Insufferable Week 24–and more!
You know, there’s a big, BIG clue hanging in the air about who’s behind all this villainy…it’s been hanging for months now…and NO ONE has picked up on it. I’m hesitant to say more because it may give...
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THRILLBENT 2.0
Welcome to the next step in the Thrillbent (r)evolution. Today, thanks to the close collaboration between the hyper-amazing Lori Matsumoto and the web design geniuses at Raygun, we have a whole new...
View ArticleINSUFFERABLE: ON THE ROAD
When last we saw the eternally bickering father-and-son hero team of Nocturnus and Galahad, the stars of INSUFFERABLE, they’d defeated the arch-enemy who brought them back together after years apart....
View ArticleThe Word “Embeddable” Always Looks Misspelled
Welcome to Week Two of Thrillbent 2.0. I’d be flattered if you came here solely for INSUFFERABLE, but given how much we’ve been bragging about our other two new series online and in interviews, that...
View ArticleSAGA and Comixology
Hey, let’s talk about someone else’s digital comic. You can download it on your iPad. No, wait, you can’t. Wait, wait, this just in… yes. Yes, you can.Like most comics professionals yesterday, I was...
View ArticleAmerica’s Favorite Rum-Flavored Malt Beverage
Third week of INSUFFERABLE 2: ON THE ROAD is live, and murder is in the air. One of the things I love most about artist and co-creator Peter Krause is that he’ll draw anything and never complain about...
View ArticleThe Eighth Seal
We just added a new ongoing serial to THRILLBENT. It’s a horror strip with a twist that I’m loathe to discuss until you’ve read it, but it’s what sold me when James Tynion IV (writer of DC’s TALON and...
View ArticleYo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Shame
Fourth week of INSUFFERABLE 2: ON THE ROAD is live, and Galahad gets a lesson in the relationship between dignity and poverty.I have always said that the reason I became a comics professional instead...
View ArticleI Spy
Credit where it’s due: the novel layout of this week’s INSUFFERABLE installment (the Meg narration stuff) was suggested by Tom Peyer, pulling on our mutual love of the opening credits of the 1960s TV...
View ArticleMan of Steel, since you asked.
First, if you’ve come to this page just to read the blog entry, do me a favor–check out our fine, free comics offerings here at Thrillbent. I bring this up because it seems like a wasted opportunity...
View ArticleHow DC Contracts Work
SPOILER WARNING: Certain plot points of MAN OF STEEL are discussed.A NOTE OF CLARIFICATION: This blog post explains how professionals are generally compensated for working on company-owned characters,...
View ArticlePRODIGAL
Welcome to the premiere of a new regular Monday series at Thrillbent–PRODIGAL, from the team of Geoff Thorne and Todd Harris. We really dig it and we think you will, too. I (me, Mark) have asked Geoff...
View ArticleThe Pandas Show!
Hey, our friends (and frequent Thrillbent guests) Geoffo and Mast have a Kickstarter project spinning out of their (bi-lingual!) Walking Pandas strip, and we recommend you check it out here. We posted...
View ArticleThrillbent at San Diego
The annual San Diego Comic Con is upon us, and a huge contingent of Thrillbent creators and behind-the-sceners are attending. Our good friends at iVerse Media have kindly lent us some of their booth...
View ArticleMark Waid Signing Schedule
A whole bunch of Thrillbent creators are signing at Booth 1703 this San Diego Comic Con weekend, so stop by to find out exact times–we’ll be pushing out times through social media, too, so keep your...
View ArticlePDFs, CBZs, and Downloads in General
Almost exclusively because of my inability to lead effectively with a clear message, there’s been some confusion over the fact that, initially, we offered up free downloads of all our comics in PDF and...
View ArticleAt Long Last, Storefront
Today’s the day. Effective immediately, you should find a new button on our page to click. “SHOP” will take you our new Thrillbent Storefront, where you can buy downloadable collections of your...
View ArticleWhy I love THE ENDLING
If you’re a fan of THE ENDLING, as I am, fear not its temporary absence–I asked them to take a break this week to make up for time lost around the San Diego Comic Con. (Production time, not creative...
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Mark Waid, Comics Retailer
“I bought a comics store.”“Why? So you can burn it down?”As some of you know, I’ve been living in the Muncie, Indiana area for a while now. Good people here. One of the best is my friend Jason Pierce,...
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Aw Yeah, The Other Shoe Drops
Remember how I said that Monday’s announcement–that I’m now a comics retailer–was only part of the story? Here’s the rest of it: l-r: Artie, Marc, Jason, Christy, some clown in custom Superman sneaks,...
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