RIP Marshall Rogers
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia DC: Artist Marshall Rogers, who won acclaim for his stylish depiction of Batman, has died at age 57. “Marshall was one of the radical young stylists bringing new looks to DC in the ‘70s, especially with his memorable collaboration with Steve Englehart on Batman,” says DC Comics President & Publisher Paul Levitz. [...]
Continue ReadingComics pack ONE-TWO punch at box office
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turyles made a CGI-powered comeback, rising to the top of the weekend boxoffice with $25.45 million. 300 was second, continuing its fantastic pace with $20.5 million. By the way, did you know that TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES started off as a parody of Frank Miller’s RONIN? It’s [...]
Continue ReadingDare you face…COMICHRON????
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpurge leads us to Comichron a site at which polymath (and CBG publisher) John Jackson Miller collates old sales figures of comics from postal statements and the like, as well as historical distributor records. The site will reward many hours of fruitful browsing, but we’ll give you some highlights. Just at [...]
Continue ReadingSnapshot: what America thinks of comics this weekend
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Comic books: A force to be reckoned with Comic books unravel economic principles Graphic novels explode in popularity The graphic novel biz is going gangbusters Nerds gather, mingle at CSU Seize the day, my children! SEIZE IT! [Illo by Fletcher Hanks]
Continue ReadingRandom quotes
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Cartooner Keith Knight speaks of racism and humour: Knight encountered a similar problem when trying to sell racial cartoons shortly after the Muhammad cartoons caused riots and controversy around the world in September 2005. “Does everyone understand what this is? It’s not about being hateful against black people, it’s being critical about [...]
Continue ReadingStill
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Still on our hellish fishing trip, tracking the wiley kracken through the deep as we round Cape Fear for parts unknown. Not much to say. But did you know tai chi can boost the immune system and help the elderly resist shingles? These ladies do. 6280 ringtonesmotorola razr add ringtonesringtone force air3 [...]
Continue ReadingTonight we dine in CAKETOWN
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Another 300-mashup vid courtesy of DEFAMER.
Continue ReadingREAL Stardust trailer up
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet At Yahoo. We are really looking forward to this!
Continue ReadingGroovy old SF covers by Ron Turner
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A flickr set of SF cover art by Ron Turner : [Link via Boing Boing, which by the way was on a rampage this week of awesomeness we could only someday hope to emulate.]
Continue ReadingIt's raining Spartans!
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Continue ReadingRIP Drew Hayes–Updated
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Word is going around that POISON ELVES artist Drew Hayes has passed away. He had apparently had several health issues over the years, but we don’t know any more than that. Hayes self-published POISON ELVES in the early 90s before moving it over to Sirius, gaining a following for its quirky [...]
Continue ReadingReuben Awards list
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTom has the complete list of Reuben Award Nominees, but until we find our own copy, we’ll just send you there for the whole thing: We Will note that the nominees in the Comic Book category include. Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang and [...]
Continue ReadingKelso in NYT
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFollowing Chris Ware, Jaime Hernandez and Seth, the next strip in the New York Times Sunday Magazine will be Watergate Sue by Megan Kelso. The strip will start on April 1 and run for about six months.
Continue ReadingHighly anticipated CGI film debuts!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere it is! We know you have all been waiting for this huge comics-based film coming from Warner Bros. this spring. It uses a CGI techniques in ways heretofore unseen, and excitement is high…yes it is…TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. We don’t have much to say, because we went fishing, but we’ll post [...]
Continue ReadingTime looks at webcomics
Share this link on Facebook!TweetNo, really: In 1950 an aspiring cartoonist who drew a comic strip for his local paper wanted to get wider distribution for his work. So he took it to a syndication service. An editor at the syndicate liked the strip but didn’t care for the name, so he changed it. To Peanuts. [...]
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