Comics Bakery rises

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:05 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Not content to satirize 70s movie posters, the John Green-Dave Roman-Raina Telgemeier-Marion Vitus comics comglomerate has announced they will henceforth be known as Comics Bakery.

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Gramling takes over at Wizard

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:05 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWizard has hired former FHM EIC Scott Gramling to take over as EIC of the entire Wizard Magazine empire. Hiring a former lad mag guy to take over is a pretty smart guy, and our magazine industry peeps all have good things to say about Gramling (who once worked at Wizard) [...]

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How low can you go

2 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:02 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell, this is disgusting. Basically, a “promoter” set up an anime con, promising the extra profits would go to breast cancer research, and the whole thing was a scam. The “promoter” cancelled the event and made off with all the money. AnimeFF and its breast cancer awareness turned out to be a [...]

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NYCC: Tokyopop

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetTokyopop is set up at booth #731 with creators including Eric Wight, Rivkah, Svetlana Chmakova, T Campbell, Amy Mebberson, Joanna Estep, Melissa DeJesus, M. Alice LeGrow, Federica Manfredi, Shannon Denton, Dan Hipp, June Kim, Frank Marraffino, Stuart Moore, James Barry, Joshua Ortega, Drew Rausch, Amy Hadley, Megumi Cummings, Steven Cummings, [...]

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NYCC: Image Comics

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Image Comics has scheduled a fine crew of comics creators during the New York Comicon, February 23-25, 2007. Featuring industry heavyweights like Kyle Baker, Brian Haberlin and Mike Oeming, as well as hot new creators like Rick Spears and Jonathan Hickman. Listed below are the times you can show up to [...]

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NYCC: Dark Horse

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetSignings by folks like Bob Fingerman, Tara McPherson, Arvid Nelson and more highlight Dark Horse’s booth schedule. Times and details in the jump.

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NYCC: Viz

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhere will you find Naruto, the nation’s #1 comic, at NYCC? Why at Viz! VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced a bevy of activities, events and new anime and manga offerings for all the hot properties fans are [...]

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NYCC: Del Rey

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn addition to showing off their manga line, Del Rey is bringing a bunch of prose authors to the show including, * China Miéville (Un Lun Dun) * Timothy Zahn (Star Wars: Allegiance) * Drew Bowling (Tower of Shadows) [...]

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NYCC: Markosia

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetMarkosia is coming to New York with a giant monkey! This weekend in New York, the second annual New York Comic Con will be occurring – and Markosia will be right there in the middle! As well as creator signings, artist sketches, portfolio reviews and comic sales, Markosia will also be hosting the [...]

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Monkeys still controlling robots with brains

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 22 2007 AT 8:00 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The danger is still real.

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Things to do: 2/21-2/27

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2007 AT 12:37 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere are your comic events for the week! Thursday, February 22nd New York, NY at 8 PM Carousel at Dixon Place An evening of cartoon slide shows and other projections, hosted by R. Sikoryak. The presentation features Gabrielle Bell, Dale Goodson, Patrick Hambrecht, John Mathias, Tim Kreider, Karen Sneider, and Jim Torok. Doors open [...]

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NYCC: Pop Culture Shock Party

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2007 AT 8:10 am BY Beat

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NYCC: Indie After Party

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2007 AT 8:10 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Attendees of the Second Annual New York Comic Convention are invited to attend the Second Annual Indie After Party on Saturday February 24th from 8-11 PM at The Twins Pub in New York City. Last year the party took place on the upstairs level of the bar. This year we have [...]

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News briefs: Marvel's rent, Bratz evil, etc.

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2007 AT 8:07 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Will Marvel have to move office again? According to this piece in the New York Observer, their office building has just been purchased by a new buyer who could be well advised to raise the well-below-market rents. 417 Fifth Avenue is an 11-story, 392,000- square-foot building at the corner of 38th [...]

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Separated at Arf?

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2007 AT 8:07 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We often get on our old pal Craig Yoe because his brilliant, brilliant blog Arflovers does not have permalinks or an RSS feed. If it did, we would steal things like the above on a weekly basis. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go there often and check out the naked [...]

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