Comments on: Thompson, Frankenhoff upped at CBG http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: ivavvv http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11205 ivavvv Sun, 13 May 2007 04:50:02 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11205 Hi My Name Is ivajrs. Hi My Name Is ivajrs.

]]> By: News and commentary about comics » Comics Buyer’s Guide, vehicle for lip service http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11204 News and commentary about comics » Comics Buyer’s Guide, vehicle for lip service Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:47:56 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11204 [...] Comics Buyer’s Guide, vehicle for lip service Filed under: uncategorized — duras January 8, 2007 @ 4:39 am An interesting comment by a visitor at The Beat blog about the state of Comics Buyer’s Guide magazine: CBG used to be a very important publication, but in the early 1990s it clearly made a conscious descision to minimize coverage of “bad news” about comics. As ad sales dwindled it played to the publishers more and more until it largely became a product placement vehicle and an uncritical cheerleader for the comics industry. CBG used to be a forum where industry professionals would argue about current issues affecting the industry. Today it is silent on such issues. When publishers screw writers and artists, no word of it appears in CBG. When Crossgen began its slow yearlong death rattle and slide towards ultimate bankruptcy, all CBG printed about Crossgen were press releases about the wonderful things Crossgen had in the works. Everywhere except in CBG you could learn the latest Crossgen gissip (which unlike some gossip, was actually true). Even after Crossgen collapsed there was no article examining what had gone wrong with the company, just a little squib about how Crossgen had closed its doors. Instead we get things like an entire issue of CBG extolling the virtues of CGC (one of its advertisers). Back in the 1980s The Comics Journal used to criticize CBG for being a shill for Marvel and DC. I felt that at the time this was an unfair exaggeration. But lo and behold, little by little it came true until today CBG is really no different from WIZARD (which is frequently criticized for doing the same things CBG routinely does). It is impossible to get a true overview of the comic book industry today by reading CBG. Twenty years ago it was one of the only places to get the unvarnished news about the comics industry. The publication is as different now as night is from day even though it has the same publisher and editor. What happened to CBG didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen and its toothless reporting marginalizes it completely from the industry as it exists today. If it wasn’t for the internet and the news sites found here, the emptiness that CBG has become wouldn’t be so paintfully obvious, but this change began before the Internet became the source for breaking news. CBG abandoned their responsibikity in this area long before it was exclipsed by the Internet. [...] [...] Comics Buyer’s Guide, vehicle for lip service Filed under: uncategorized — duras January 8, 2007 @ 4:39 am An interesting comment by a visitor at The Beat blog about the state of Comics Buyer’s Guide magazine: CBG used to be a very important publication, but in the early 1990s it clearly made a conscious descision to minimize coverage of “bad news” about comics. As ad sales dwindled it played to the publishers more and more until it largely became a product placement vehicle and an uncritical cheerleader for the comics industry. CBG used to be a forum where industry professionals would argue about current issues affecting the industry. Today it is silent on such issues. When publishers screw writers and artists, no word of it appears in CBG. When Crossgen began its slow yearlong death rattle and slide towards ultimate bankruptcy, all CBG printed about Crossgen were press releases about the wonderful things Crossgen had in the works. Everywhere except in CBG you could learn the latest Crossgen gissip (which unlike some gossip, was actually true). Even after Crossgen collapsed there was no article examining what had gone wrong with the company, just a little squib about how Crossgen had closed its doors. Instead we get things like an entire issue of CBG extolling the virtues of CGC (one of its advertisers). Back in the 1980s The Comics Journal used to criticize CBG for being a shill for Marvel and DC. I felt that at the time this was an unfair exaggeration. But lo and behold, little by little it came true until today CBG is really no different from WIZARD (which is frequently criticized for doing the same things CBG routinely does). It is impossible to get a true overview of the comic book industry today by reading CBG. Twenty years ago it was one of the only places to get the unvarnished news about the comics industry. The publication is as different now as night is from day even though it has the same publisher and editor. What happened to CBG didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen and its toothless reporting marginalizes it completely from the industry as it exists today. If it wasn’t for the internet and the news sites found here, the emptiness that CBG has become wouldn’t be so paintfully obvious, but this change began before the Internet became the source for breaking news. CBG abandoned their responsibikity in this area long before it was exclipsed by the Internet. [...]

]]> By: The Four Color Media Monitor http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11203 The Four Color Media Monitor Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:12:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11203 <strong>Comics Buyer's Guide, vehicle for lip service...</strong> An interesting comment by a visitor at The Beat blog about the state of Comics Buyer's Guide magazine:... Comics Buyer’s Guide, vehicle for lip service…

An interesting comment by a visitor at The Beat blog about the state of Comics Buyer’s Guide magazine:…

]]> By: James Van Hise http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11202 James Van Hise Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:57:20 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11202 CBG used to be a very important publication, but in the early 1990s it clearly made a conscious descision to minimize coverage of "bad news" about comics. As ad sales dwindled it played to the publishers more and more until it largely became a product placement vehicle and an uncritical cheerleader for the comics industry. CBG used to be a forum where industry professionals would argue about current issues affecting the industry. Today it is silent on such issues. When publishers screw writers and artists, no word of it appears in CBG. When Crossgen began its slow yearlong death rattle and slide towards ultimate bankruptcy, all CBG printed about Crossgen were press releases about the wonderful things Crossgen had in the works. Everywhere except in CBG you could learn the latest Crossgen gissip (which unlike some gossip, was actually true). Even after Crossgen collapsed there was no article examining what had gone wrong with the company, just a little squib about how Crossgen had closed its doors. Instead we get things like an entire issue of CBG extolling the virtues of CGC (one of its advertisers). Back in the 1980s The Comics Journal used to criticize CBG for being a shill for Marvel and DC. I felt that at the time this was an unfair exaggeration. But lo and behold, little by little it came true until today CBG is really no different from WIZARD (which is frequently criticized for doing the same things CBG routinely does). It is impossible to get a true overview of the comic book industry today by reading CBG. Twenty years ago it was one of the only places to get the unvarnished news about the comics industry. The publication is as different now as night is from day even though it has the same publisher and editor. What happened to CBG didn't happen overnight, but it did happen and its toothless reporting marginalizes it completely from the industry as it exists today. If it wasn't for the internet and the news sites found here, the emptiness that CBG has become wouldn't be so paintfully obvious, but this change began before the Internet became the source for breaking news. CBG abandoned their responsibikity in this area long before it was exclipsed by the Internet. CBG used to be a very important publication, but in the early 1990s it clearly made a conscious descision to minimize coverage of “bad news” about comics. As ad sales dwindled it played to the publishers more and more until it largely became a product placement vehicle and an uncritical cheerleader for the comics industry. CBG used to be a forum where industry professionals would argue about current issues affecting the industry. Today it is silent on such issues. When publishers screw writers and artists, no word of it appears in CBG. When Crossgen began its slow yearlong death rattle and slide towards ultimate bankruptcy, all CBG printed about Crossgen were press releases about the wonderful things Crossgen had in the works. Everywhere except in CBG you could learn the latest Crossgen gissip (which unlike some gossip, was actually true). Even after Crossgen collapsed there was no article examining what had gone wrong with the company, just a little squib about how Crossgen had closed its doors. Instead we get things like an entire issue of CBG extolling the virtues of CGC (one of its advertisers). Back in the 1980s The Comics Journal used to criticize CBG for being a shill for Marvel and DC. I felt that at the time this was an unfair exaggeration. But lo and behold, little by little it came true until today CBG is really no different from WIZARD (which is frequently criticized for doing the same things CBG routinely does). It is impossible to get a true overview of the comic book industry today by reading CBG. Twenty years ago it was one of the only places to get the unvarnished news about the comics industry. The publication is as different now as night is from day even though it has the same publisher and editor. What happened to CBG didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen and its toothless reporting marginalizes it completely from the industry as it exists today. If it wasn’t for the internet and the news sites found here, the emptiness that CBG has become wouldn’t be so paintfully obvious, but this change began before the Internet became the source for breaking news. CBG abandoned their responsibikity in this area long before it was exclipsed by the Internet.

]]> By: Cary_Coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11201 Cary_Coatney Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:06:29 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11201 Couldn't have happened to a nice gal... always slapping me on the wrist with a ruler every time I went on a tangent with a run on sentence.. ~ Coat Couldn’t have happened to a nice gal…

always slapping me on the wrist with a ruler every time I went on a tangent with a run on sentence..

~

Coat

]]> By: George Khoury http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11200 George Khoury Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:58:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11200 Congrats to Maggie! One of the niciest people in comics. Congrats to Maggie! One of the niciest people in comics.

]]> By: Lea http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11199 Lea Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:13:20 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11199 Go Maggie! Go Maggie!

]]> By: R. Maheras http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11198 R. Maheras Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11198 Congratulations to two great people! Congratulations to two great people!

]]> By: Jimmie Robinson http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11197 Jimmie Robinson Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:36:54 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/01/05/thompson-frankenhoff-upped-at-cbg/#comment-11197 Congrats to Maggie. She's the gem of the industry. Congrats to Maggie. She’s the gem of the industry.

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