Comics & Cola

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Comics & Cola
Type of site
 Comic book
Available inEnglish
Dissolved 2022
OwnerZainab Akhtar
URL www.comicsandcola.com
Launched2011 (2011)
Current statusInactive

Comics & Cola was a comics website focusing on small-press, independent, and self-published comics. It featuring previews, interviews, reviews and news. Owned and written by Zainab Akhtar, the site was nominated in 2014 for an Eisner Award. [1]

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History

Founded in 2011, the site moved from general non-fiction prose to articles about comics, primarily small-press and independent works, and was one of the few English-language sites to cover international comics.

Akhtar also wrote articles for The Beat, [2] Forbidden Planet [3] and The Comics Journal,. [4] In an interview for The Comics Reporter, she said "It's important to be able to own your work, and it's not helpful ambitions-wise if people aren't even aware you've written it." [5]

In 2013 the site was relaunched with a new layout and header image by Isaac Lenkiewicsz. [6]

Akhtar quit the blog, announced a relaunch in 2017, [7] but abandoned it again in 2022. The site remains defunct as of 2023. [8]

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Book Resources.
  2. ↑ Zainab Akhtar. "Archives for Zainab Akhtar". The Beat.
  3. ↑ "Zainab, Author at Forbidden Planet Blog". Forbidden Planet Blog. Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Author Archives: Zainab Akhtar". The Comics Journal.
  5. ↑ "CR Holiday Interview #14 -- Zainab Akhtar". The Comics Reporter.
  6. ↑ Heidi MacDonald (25 October 2013). "Best Relaunched Blog: Zainab Akhtar's Comics & Cola". The Beat.
  7. ↑ "Syndicated Comics". 24 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "comicsandcola.com". www1.comicsandcola.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees 2014". San Diego Comic Con. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014.