One of the titles I talked about months ago when covering Archaia Studios Press for the Buzz was Mouse Guard. This is a fun title about mice who live in a medieval time period. I was able to speak with the series’ creator, writer and illustrator David Petersen and ask him a few questions.

Matt Knicl: How did you come to Archaia?

David Petersen: Back in 2002 I went to the Wizard World Comic con in Chicago. I was wandering artist alley and met Mark Smylie. He was self-publishing then and I showed him samples of my work for his opinion. Mark gave me a great portfolio review, very honest, very helpful. So in 2005 when I was at the San Diego comic con with my self-published Mouse Guard and a writer I know said that Mark Smylie’s looking for fantasy titles for his publishing company Archaia Studios Press, I didn’t mind showing him Mouse Guard. He was excited about it and offered to publish the series in color.

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Archaia Studios Press, the publisher that brought you Hybrid Bastards!, Misericordia and The Sisterhood continues to give us unique, creative titles as it continues to grow. One of the latest comics is Cursed Pirate Girl, a fairy tale about pirates and imagination, beautifully drawn by the writer, Jeremy Bastian.

Archaia was kind enough to arrange an interview with Mr. Bastian. Read the rest of this entry »

Sister Act 3: This Time The Act Is For Real

Archaia Studios Press continues to release diverse titles. A recent series, The Sisterhood, focuses on an order of nuns whose job is to protect mankind by trapping demons in their body. Written by Christopher Golden (Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire) and Thomas Sniegoski (Owlboy), this is an action-packed mystery story filled with Christian mythology.

I spoke with both authors about the series. Read the rest of this entry »

Silence Is Golden

I was fortunate enough to interview the minds behind Archaia Studios Press’ Hybrid Bastards! after writing about the publisher in my column for The Buzz.

I was able to speak with another comic writer/artist for the sci-fi/art project Misericordia.

Rebekah Brem’s 11-issue series kicked-off this week. The first issue was presented without speech and the story was told with its art. Readers were introduced to a world where humans live underground and robots rule the surface. Read the rest of this entry »

By The Beard Of Zeus!

Last week in The Buzz I talked about indie comic book publisher Archaia Studios Press and some of their new, unique projects.

One of those titles was the absurd Hybrid Bastards!, a series about Zeus’ various one night stands with inanimate objects, from a car to a brick wall, and the resulting offspring.

The series debuts next week and there will be two more issues in the series, for now at least.

I was lucky enough to get in touch with the writer, Tom Pinchuk, and artist, Kate Glasheen, to talk to them about this… interesting project. Read the rest of this entry »