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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Toronto Fan Expo link round-up at Sequential. § Round-up of cupcakes in comics courtesy Rachel Kramer Bussel: § Jon Spencer Geek explosion interview at Daily Cross Hatch. BTW, Spencer’s wife, if we recall, is Boss Hog’s Christina. What are you reading [comic-wise, naturally]? The Pushman & Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Silverfish by [...]
Continue ReadingTO DO 8/29: POSTCARDS signing at Margate Elephant
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Venerable Victorian postcard subject serves as setting for POSTCARDS signing: Ventnor, NJ writer Chris Stevens and Brooklyn, NY artist Gia-Bao Tran will be signing copies of Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened (Villard Books; On-Sale Now), at Lucy the Margate Elephant historical landmark on August 29, 2007. Stevens and Tran are the [...]
Continue ReadingHarvey Pekar meets Anthony Bourdain
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHarvey Pekar’s appearance on No Reservations aired last night but we’re sure you can catch it in reruns.
Continue ReadingJohn Green on DA cancellation
Share this link on Facebook!TweetJohn Green, Disney Adventures freelancer recounts the end of the magazine — and by the way folks, he’s now looking for work and anyone who doesn’t hire him is stupid. I can’t say it’s completely unexpected. When I started at the magazine almost ten years ago, I recall a big meeting about [...]
Continue ReadingNot really back
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re back online but still off the grid. Full service resumes tomorrow.
Continue ReadingViral sites come to comics
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAll us nerds know plenty of these viral websites tied into things like the new Batman movie or LOST. Now, there’s actually one tied into a good old-fashioned comic. Last week, news about a website tied into the most recent issue of CHECKMATE began circulating on various comic book forums. In the [...]
Continue ReadingBeat delayed
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Beat has been unavoidably detained in a remote location, and will return later in the day.
Continue ReadingRIP Disney Adventures
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Ad Age reports that after 17 years, Disney has cancelled Disney Adventures magazine, with the November issue the last one. Disney Publishing attributed its decision to an effort to better focus resources and maximize long-term growth potential through new magazine and book initiatives. The demise of Disney Adventures, which was introduced for tweens [...]
Continue ReadingProject Rooftop hosts Wieringo tribute week
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR: In memory of Mike Wieringo, who passed away Aug. 12, Project: Rooftop has announced an open call for redesigns of Bart Allen (Impulse/Kid Flash/The Flash), the character created in 1994 by Wieringo and Mark Waid. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, with the best entries showcased during a special “Wieringo Week,” which [...]
Continue ReadingCanadian comics shocker: Boyd to Hobbystar
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSequential weighs in with a very lengthy interview with Kevin Boyd, whose move from the Paradise comicon to the Toronto FanExpo has written a new chapter in the long running – but now relatively dormant- fued between the two shows: In the relatively small world of Toronto comics fandom it is a [...]
Continue ReadingMTV news: Auf Der Mar, Vaughan
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § Former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Mar has become the latest celeb to add a comic book to their multi media presentation, which also includes a “Viking-themed film.” The ambitious bass player has decided to release all her current projects at once, proving she’s the ultimate ‘triple threat’.Fans [...]
Continue ReadingColoring comics the Steve Hamaker Way
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Super colorist Steve Hamaker posts the first in a series of video tutorials on his coloring techniques. viagra 30sec0.03 level xanax forcovetous all tramadol aboutday viagra 1100 tramadolxanax .25 withdrawal mgviagra ligne achat enmg 100 tramadol 800ct Map
Continue ReadingFantagraphics old TCJ sale
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia FLOG, a warehouse find: We recently did an audit of our Comics Journal back issue inventory to compare what’s listed in the online store vs. what we have in our warehouse, and discovered that there were a bunch of issues that were in stock but not listed. So, after a long [...]
Continue ReadingGriep wins Heavyweight crown
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhen he isn’t writing comics or radio plays, Terrance Griep Jr. is also known as midwest wrestling villain Spiderbaby, surely one of the more unusual side jobs among comics. Griep writes to let us know that this weekend he had a lot of activities: 1. Finished a manuscript. 2. Finished an [...]
Continue ReadingLife without Fair Courts contest winners
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The “Life Without Fair Courts ” cartoon contest was launched this spring together with Prism Comics and Diamond Comic Distributors, along with The Advocate as exclusive media sponsor. There were over 25 entries from all over the country, including two international entries from Poland. The finalists were chosen by a panel [...]
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