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Feature articles, Interviews, and Previews.

Here's a few more of our Industrial sections more expansive features. Long interviews, big previews and a few selections of our past 'classic' feature articles.

If you have any questions or comments about the Industrial Section Features feel free to e-mail the PopImage Co-Editor In Chief Ed Mathews or Co-Editor in Chief and Interviews Editor Jonathan Ellis at ed@popimage.com and ellis@popimage.com



02/09/05: FEATURE: FLIGHT 2 ROUNDTABLE: Co-Editor in Chief Jonathan Ellis sits down with editor Kazu Kibuishi and contributors Hope Larson, Kean Soo, Doug Holgate, Amy Kim Ganter, Ryan Sias, Becky Cloonan, Richard Pose, Johane Matte, Jake Parker and Nicolas 'Bannister' Seigneret for this comprehensive look at the forthcoming second volume of the FLIGHT anthology. Featuring a special roundtable interview as well as a one-on-one focus of each of these contributors and their work. Also, a slew of fantastic preview images from this upcoming collection slated to hit stores March 23rd. Enjoy.

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10/27/04: FEATURE: Joe Casey: Comics, Drugs & Corn Flakes:
PopImage is proud to present the following interview with imaginative scribe and delectable power pop talent, Joe Casey. With three new series debuting before the end of the year this astute creator returns to the forefront of the four colour limelight, thus we felt it was once again time to stir things up. Read on to learn more about such new series as THE INTIMATES and AVENGERS: EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES [Both debuting in stores November 3rd - Next Week], as well as INFANTRY [Diamond order code: OCT042584] and more. Yes. MORE. Interview conducted by PopImage Co-Editor in Chief, Jonathan Ellis. Portrait illustration by Hope Larson & Bryan Lee O'Malley. Enjoy.



07/07/04: FEATURE INTERVIEW: Grant Morrison: PopImage is proud to present the following interview with creative arts luminary and architect of inventive sequential thought, Grant Morrison. With the grand stories of The Filth and New X-Men being collected and a whole slew of new and original series on the way we felt this would be the perfect time to once again delve inside the mind of one of our favourite writers and find out what's lurking there. For more on Grant Morrison be sure to check out our past ProFile from 2001, as well as some of the links listed below. Interview conducted by Jonathan Ellis. Introduction by Christopher Butcher. Portrait illustration by Kalman Andrasofszky. Enjoy.

05/19/04: INTERVIEW: Douglas Rushkoff: PopImage is proud to present the following interview with best selling author, award winning producer, and all around celebrated creative visionary, Douglas Rushkoff. We spoke with the man behind such works as Media Virus, Coercion: Why We Listen To What "They" Say, and Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism, as well as the voice to the Frontline documentary: Merchants of Cool and keyboardist for PsychicTV, as he joins up with the Disinformation Company in releasing his first graphic Novel; Club Zero-G. Interview conducted by Jonathan Ellis.

11/29/01: HUMOR: Attack of the Condesnsed Comics Classics! - Neil Kleid, in a voice that only Ted Knight comes close to, brings you a blast from the past... it's the triumphant return of Condensed Comics Classics! Deja vu! This time, a whole slew of folks join in to aid Neil, including the most excellent writer Gail Simone, inventor of the CCC at her column You'll All Be Sorry! which can be found at Comic Book Resources.

FEATURES

08/29/01: FEATURE: CON STORIES - Neil Kleid invites you on a journey... a journey into Wizard World 2001. Come see the con through the eyes of Neil, con newcomer and writer extarordinare.

08/15/01: COLUMN: SUBSPECIES: COSTUMES - Holy Editors, Batman! Yes, it's true. Our own Benjamin Russell tried out for the part of the Boy Wonder. Read on and see how this has affected his life.

08/01/01: FEATURE: THE WILL BEHIND 'WILLWORLD' - PopImage is very fortunate to have an examination of the artistic process of GREEN LANTERN: WILLWORLD artist Seth Fisher -- by the artist himself! Featuring beautiful art and behind the scenes info, we strong suggest you check this feature out.


01/26/01: SPECIAL: CARLA SPEED MCNEIL'S FINDER - FINDER is one of the most interesting, unique, and critically acclaimed books on the stands today. Never heard of it? Well here's your chance to catch up on this fantastic series. We've got an interview with FINDER creator Carla Speed McNeil by Adrian Reynolds, a review of the first two FINDER trade paperbacks by Damon Crumpler, and a BRAND NEW 9 Page FINDER story, COUNTING COUP.

10/10/00: EDDIES IN THE MAINSTREAM - PART 2 - Pindaros explains why the problem with science fiction in comics is not that there's too much, as you probably thought, but that it's not the right kind. Continuing Pindaros' series of columns on genre fiction and comicbooks.
09/06/00: EDDIES IN THE MAINSTREAM - PART 1: COMICS AND THE PULPS - Controversial staff writer Pindaros returns. "Call it THE COMICS JOURNAL vs. WIZARD; I’m sure you know the argument I mean. A good comics story should be 'fun,' i.e., just like the other comics stories you’ve read but with new situations for your favorite characters and new characters to fall in love with. On the other side, the Eisner solution: a good comics story is one which can find its place in the canon of great works of art and literature, by which one means the European tradition running from the Renaissance to Picasso and Joyce."
08/01/00: The Place of Comics in the Western Artistic Tradition - This essay by UCLA professor Albert Boime attempts to lay to rest the academic concerns of comic art's status within the larger realm of visual arts. A very comprehensive piece, the comic medium is explored through several historical and critical avenues, making for some very engrossing reading. Quite possibly the "smartest" article we've ever run, and something that fans of Scott McCloud and Understanding/Reinventing Comics should take a look at.
08/01/00: The Eisner Process - This year's Eisner Awards, the industry's most prestigious comics awards, have come and gone, with Alan Moore pretty much mopping the floor with everyone. But not many people know how exactly the Eisner Awards go from nominations to attractive plaques. PopImage Staff Writer Francis Lord talks to Awards administrator Jackie Estrada about the Awards Process.
06/20/00: Culture Pop - The secret identity is second only to colored tights and a cape as a distinguishing mark of superheroes. David Dodd explores the importance of this key element of comics.
06/13/00: X-MEN: The Uncanny X-Teens- Marvel has always used the X-Men as a means of both identifying with and casting an eye on teenagers. Loki Carbis investiagtes how teenagers have been portrayed in the X-Books, from the original X-Men right up to Generation X.
06/06/00: X-MEN: The Hot Artists - David Dodd maps the careers of the Hot Artists who launched their careers via the X-Men. Where are they now? Find out inside!