Dave Sim's follow-up to CEREBUS
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt’s called Glamourpuss. It comes with posters and instructions (like “right click to save”) because readers may be internet unsavvy. TCJ readers sum up the bafflement. The below poster is part of the comic, not an editorial comment:
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This news couldn’t come on a more inappropriate day, as the world seems more senseless than ever, but perhaps a comic book teaming Spidey and the UN can bring some smiles: In a move reminiscent of storylines developed during the World War II, the U.N. is joining forces with Marvel Comics, creators [...]
Continue ReadingTed Rall knows how to make friends
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn a column that is sure to send his already high popularity soaring, Rall looks at and rejects the New York Times Magazine’s comics pages, declaring Chris Ware’s “Building Stories” Clowes’ “Mr. Wonderful” is the best of the lot: Seven months passed. (To those who didn’t give up on “Building Stories,” [...]
Continue ReadingMusic chains soon to become theme park destinations
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVariety reports that several Virgin Megastores will be closing — the chain was an early adapter of manga and graphic novels and continue to have wide ranging sections: The Virgin Megastore in West Hollywood will be closing early next year and its highly likely the Gotham outlet will follow. Rent increases are being [...]
Continue ReadingPeople are talking about….2007
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA few more end-of-year comics wrap-ups in what passes for mainstream media: § Gary Brown at Cox News plays the curmudgeon with “In year of comics mediocrity, a shining dozen” § Randy Myers § Natalie Nichols at LA City Beat § BONUS: The Latino edition of the NY Daily News talks to Tom Beland [...]
Continue ReadingComics Reporter status
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe thought Tom was just taking some well deserved time off, but it turns out Comics Reporter has suffered a big outtage, and his exemplary interview series has been interrupted: This really screws up the momentum of the holiday interview series, for which I apologize. Frank’s interview was posted on Sunday but [...]
Continue ReadingMarvel Month-to-Month Sales: November 2007
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Paul O’Brien Unlike the previous month, Marvel shipped most of their big titles in November, and managed to complete their autumn crossover. It was another light month for new titles, with only a few miniseries hitting the shelves. But the “Messiah Complex” crossover in the X-books got into full [...]
Continue ReadingNew Yorker Holiday Cover gallery
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Speaking of the New Yorker, check out this gallery of holiday covers over the years. Above, Ilonka Karasz from 1938. Below, Joost Swarte, 2007.
Continue ReadingMust reading: Can children learn from comics?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re always hearing about how comics are a great tool for literacy (and those among us who learned to read from comics would back this up) but how are comics being accepted in the educational field? The New York Times investigates with an article that includes many yaysayers, but also [...]
Continue ReadingMore from Gibbons on set
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDave Gibbons pays another visit to the WATCHMEN set: The rest of the visit kaleidoscopes crazily by: I watch footage of Rorschach pulling Nite Owl off a bloodied Knot Top; I flip through an issue of the Black Freighter; on a laptop, I see raw CGI blocking for the Vietnam sequence; I [...]
Continue ReadingGetting back to speed
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLet’s face it, no one wants to work this week, and that even includes us. So we’re still loafing as we gradually get back up to speed. In the meantime, check out this exclusive footage we found of Chip and Dale* planning how to take out someone named Donald. Fascinating. * Yes, [...]
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