Fangoria Comics — another one bites the dust

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 5:16 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetFangoria Comics, a brief imprint launched by the Creative Group, which publishes STARLOG and puts on horror conventions, has folded, although much of the material will come out elsewhere (locale unknown.) Thus ends another attempt at pamphlet publiushing — this one was marked by an aborted announcement that the company had [...]

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First time Stumptown Trophy nominees

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 12:23 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetA new festival prize for indie comics has been announced, and will be handed out at this weekend’s Stumptown Comics Fest: The trophies are ready and waiting to be engraved with the names of their winners. All that’s missing is your vote for the winners in six different categories: Outstanding Art, Outstanding [...]

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Stumptown stuff!

2 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 12:22 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This weekend is the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland! You can see all kinds of info about the indie show in the above link or read these mainstream stories: Portland Mercury Willamette Week If we were in the other Portland, we’d be there!

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Too Much Coffee Man Opera at Stumptown

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 12:22 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR: This September 29th at 3pm at Stumptown Comic Fest in Portland Ore Shannon Wheeler announces and discusses the sequel to the first opera based on a comic book; Too Much Coffee Man Opera. Stacey Murdock and accompanist Joey Prather will perform snippets from the opera, Shannon will give a brief talk [...]

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More on barcodes

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 12:19 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetAh, and speaking of barcodes, Scott King runs the letter Diamond has sent to their vendors: Dear Vendor: Please be advised, that, effective for product shipping to Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (Diamond) as of January 2008, Diamond will require all items to be marked or labeled with the appropriate scanner friendly bar code. [...]

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More on comics sales charts

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 12:03 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhile we know readers love our comparative sales charts compiled monthly by Paul O’Brien and Marc-Oliver Frisch, we also know not everyone is a fan. Several professionals have suggested in the comments section and elsewhere that the charts are a self fulfilling prophecy: retailers see a comic sliding down the charts, decide [...]

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To do 9/29 LA: LA Lirary event

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 11:56 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Lots of literate stuff going on in LA, this weekend, including the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday, but on Saturday, there’s another worthy event taking place, with Mark Waid, Kazu Kibuishi and many more: September 29th the Los Angeles Public Library’s Art Department is proud to present The Future of Graphic [...]

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JLA movie details

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 11:41 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetPatrick over at UGO has various script leaks on the suddenly fast-tracked JLA movie: Ever since the JLA movie was announced people have been wondering what the storyline for the film will be about. What unites these diverse heroes to join together? Are there any villains from the Superman or Batman movies [...]

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Picturebox at NY Art Book Fair

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 11:36 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR PictureBox will be set up at The New York Art Book Fair starting this Thursday, Sept. 27th, at 6 pm. The fair will the be open Friday and Saturday, 11-7 and Sunday 11-5. Come see us on the second floor to check out our new books, including Brian Chippendale’s [...]

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Naruto Report Card

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 10:50 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetICv2 wraps up the first month of NARUTO’s assault on the graphic novel sales charts: On the eve of the release of the second three-pronged barrage of Naruto volumes it appears that the first wave of Naruto titles has fared well during its first four weeks in the market. Naruto Vols. [...]

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DEATH NOTE: The Official PR

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 10:29 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR: VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime series to Adult Swim for domestic broadcast beginning Saturday, October 20 at midnight (EST) on the network’s popular Adult Swim block of programming. New episodes will follow [...]

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To do: Golden Apple Doings

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 8:08 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet claifornia bad loan in auto credit Mobile phones often have features beyond sending text messages and making voice calls, including Internet browsing, music (MP3) playback, memo recording, personal organizer functions, e-mail, instant messaging, built-in cameras and camcorders, ringtones, games, radio, Push-to-Talk (PTT), infrared and Bluetooth connectivity, call registers, ability to watch streaming [...]

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Behind

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 28 2007 AT 8:00 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re a bit behind in many stories due to injuries, travel, pancakes, etc etc etc. We’re trying to clear out the queue and we’re just going to stick with the task until the next pancake attack.

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Shableski joins Diamond

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 27 2007 AT 11:35 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell, speak of the devil, we were just talking about his library event and now he has a new job! Diamond Book Distributors has hired John Shableski as Sales Manager for its growing graphic novel sales to the book trade. Shableski will be responsible for overseeing sales & marketing efforts to independent bookstores, [...]

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Plan

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 27 2007 AT 11:21 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetHave experienced some travel related “setbacks.” Posting delayed while we ice and elevate.

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