NEW BOOK! Something by Drew Weing
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Drew Weing hints at a project with but this single illustration.
Continue ReadingInside the mind of a New Yorker cartoonist
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Michael Maslin is blogging this month at the The New Yorker cartoonist blog. Here, he attempts to make things scrutable, explaining the genesis of a cartoon: First, an image of a Thurber guy on skis popped into my head as I sat staring at a blank piece of paper. So I had [...]
Continue ReadingJess Fink update
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Gary Tyrell has been all over the Jess Fink/Hot Topic controversy. (It’s not really a controversy — it’s pretty clear what happened: they stole her soap.) It’s still unclear as to whether Hot Topic is actually dealing with the situation, Tyrell reports. In the meantime the blog Hurfadurf has started a [...]
Continue ReadingUpdated: Boom gets $600k
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt seems that Boom! Studios has joined the ranks of comics publishers getting a little VC pie: The Los Angeles company, officially known as Boom Entertainment, has just taken a $600,000 investment from DFJ Frontier and the Gideon Hixon Fund, following a particularly successful January. At the beginning of the month, [...]
Continue ReadingRandom universe; random links
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Webcomicker Rachel Nabors (Rachel the Great, Crow Princess) reports that she needs $25,000 worth of dental surgery and orthodontics. She’s a freelancer with no health insurance. But she does have a Paypal button. § Everyone is talking about Destination: Blog! § Author and comics scholar Dr. Kent Worcester gets the local [...]
Continue ReadingStage6 is kaputski
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell, between the company we do most of our work for going up on the auction block and our beloved Cafe La Fortuna shutting down, we’ve been reeling from shock after shock in the last few days. Now we find out that Stage6, DIVx’s video site is shutting down: I’m Tom [...]
Continue ReadingGlyph Award Nominees announced
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVIA PR: The third annual Glyph Comics Awards (GCAs), honoring the best in black comics and creators, will once again take place at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in Philadelphia. The Awards Committee is pleased to announce this year’s nominees, as judged by the following: · Rich Watson, GCA [...]
Continue ReadingRIP Steve Whitaker
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBritish artist and colorist Steve Whitaker, perhaps best known here for coloring V FOR VENDETTA died suddenly last Friday at age 52. D’Israeli has a remembrance and links to several more heartfelt tributes. Anyone who was around the London comics scene in the 80’s and early 90’s will remember Steve; at 6ft [...]
Continue ReadingWhere are the charts?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn case you missed the discussion going on in our comment section, the comparative sales charts for January have been delayed because the numbers from Diamond are a bit odd. Marc-Oliver Frisch explains: For the record, if you’re waiting for the January month-to-month sales columns, it’ll probably be a while. Since [...]
Continue ReadingWho reports on the reporters?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe ADORE Graeme but this is a bit puzzling. Apparently at WonderCon, Bill Willingham revealed some spoiler stuff on a panel but asked it not be quoted, and Graeme McMillan, who was covering the Panel for Newsarama, obliged. J.K. parkin picks up the story at Blog@Newsarama: Well, ironically, Graeme, who our regular [...]
Continue ReadingRandom Linkage
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § Matt High runs down the Post-Modern Garfield, including Garfield without Garfield, which results in the dark night of the soul kind of stuff you see above. § Val runs down the ever-diminishing chances of ever seeing a Batwoman comic. § T Campbell is interviewed at COMIXTALK § Jog and Leigh Walton [...]
Continue ReadingOscar Dos and Dont's
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet* RATATOUILLE won a much deserved Oscar® for Best Animated Film. Suzie Templeton won Best Animated Short won for PETER & THE WOLF, which we didn’t pick in our handicapping, but which we enjoyed the most of all the shorts we watched, so hey we’re happy. Seriously check it out [...]
Continue ReadingWonderCon reports
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Various personal reports we ran across: Cecil Castellucci Ben Templesmith Rantz Hoseley Mark Evanier Some news items: Death ison the march at DC Asked to “cut back on killing and maiming young heroes” in their comics, VP of Sales responded that “Sidekicks die!” should be the ad copy for upcoming comics. DiDio admitted that it was a concern, [...]
Continue ReadingSpongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer
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Continue ReadingJMS at DC
Share this link on Facebook!TweetNewsarama has a bunch of reports from Wondercon, including the expected news that J. Michael Straczynski will be working with DC. According to the report, he’ll be doing more BABYLON 5 comics and hopes to finish his B5 graphic novel. Much more random DU news in the link. More: Retailer Lee Hester has [...]
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