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UPFRONT: News and Comment from the PopImage Staff.
Changes of Pace

Upfront is the new Attitude, a place where we bring you some of the most interesting and informed commentary in the comics industry. Our Comment Editor Benjamin Russell is lining up a variety of entertaining new columnists and reporters that will me coming your way over the next few months.

If you have any questions or comments about Upfront, e-mail Ben at m3lbat@yahoo.com.

01/17/02: STARVED FOR ATTENTION: Alejandro Jodorowsky - We are in serious interview mode this month, folks. Join Zack Smith, ace interviewer, as he has a sit down chat with Alejandro Jodorowsky. This is quite possibly an interview.

11/07/01: UPFRONT: NOVEMBER PREVIEWS REVIEW - Chris Butcher and Scottie Gruenwald take our usual tour of the books that will be coming out in the future. This time, we review the solicitations for books coming out in January 2002.

10/10/01: UPFRONT: GUEST EDITORIAL - Neil Kleid (THIRD EYE PUBLISHING) gives us his thoughts on the recent events in NYC and Washington, DC, how this affected him, and how the comic book community has responded. Photos by Ed Mathews.

09/20/01: UPFRONT: EDITORIAL - Terrorists attacked NYC in an attempt to plant fear in our hearts. They picked the wrong city.

08/15/01: UPFRONT: AUGUST PREVIEWS REVIEWS - It's that time again of the month again. Scott Grunewald and Christopher Butcher host your monthly guide to Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS catalogue. We do it because we love you.

08/08/01: HELLO, MY NAME IS ED. - Please come in and take a seat. New EIC Ed Mathews welcomes you all.

08/01/01: WELCOME TO AUGUST 2001 - 14 months after the complete revamping and reworking of the site, we welcome you to the month with a few important announcements.

08/01/01: NEWS: AN INSIDE JOB AT MARVEL - Ever wanted to visit the Marvel Offices? How about the brand-spanking new digs? Special to PopImage, Brian Jacks got a chance to peak inside the new Marvel HQ, and he talked to the bullpen and took plenty of pictures. Come on fanboy, you know you want to look.

PREVIEWS REVIEW: PopImage Staff dissect solicited comics.
05/02/01: JULY 2001 PREVIEWS REVIEW - It's the May Previews Review! All the items that you need to buy, mock, or avoid showing up July 2001! This month the esteemed Scott J. Grunewald returns, catty as ever. Chris and Scott talk about the terrible new trend of CASHGRABS in the comic industry, that being the transperant attempt to get more money from desperate fanboys by releasing variations of previously existing merchandise and comics. Fun!
04/09/01: JUNE 2001 PREVIEWS REVIEW - PopImage returns with the April PREVIEWS REVIEW! This month Christopher Butcher and special guest host James Lucas Jones (Oni Press) tear through Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS catalogue, bringing you the best and worst from items shipping this June.
03/01/01: MAY 2001 PREVIEWS REVIEW - It's that time again of the month again. Scott Gruenwald and Christopher Butcher host your monthly guide to Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS catalogue. This month, we look at Morrison, manga, mysogyny and more!
02/02/01:APRIL 2001 PREVIEWS REVIEW- PopImage's monthly discussion of Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS magazine. Christopher Butcher and Scott J. Grunewald walk you through the good and bad.
01/05/01:MARCH 2001 PREVIEWS REVIEW - For comics and related merchandise shipping in March 2001. This month, get your Bettie on, 4 inch spikes, and God Bless Marc Silvestri. By Christopher Butcher and Scott Grunewald.
10/10/00: DECEMBER 2000 PREVIEWS REVIEW- Scott J. Grunewald and Christopher Butcher browse through the new issue of previews, and recommend all the cool books that you should be reading. And maybe warn you away from some that you shouldn't too...
09/06/00: NOVEMBER 2000 PREVIEWS REVIEW - Scott J. Grunewald's monthly journey through Diamond Comics Distributors' Previews Catalogue.
08/01/00: OCOTOBER 2000 PREVIEWS REVIEW - Our monthly suggestions and recommendations from Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS catalgoue.
06/06/00: AUGUST 2000 PREVIEWS REVIEW - Scott Grunewald Disects the June Previews for items shipping in August.
PROPINION: Comics professionals speaking about the medium they love...
03/20/01: PROPINION: JAMES LUCAS JONES - Oni Press' Assitant Editor and Webmaster fills you in on what the convention experience is like when you're on the other side of the table. James Lucas Jones shares his APE experiences in the return of PROPINION.
09/06/00: UPFRONT- PROPINION: JAMIE S. RICH - Oni Press Editor in Chief and CUT MY HAIR author makes a startling confession... He hates comics. It get's better from there. Propinion is PopImage's monthly position for creators to talk about the state of the industry.
WELCOME: Introductary Essays and Mail
04/17/01: NEWS: BEYOND THE PANELS IN NEW YORK CITY - New Assistant Editor Ed Mathews brings us a first-hand report from the recent BEYOND THE PANELS event in New York City.
11/14/00: WELCOME TO NOVEMBER - by Editor In Chief, Christopher Butcher.
10/10/00: WELCOME TO POPIMAGE OCTOBER - "I have been thinking about the rather... critical tone my comments have taken over the past few weeks, and I wanted to take a moment and do a little positive activism. I am going to list for you five comics that I am enjoying the hell out of, and why, and I'm going to tell you to go buy them. I have no vested interest in any of these books, I'm not angling for a job colouring any of them (though I wouldn't turn one down…), and I think that with all the bitching I do about crappy books, companies, and people, the least I can provide is an alternative..."
09/06/00: LETTER FROM THE EDITOR - "Marvel Comics isn't really where my head's at these days. This is a good move for Marvel, but it's a horrible move for Joe Quesada, and creators rights and the rest of the comic industry. I mean, I really want to believe that Joe will change things from the top down, for the better, but... really. Name one creator who's worked at Marvel who hasn't been screwed at least once in the last 10 years, from stealing their creations and leaving them destitute down to being asked to return paychecks.
09/06/00: UPFRONT: POPIMAGE MAIL SACK - We get letters, we get letters. We get stacks and stacks of letters! Well, not really, but we did get a few good ones this week ;).
08/01/00: COLUMN: Letter from the Editor - EIC Christopher Butcher welcomes you to the August edition of PopImage.
08/01/00: UPFRONT: PopImage Mail Sack - We answer your burning questions! And the not so burning ones too.
06/06/00: Welcome to PopImage! - An introduction to the new PI, by EIC Christopher Butcher.
COLUMNS:From the NinthArt Lads
09/12/00: UPFRONT: MODERN DAYS - In the last installment of Modern Days, Alasdair Watson looks at the past, present and the future.
08/15/00: COLUMN: Modern Days - Thoughts on comics inspired by daily life. By Alasdair Watson.
06/13/00: UPFRONT: The Reader - Watching the world through a four-colour filter, with Andrew Wheeler. This week, Andrew discusses the negative fan reaction to the upcoming X-Men movie.
06/06/00: Modern Days: Shoot Me - Thoughts on comics inspired by events in daily life. By Alasdair Watson.

ACTIVISM
01/11/01: UPFRONT: KID AT HEART - As PopImage strives to reach a number of different comics audiences, we're proud to present the first of an ongoing series relating to young readers and comic books by Brian Clopper. Brian has been working at a grassroots level to promote comics to young readers for a number of years, and has a special insight into the subject as a 5th grade teacher in Maryland. PopImage welcomes Brian (or Mr. Clopper as he's known to his students) to the site, and we hope that you enjoy and are informed by his series of articles.
11/14/00: UPFRONT: ACTIVISM: COMICS 4 KIDS - Support the charity that supports comics for sick kids. This year PopImage wants you to do something different with your comics, give them away. That's right, give them away. Not as presents or in exchange for sexual favors, but rather, give them to children.
10/17/00: ACTIVISM: PROMOTING GRAPHIC NOVELS THROUGH ACTION - So you rushed out and used every appropriate technique to explain to your friends, coworkers, teachers why they should be reading Maison Ikkoku. What else can you do? Well, you can read this new column for starters. This month, D. Aviva Rothschild gives you suggestions about steps you can take to increase and encourage public awareness of graphic novels.
09/12/00: UPFRONT: BEYOND "THE PHRASE" - Strategies for Promoting Graphic Novels (and Comics) as Literature. By D. Aviva Rothschild.
08/08/00: COLUMN: Peering From the Cave... - PopImage welcomes new regular columnist Aviva Rothschild, author of the book "Graphic Novels: A Bibliographic Guide to Book-Length Comics." In her first column, Aviva peers her head into the comics industry of the year 2000, and takes note of just how it's different from 1995.
COLUMNS - Paul T. Riddell
02/22/01: COLUMN: LYDON'S LAMENT- Paul T. Riddell returns with the second part of CONSPIRACY OF ONE. Looking to break into the comic business? You really need to be reading this column.
01/05/01: UPFRONT: LYDON'S LAMENT - So you want to break into comics? If thoughts of the international Vatican conspiracy to keep you out of comics permeate your brain, you should really read part one of Paul T. Riddell's CONSPIRACY OF ONE.
11/14/00: UPFRONT: LYDON'S LAMENT - "A Sociological Homage To Rob Liefeld (With A Tip of the Hat To Stephen Jay Gould)." One of the grand joys of the pursuit of abstract knowledge comes from running across unrelated facts and realizing that they all tie together somehow. By Paul T. Riddell.
10/10/00: UPFRONT: "ON THE MERITS OF THE DAY JOB" - It's the most familiar mantra in the comics industry, at least among the beginners and the wannabes. You know the one: "Man, if I didn't have this day job, the work I'd put out!" PopImage is proud to introduce new regular columnist Paul T. Riddel.
COLUMNS: From our talented Contributors
03/01/01: COLUMN: T. CASEY BRENNAN'S JACKIE OF THE OLD PLACES. - PopImage is proud to present the first of a new series of columns by T. Casey Brennan. "...this is the story of how I sold my soul to the devil in 1958; my mother wrote gothic novels and was a little crazy..."
10/24/00: COMMENT: OFF THE BEATEN PATH - "Comics are a living, breathing medium. They are flexible and adaptive, able to pounce on anything from the latest computer coloring techniques to whatever happens to be the current hip trend....So why do we, as an industry, continue to sit around treading water while the rest of the world races by like Olympic swimmers? What I find staggering is the fact that our industry contains and embraces some of the most intellectual, forward-thinking creators of any medium, and yet, we are continually crippled by the demands of an outdated and ultimately irrelevant history." By Gabe Chouinard.
09/06/00: UPFRONT: COLUMN- ALL OVER THE WORLD - Regular columnist JAn returns for his second month with a rather insightful look at Warren Ellis' PLANETARY, told in a fictional first person narrative. Or is it?
08/29/00: COLUMN: YES I AM. ARE GAY COMIC FANS STILL IN THE CLOSET? - Are you a gay comic reader? By Joe Palmer.
08/29/00: COLUMN: I HAD A CHOICE? - Bevis Musson talks about his exepriences coming out, and the role that comics played in it.
08/15/00: COLUMN: So You Say You Want A Revolution? - Kevin Feeley helps you make sense of the various manifestos you may have encountered. Can't figure out the New Vanguard of the Old Bastards' New Rage? Start here.
08/01/00: COLUMN: How I Learned to Love JLA - JAn Napiorkowski parry's and thrusts his way through Grant Morisson's JLA.
06/20/00: UPFRONT: Industrial Dogma - In Second Sight, Upfront editor Joe Szilagyi compares the marketing strategy (or lack thereof) of the comics industry to politics, plus the computer software and tobacco industries.