The app driving comics started in a basement

Nick Coglainese, photo courtesy Nick Coglainese

Liquor salesman Nick Coglianese was a longtime comic collector who stumbled across a cache of 50,000 comics and created an app to fill his needs. Key Collector is now a driving force in the comic market. You can learn what Nick has learned in his journey HERE.

Jim McLauchlin

When "big comics" are more than just comics

Jimmy Palmiotti, courtesy DC Comics

We live in insulated, screen-interface bubbles these days. But talking to your neighbors is important. Find out how artist/writer Jimmy Palmiotti did that was back in the day, and how it paid off very nicely.

JIm McLauchlin

Art corrections, $5000, Nicaragua

Once upon a time, DC Comics could call accounting, order a $5000 check, and in minutes, it was there. When Mark Badger got his shot to apply $5000, he sent it to a revolution in Central America. Read the amazing story HERE.

Jim McLauchlin

Amanda Conner, artist and artist model

Before she became a big-name artist in her own right, Amanda Conner was the assistant to artist Bill Sienkiewicz, and…Sienkiewicz' model for Elektra. Read all about the fun craziness HERE.

Jim McLauchlin

On playing chicken and nightmare midnight bus rides

Mark Millar, courtesy Mark Millar

Mark Millar is one of the best-known writers in comics, but in 1989, he was "living on a rainy rock on the other side of the world." He came up with a crazy plan to get into comics that eventually involved a junkie-filled bus ride, and you can read all about it HERE.

Jim McLauchlin

The greatest portfolio review EVER

Bill Willingham, photo courtesy Bill Willingham

In 1980, Bill Willingham was living the dream. It just wasn't his dream.

Willingham was a staff artist at TSR, working on Dungeons & Dragons, but he really wanted to get into comic books. He sent a blind portfolio submission to legendary Marvel artist and art director John Romita, and the results changed the trajectory of his life. Read all about it at Newsarama.com.

Jim McLauchlin