Allen on Zuda
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpeaking of Zuda, Todd Allen analyses the first contestants and discovers most of them are from the print comics world, concluding: One thing possibly of note as a tangent to the overwhelming presence of established creators: is this a result of the copyright and trademark issue? The established webcomics community is blasting [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles 'n' Bits
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Over on his blog, Howard Cruse looks back at an 80s TV appearance: Crumb and S. Clay Wilson being unavailable, it fell to me, a one-time flower-powered longhair who by 1984 had discovered the convenience of a shorter trim, to acquaint a mainstream television audience with what we dope-smoking, acid-tripping counterculture [...]
Continue ReadingYou too can look cool and retro, if green is your color
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Following up on a previous post here that mentioned a retro Marvel t-shirt, reader “Donnie” found a picture of it. Cap is definitely Byrne; at first we thought Wolvie was Cockrum, but on second thought the long ears are Byrne-era, too.
Continue ReadingFLASH and GREEN LANTERN get directors
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLots of movement in DC’s upcoming movie slate over the weekend as both the FLASH film and the GREEN LANTERN movie got directors. First up WEDDING CRASHERS helmed David Dobkin says he’s set for the Flash, replacing Shawn Levy. Levy’s reasons for leaving The Flash were not disclosed, but his dance card is [...]
Continue ReadingHollywood report: Del Toro on Deathley Hallows?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPan’s Labyrinth director interested: “They came to me once, for the third one,” he remembered of “The Prisoner of Azkaban”. “I’ve read them all, and when I read the books before the movies were done, I always pictured Charles Dickens – they were very Dickens-ian. The situation of Harry Potter reminded me [...]
Continue ReadingHollywood report: Devils Due
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt’s looks like Devil’s Due is the latest comic book company to set up a colony in Tinsel Town: as they’ve hired Stephen Christy to run an LA office, and liase with everyone in sight. According to the Variety piece, DD already has DRAFTED set up at New Line. Christy will serve as [...]
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Weekend photo parade
Share this link on Facebook!TweetRounding up a bunch of photos or cartooners spotted about the globe, conquering all in their path. Via Jeff Newelt, photos from the Paul Pope Diesel Party in Hollywood celebrating the release of PULPHOPE and debuting new original PP screenprints on sale at Diesel’s Melrose location: Pope, James Jean and David Silverman, director of [...]
Continue ReadingTonight: MoCCA's Night to Dismember
Share this link on Facebook!TweetMocca is throwing a Halloween Party…Happy Hauntings! Lock your doors, seal the shutters, turn the lights low, and put away mom’s good china because MONSTERS are coming to MoCCA. First off at 6:30 pm is the Opening Reception for our latest exhibit: “THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT.” Peruse some of the [...]
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Friday Cat Blogging
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Al Columbia’s cover for MOME 10. [Via Flog]
Continue ReadingCan anyone here sell comics?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLast week’s Tilting at Windmills by Brian Hibbs was a particularly meaty one as he delved once more into the periodical vs trade debate currently going on, and even questioned if TOO MUCH product was going out: One of the tests that I think should be put into place is “When volume [...]
Continue ReadingJoe Sacco tonight and tomorrow
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia Flog: Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to welcome to Seattle the cartoon genius that is Joe Sacco. This Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, Fantagraphics celebrates the publication of “Palestine: The Special Edition” with two extraordinary events. On Friday, October 26 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM we host an exhibition of Joe’s [...]
Continue ReadingCan Andrews succeed where Millar failed?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIndustry watches and fans endured an emotional rollercoaster this week as they followed Mark Millar’s valiant quest to get the chance to write the next Superman movie. While Millar’s assault on Mount Krypton was doomed to failure, according to IESB.net, another cartoon type is trying to plant his flag on [...]
Continue ReadingWould cheering up sell more comics?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetRetailer John Riley of Grasshopper’s Comics has a piece at ICv2 called “Sharpening the Sword–Where Are The Villains?” which suggests that since we’re living in grim times, the pervasive grimness of superhero comics may be hurting sales over all. He spends a lotof time on Marvel, where he says “It [...]
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