News & Notes, May/June Edition

Here's what's been going on lately with some Candy or Medicine contributors. I've kind of lost track because there's been so much going on lately.

• Noah Van Sciver has so much going on, you might as well just check out his blog
• Hic & Hoc has a lot of cool projects going on as well
• JB Sapienza was featured on the Covered blog, and he published a new My Name is Jonah Free Comic Book Day comic.
• Kindlin' Quarterly Issue 7 is available for preorder
• Candy or Medicine Vol. 18 should be out next month
• Big announcement coming this summer

News and Notes, February Edition

Should I say something about Leap Day here? Or about how I haven't blogged since the last News and Notes? NOWAI!!! That's lame.

•  In the must have missed it category: Chris Tupa has a new mini-comic out. Perfect for kids!
• The Poopsheet Foundation reviews Candy or Medicine Vol. 16.
• Hic & Hoc Publications gives Candy or Medicine Vol. 16 a shout out on tumblr.
• Speaking of Hic & Hoc, Emi Gennis is editing an anthology of theirs about unsolved mysteries. See the call for submissions here.
• Optical Sloth reviews Sam Spina's Grandma Stories.
• You'll find Emi Gennis and Noah Van Sciver on The Comics Journal's Top 30 Minicomics of 2011.
• Kyle Nolan made a new mini, titled Bed Bug #1.
• Sam Spina and Noah Van Sciver did some jams with Lonnie Allen.

News and Notes, January Edition

• William Cardini has some cool stuff going on, as usual
• Tyler Stafford covers The Brave and the Bold 177
• Rob Clough reviews Rob Jackson
• Thirteen Minutes reviews Noah Van Sciver
• Steven Myers reviews Candy or Medicine Vol. 16
• JB Sapienza wins The Eric Shonborn Year End of the Year Award

News and Notes, December Edition

Sorry for a lack of updates. I've had a lot going on recently. I'm hoping to have a best of 2011 list and some previews of Volume Sixteen up soon. Anyway, here's what happened in December:

• Noah Van Sciver covers That Salty Air and shows some pages of The Hypo
• Josh Bayer and Pat Aulisio cover Defenders 80
• William Cardini has a new comic out, which is reviewed by Optical Sloth
• Rob Clough reviews Jason Viola & Sam Spina
• Patt Kelley covers Silver Surfer 8
• Finally, Kyle Nolan shows off his Candy or Medicine shirt!

News and Notes, November Edition

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. It's been slow in the Candy or Medicine world. But look for a new issue by the end of the year! Anyhoo, here's what occurred in November:

• Emi Gennis was featured in Red Flag Magazine.
• Noah Van Sciver presents a recap of MIX and some pages from his forthcoming graphic novel The Hypo.
• William Cardini aka Mark Hensel has some cool stuff going on.
• Rob Clough reviews Sam Spina's Spinadoodles: The Second Year.

(Super Late) News and Notes, September Edition

Sorry about the delay, but real life has got in the way (hey, that rhymes!).

• High Low reviews Kyle Nolan's Brain Dead Phylum #1 and #2.
• Noah Van Sciver was at SPX.
• Sam Spina has released the Xeric-winning FIGHT and Spinadoodles Year Two.
• Candy or Medicine t-shirts will be ready soon. Maybe as early as Monday. There are various color combinations and sizes available. I will most likely print a couple to have on hand, then take pre-orders for various combinations. Let me know if you want one and what you want it to look like. They will be $10 shipped.

 Yours will look better than this, I promise.

News and Notes, August Edition

Sorry this is a bit late. I've been really busy and also sick lately, but better late than never, right?

• Katie Omberg visited the DC Zinefest.
• Rob Jackson has a bunch of new comics up on his blog.
• Kyle Nolan presents a visual guide of how he makes mini-comics. He also has some nice pictures of stores that stock his comics.
• Rob Clough reviews Kyle Baddeley's Silent-V Part 4.
• Sam Spina is featured in this month's Previews for his Xeric Award.
• Noah Van Sciver covers The Little Monsters 26.

News and Notes, July Edition

Not a whole lot going on this month.

Here are two reviews of Noah Van Sciver's The Death of Elijah Lovejoy. Also, his much-anticipated debut graphic novel, They Hypo, will be published by Fantagraphics.

• Kyle Nolan released Brain Dead Phylum #2. I read it last night and it's pretty cool.
• Dan Folgar has posted some new comics.
• Alex Chiu is always up to some cool stuff.

Like I said, not much going on this month. However, Candy or Medicine Volume Fourteen will be out next month, so stay tuned for that. And in September, I'll be setting up at the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

News and Notes, June Edition

• I could almost fill this whole thing with Noah Van Sciver updates. First, Noah Van Sciver has a Tumblr (make sure to check out the issue of Alpha Flight he drew). He will also appear in the Best American Comics 2011 and in MAD Magazine. He also released a possible cover to his much-anticipated graphic novel, The Hypo. And Sean T. Collins reviews Blammo! #7
• Sam Spina has a new comic out. He's also now a Xeric award winner!
• Rob Clough reviews Rob Jackson's The Gods Must Be Bastards. He also reviews Candy or Medicine Vol. 13. The Poopsheet Foundation reviews Vol. 13 as well.
• Isaac Bidwell and Cayetano Valenzuela will have pieces in a show in San Francisco.

News and Notes, March Edition

March was a busy month. Here's what went down:

• You can preorder HIVE FIVE, featuring Noah Van Sciver, Ed Choy Moorman and yours truly.
• The Onion's AV Club interviews Noah Van Sciver. You can also order Blammo #7, which is really great, by the way. Here's a review.

• Daniel Olson was featured in a Bleeding Cool article about C2E2.
• Josh Blair/Candy or Medicine featuring in a Liberal Ohian article about SPACE.
• Katie Omberg offers her SPACE recap.
• Kyle Nolan has a new comic out and it's pretty rad.

• Candy or Medicine Vol. 11 is reviewed in another SPACE recap.
• Tori Holder now has her debut comic for sale.

Noah Van Sciver All Over the Place

If you're one of the 700+ people who have read the Candy or Medicine Free Comic Book Day Special or one of the 100 or so who have read Apartment 307, or if you've read the latest issue of MOME, The Comics Journal or Mineshaft, then you know who Noah Van Sciver is.

Well lately (and by lately I mean the past week or so), Noah has been all over the place. Acme Comics has a nice interview with him, there's a video he produced of a radio interview he did and today, his work appeared on the must-follow Covered blog.

Noah is a very talented artist and is getting a lot of much-deserved press lately. I'm a big fan of his work and look forward to reading his self-published comic Blammo! as well as the aforementioned issues of MOME and The Comics Journal. Whether I'll plop down twelve big ones for TCJ or just read it at the bookstore remains to be seen. Also, there is some other big NVS news forthcoming, but I'm currently not at liberty to discuss it. More to come.