The shorthand way we’ve been describing it is “Wizard meets Vibe.” That only scratches the surface, though, of what we hope to accomplish with this new magazine.

Like any comics magazine, you’ll get your feature articles, your news, your reviews, your fun stuff. While Ron and I will keep tabs on stuff from the Big Two, as you would expect, we will also do our part towards promoting quality independent work. In that sense, it won’t be too different from what I do solo with Glyphs.

UVC will be bi-monthly starting with this month. As I said, Ron and I will be at the New York Comic-Con handing out free copies of the first issue and just talking to people about the magazine. It will be free at first, like Comic Shop News, but the plan is to eventually turn a profit from it soon.

Advertising is gonna be very important, obviously. Anyone interested in advertising in UVC should talk to Ron at the show. For now at least, you can also email me and I’ll pass it along to him.

During and after the con, we’re gonna work on distribution - local at first (meaning NYC) and national as well. I’ve already provided Ron with a list of the better comic shops in the continental US that he will be targeting, while I intend to hold up the local end and work on getting it in New York shops. Any retailers reading this, local or national, who are interested now can email me and again, I’ll pass it along to Ron.

As editor of UVC, I’m gonna write feature articles and the news section, plus I’d like to recruit more potential reviewers. We have a couple on staff already but we can always use more, so anyone interested in writing reviews for black-themed comics, anime, sci-fi/fantasy films, stuff like that, should email me at cptsisko318@aol.com.

Yes, there will be a UVC website. Once it gets running (which I believe should be soon), we’ll have supplementary features to go there, including contests, polls, pictures, and more.

So what will be in the first issue? We’ve got an interview with Fantastic Four writer Dwayne McDuffie, for starters. Plus we talk to the creators of Blokhedz, which looks poised to become a breakout hit this year. Ron has an article about a young self-publisher named Korby Marks who has a new superhero book coming out this spring called Stormbreakers. Writer Brandon Easton has a regular column; in his first one, he provides advice on writing. And there’s plenty of other stuff too.

So make sure you come see us at the New York Comic-Con in two weeks.