Stan Lee feted at NYCC
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLegendary Stan Lee will be given the first New York Comics Legend award at this year’s New York Comic-Con. Lee will be presented with the award at a VIP reception at the Virgin Megastore. You can read all the PR in the jump, but it’s a nice touch that the award, [...]
Continue ReadingMid-Ohio-Con Acquired By GCX Holdings
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn January, Mid-Ohio Con owner Roger Price announced that he was selling the show. Now it appears a buyer has been found: GCX Holdings. A little Googling reveals little about this new company, except that it is located in Stamford. Managing Director James H. Henry is similarly Google-free, but [...]
Continue ReadingAlex Robinson's Next Book
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Alex Robinson’s next book is out this July, a graphic novel entitled TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN; it’s the cmedic tale of a sorty-something man who is transported back to his high school days and gets a second chance to ask that girl in math class out.
Continue ReadingThe truth about comics
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDoc Lehman wrote to share a gallery of photos from the 1930’s and 1940’s of people reading comics and newsstands. You should go check out all of them, but several are quite interesting — to us anyway! Given the era indicated by the clothing in these photos, it’s quite unlikely that they [...]
Continue ReadingComicsPRO: CBLDF speech
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpeaking of last week’s ComicsPRO meeting, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein was generous enough to make the text of his presentation available to us. In a meeting themed “Full Steam Ahead,” Brownstein discusses the importance of the direct market in the comics renaissance and announced that Jeff Smith would be doing [...]
Continue ReadingThe middle is STRONG
Share this link on Facebook!TweetJohn Jackson Miller does his usual insightful number crunching with February’s sale numbers: …the February 2008 Top 300 as a group…sold 1.22 million more copies than the February 2001 grouping, an increase of 24%. Why? Mid-list strength. The 5,000-copy mark was at 191st place in February 2001; today, it’s at 226th place. [...]
Continue ReadingComicsPRO meeting news
Share this link on Facebook!TweetComicsPRO, the organization for comics retaielrs, held it’s conference last week, and Matt Price has a bunch of posts on the public presentations. Scroll back for reports on presentations by DC, the Hero Initiative, Graphitti Designs, and the CBLDF, among others. There’s bits of news scattered throughout, like this from [...]
Continue ReadingFoes find Marvel-b0y very stoppable
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOver the weekend the Marvel-b0Y Live Journal was taken down, meaning you can’t read the very mild spoilers he posted about Secret Invasion which we read and have already forgotten — spoiler: a character will die! Was it for real? The industry was abuzz with speculation this weekend, and even some [...]
Continue ReadingPaul Pope for DKNY
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Nylon Magazine previews the new line of DKNY men’s wear which sports art by Paul Pope.
Continue ReadingTo do, NYC — Easter Comics Reading
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTake a break from lamb chops and chocolate: When: Sunday March 23, 7 pm Where: KGB Bar 85 East 4th Street This year, a lotta humor and a little drama with: Julia Wertz (Fart Party) Liz Baille (My Brain Hurts!) Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle) Jason Little (Motel Art Improvement Service) Tom Hart (Hutch Owen) Festivities will begin at 7 pm, [...]
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2008 Eisner Award Hall of Fame Nominees
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR with emphasis added. Of some interest is the fact that now what we’d call “modern” or contemporary Marvel and DC creators are beginning to show up on the ballot, like Len Wein and Barry Windsor-Smith. Voting is now open for the Hall of Fame category of the Will Eisner Comic Industry [...]
Continue ReadingACHEWOOD cover revealed
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Dark Horse has been kind enough to give us a peek at the cover of their first collection of Achewood strips by Chris Onstad: The Great Outdoor Fight. This will look strong on our shelves!
Continue ReadingPlay along with marvel_b0y
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDisgruntled Marvel assistant or viral plant? U decide: Oh, and as usual, Bendis continues to write bad fiction. Last night he claimed 10 people knew who I was already at Marvel. Well, no one came to escort me out and my key card works just fine. I’m not an idiot. [...]
Continue ReadingLOST: The dead, not dead and NOT YET dead
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Yes, Michael’s back. The worst-kept secret in TV is finally out in the open. So, how did Michael become Kevin Johnson? Let’s discuss after the jump. WARNING: There will be discussion about who did and did not die in tonight’s episode. You’ve been warned. No griping.
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