After the death of his father and his retirement from the military, Aly Costanzo felt lost. That changed when his sister found Milk River Arts. “It gave me a purpose,” Costanzo said. “I really had no purpose. My sister found (founder Sally Kemp) for me, and Sally...
Good afternoon and happy holidays, comic fans of the RVA! Welcome to yet another riveting issue of your RVA Comics X-Change -- your biweekly go-to stop for what is new and good in the land of comics and pop culture! I hope you filled up on turkey and stuffing over the weekend because while this week is slim pickings for your recommendations,...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to issue #6 of RVA Mag’s Comics X-Change, piping hot off the press and now with a holofoil variant just for you. A lot is going on the next couple weeks for us in comics-land, and in the beautiful not-so-underground that is Netflix. As if we weren’t packed as it was, I was parking my car in front of Alpha...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to another edition of RVA Comics X-Change, your biweekly go-to spot for comics and pop culture. This week, instead of getting you the best recommendations for the next two weeks, we decided to make a pit stop at VA Comicon, which took place last weekend, and give you the lowdown on what you missed. Housed at...
Welcome back, comic fans, to issue four of Comics X-Change! Your only bi-weekly, go-to news source for what's happening in comics and pop culture. The weather is cooling down quick, which means it is finally the time for cozy fires and stacks of books to read under a thousand blankets. This week I got to speak to Phillip Hills, owner of long...
Afternoon, comic fans! Welcome on back to issue #3 of RVA Magzine’s Comic X-Change. We are your biweekly comics information hub on what is new, and you need to keep your lazer focused eye on in the world of comics and nerd culture. This week I had the joy of talking to Kevin Smith from Third Eye Comics in Mechanicsville about what the hottest...
What started as a pet project to catalog the tours and recording process of Metallica’s first five albums has evolved into a book capturing the narrative of this formative time in the metal behemoth’s history. And this weekend, author Harold Claros-Maldonado will debut and discuss his book, titled, “...And MetallicA For All.” Claros' book tells...
Current Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief, C.B. Cebulski, recently commented that comics should not be political; instead, they should remain what mainstream media depicts them as: entertainment. After inevitable backlash, the predictable backpedaling began. “One of the things I want to make sure is when we do tell these stories—I don’t know how to...
