NYMPHET controversy rears adorable head
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We don’t have time today to do justice to this Nymphet controversy. Suffice to say that Seven Seas has been forced to postpone publication of NYMPHET, a popular Japanese comic about a grade schooler who has a crush on her teacher. And by crush, we mean she throws her panties at [...]
Continue ReadingCCS Class of '07 pic
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Here they are, your 2007 Center for Cartoon Studies graduates. We hadn’t seen a picture of this nest of fledgling cartooners, but the blog of student Colleen-Y CowboyOrange has many pictures and links to the historic first graduating class.
Continue ReadingPizzeria Kamikaze writer Etgar Keret wins at Cannes
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet refinance loan home The rapid adoption of refinance loan home has resulted in the intrusion of telephony into situations where this was previously not known. loan best rate home Today mobile payments ranging from mobile banking to mobile credit cards to mobile commerce are very widely used in Asia and Africa, and [...]
Continue ReadingReuben Coverage
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Winner Tom Richmond blogs the Reuben weekend, as with the above picture of Mell Lazarus, THE NEW YORKER’S Mort Gerberg, editorial cartoonist & GRIMMY creator Mike Peters. I’m back from another terrific time at the NCS Reuben awards. The board members and officers really work hard to make this event fun, entertaining [...]
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Decision at Downtown…deferred!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Word on today’s scheduled mediation between Gary Groth and Harlan Ellison and their assembled legal teams: Postponed until June 28th! The rescheduling was necessitated because of a conflict in Groth’s schedule, according to Ellison’s lead lawyer, John Carmichael. However, Carmichael says that all the lawyers involved are looking forward to settling the matter. [...]
Continue ReadingSilver Surfer vs. the US Mint!!!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Who wouldn’t like a piece of the Silver Surfer? Maybe even to carry around in your pocketses.That must have been what 20th Century Fox and the Franklin Mint were thinking when they cooked up the “Silver Surfer Quarter”, above. Since the Zenn-La native does not appear on any US States quarters, [...]
Continue ReadingStar Wars Celebration wrap-up
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThere was a huge Star Wars convention in LA this weekend to celebrate Star Wars’ 30th Anniversary, which kicked off all sorts of news and notes and photo ops .ICv2 News has the ultimate skinny: The upshot of all this attention? Star Wars is a more potent force now that it [...]
Continue ReadingTUF 5 Ep. 8: Now the fighting begins!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We are just too swamped to do our TUF recap this week! Luckily Rafael Kayanan has a very thorough examination of the surprising Lauzon/Cole fight. As far as we’re concerned, the most notable thing about this episode was Lobstah, fight instigator getting kicked out while in the middle of making lobstah [...]
Continue ReadingUDON launches manhwa line
Share this link on Facebook!TweetYet another manga/manhwa publisher jumping into it, as UDON Entertainment, the long running comics packager, launches its own Korean comics line: What is Korean Manhwa? Combine unique storytelling techniques and manga-influenced artwork with the rich and diverse culture of Korea and you’ll end up with the latest craze in Asian comics! UDON [...]
Continue ReadingCuriosities from the vault
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We were cleaning up this weekend, and came across a few historical curiosities which we may post over the next few days or so. First up, a bizarre photo taken c. 1993 at the amusement park Magic Mountain of (clockwise from the top) Robbie Busch, Stephen DeStefano, Kyle Baker and The [...]
Continue ReadingBlack Women have their say
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Man, we are trying to get away from all the Gender Wars, but all the good links seem to circle back around, like Michaela Reid’s write up on the “Having Our Say: Black Women Discuss Imagery” panel at the ECBACC a few weekends back. 4. What would an ideal state look like? [...]
Continue ReadingChildren read kid's comics
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe always liked the All Ages Reads feature in Newsarama — actual kids reacing kids comings and giving their thoughts. This time they look at The Black Belt Club and Abadazad — I was particularly curious about the latter, because after a HUGE publicity push for it last year [...]
Continue ReadingPirates of the Caribbean: At Exhaustion's End
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I don’t have too much to say about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. It should have been called “At Ordeal’s End.” I was sorely disappointed by POTC II, and III is cut from the exact same cloth, since it was made at the same time. A glance at [...]
Continue ReadingHoliday Blogosphere responses to Joe Q
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet While the holiday weekend has left people more interested in barbecues and outdoor exposure, a few developments. First J. Bone has posted the above image. But see also this (!). A few responses from the blogosphere. Laura Hudson: Oh, Joe Q. How could anyone read anything perverse into this picture of bleeding, half-naked [...]
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