Poulton talks about PIZZA TREE
Ryan Onorato, Mark and Chase Poulton have a new hardcover original graphic novel coming out from…
Jeff Burton and Martin Boruta talk about the CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ALLIANCE
Jeff Burton runs the Canadian Comic Book Alliance and our own Martin Boruta serves as the…
Bart Sears talks about DRAWING POWERFUL HEROES: BRUTES AND BABES
Bart Sears a comic veteran who recently inked a deal for his Ominous Press to join…
Chad Cicconi talks about BLUE HOUR
Chad Cicconi is an attorney by day and artist by night and as I discovered through…
Joey kAos talks about the SANTINO BROS. WRESTLING ACADEMY
Joey “kAos” Muñoz has spent his life wrestling. He has worked with Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS),…
Tres Dean talks about JOEY RYAN: BIG IN JAPAN!
Joey Ryan has been on WWE television and has worked for all the major television professional…
Joe R. Lansdale talks about RED RANGE
I have been a fan of Joe R. Landsdale for may years. I have been a…
Scott McDaniel talks about I.T.: THE SECRET WORLD OF MODERN BANKING
First Comics News: First off how is your mother doing? Scott McDaniel: Mom is doing very…
Tom DeFalco talks about REGGIE & ME
Reggie has long been a supporting character in the Archie Universe. He has been presented as…
Paul Kupperberg talks about ALL-NEW SECRET ROMANCES
Paul Kupperberg has had a long and varied career in comics working at DC, Marvel, Archie,…
David Pepose talks about SPENCER & LOCKE
David Pepose and I worked at Newsarama together several years ago. Now he has his first…
COMICBOOK BIOGRAPHY: Dave Dwonch
Dave Dwonch stopped by First Comics News to go over his history and Action Labs and…
Tommy Hancock talks about the HEROIC PUBLISHING at PRO SE PRODUCTIONS
Tommy Hancock stopped by First Comics News to talk about their new agreement with AC Comics…
Sasha Darevko talks about his career and BRIAN KENDRICK’S SCHOOL OF PRO WRESLTING
Sasha Darevko was born in Moscow, Russia during the height of the Cold War, the 1980s,…
Tommy Hancock talks about the AC UNIVERSE at PRO SE PRODUCTIONS
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Mark Haney talks about AIM FOR THE ROSES
Mark Haney is composer and double bassist in Vancouver, BC. He is currently the Artistic Director…
JayDee Rosario talks about UNSTOPPABLE COMICS
I wasn’t aware of Unstoppable comics until Joe Martino backed the Kickstarter for Unstoppable Origins TPB…
Ams Overton, HTB and Josh Waldrop talk about SPACE GOBLINS
Ams Overton’s DeadArms Productions and HTB’s Sniffing Dog Art joined forces to created Blue Envelope Media.…
Comic Book Biography: ROB SCHAMBERGER
Rob Schamberger is best known for his Wrestling Champions series, in which he has painted every…
Erik McCurdy and Mark A. Lester talk about EXPERIMENT 42
Late one night, a mysterious metallic orb appears before scientist Isaac Thompson, changing his life forever.…
Colt Cabana talks about WRESTLING ROAD DIARIES 3
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for it’s tough, mean, hard-hitting wrestlers. Wrestling…
John Crowther and Kevin LaPorte talk about Nikolai
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Artist: Mark A. Lester
A short view of some of Five Star artist Mark A. Lester’s artwork; originally appearing in…
Kalman Andrasofszky and Blake Northcott talk about Agents of P.A.C.T.
Fleur De Lys gets her own team in the expanding Chapterverse. A team described as The…
Jim Zub & Andrew Wheeler talk about Freelance
Ed Furness and Ted McCall’s Lance Valiant appeared in 35 issues of Freelance Comics between 1941…
Nick Marino & Rosie Knight talk about Cougar and Cub
Cougar and Cub is a new series from Action Lab. As the name suggests the Cougar…
Fernando Ruiz talks about DIE KITTY DIE: HOLLYWOOD OR BUST
Kitty Ravencraft is back in an all new Kickstarter from Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz. Fernando…