Blog roll: Canadians, blaxploitation
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDon MacPherson talks about DC’s decision to print only one price on its comics for the US and Canada. The move has made Canadian retailers unhappy. So DC’s announcement, though incredibly late, is welcome news for retailers and customers, yes? Well, not really. The manager at my local comic shop, for example, [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles 'n' Bits 3/17
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Bookforum spotlights GRAPHIC NOVELS, the hottest thing going! – Chris Ware on Rodolphe Topffer – J. Hoberman on Kirby (Actualy link is wrong. Anyone got the correct one?) –Nicole Rudick on Rocketship § Larry Young write to remind us it’s the 9th anniversary of the release ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE: LIVE FROM THE MOON #1, [...]
Continue ReadingMorning Studio Briefs: Speed, Tintin, etc etc
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ITEM! Fox heard ka-ching when the animated HORTON HEARS A WHO slew at the box office this weekend. It’s $45.1 million opening weekend was the biggest this year thus far and restored studio faith in both G-rated CGI films and Dr. Suess. The movie was produced by Blue Sky. ITEM! Will [...]
Continue ReadingBegorrah! Where's me shilelagh?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHm, how does one celebrate St. Paddy’s Day in comics book terms? Apparently Banshee (Sean Cassidy) no longer has a green costume so that kinda sucks. The CBR forum discusses Irish superheroes. A video of Irish writer Garth Ennis (and Darick Robertson…with Laura Hudson!) The Dublin City Comic-Con’s Myspace Page. No word on whether there [...]
Continue ReadingDark Horse, Uni pact
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Dark Horse and Universal have announced a 3-year production/distro deal. Universal is putting out this year’s HELLBOY 2 (which was long without a studio; HELLBOY 1 was at Revolution). With the success of Sin City, 300 and 30 Days of Night (which Dark Horse also had a production credit on, despite [...]
Continue ReadingHOTWIRE PARTY TONIGHT! FInally!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The rescheduled HOTWIRE release party–felled by a blizzard on the original date– takes place tonight at Rocketship. DRINKS! COMICS!! BEEF PATTIES!!(?) and…….CARTOONISTS!! ZANGO!!!! Mark Dean Veca Sam Henderson R. Sikoryak Jonathon Rosen Mark Newgarden Chadwick Whitehead [...]
Continue ReadingLearn more about making comics at Hanley's
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFor ANOTHER take on making graphic mnovels, go to Jim Hanley’s Universe this afternoon for an event with Paul Karasik and the Center for Cartoon Studies: Friday March 14th, 2008 5 – 7PM Learn more about The Center for Cartoon Studies Certificate & MFA Program From CCS Students & Paul Karasik A group of Center for Cartoon Studies [...]
Continue ReadingSound advice from Brian Wood
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpeaking of SPLAT, the New York Post (!) previews the event with a cheeky lede: BESIDES all the usual dreams young people move to New York to chase – singing, acting, sleeping with the governor – you can now add authoring graphic novels to the list. but then gets into a very [...]
Continue ReadingThis Weekend: SPLAT
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The New York Center for Independent Publishing is presenting one of the biggest graphic novel events ever: SPLAT: The First Ever NYCIP Graphic Novel Symposium. With three tracks of programming and a speaker line-up from Brian Wood to Scott McCloud to Alex Cox to Richard Stevens, SPLAT is also one of [...]
Continue ReadingJeff and Vijaya's busy day
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Jeff Smith’s blog comments on the comics’ move to Warner Bros: The whole thing happened very quickly last Friday night. Warners called and made us a real offer, it was as simple as that. They stated their seriousness to stay true to the books, and after a couple of back [...]
Continue ReadingCold Cut becomes Haven
Share this link on Facebook!TweetCold Cut Distribution, the largest comics-centric alternative to Diamond as a distributor, was recently acquired by a Chicago-based webcomics publisher, and the new owners are changing the name. PR: Rogue Wolf Entertainment announced today a new name to go along with the new face of Cold Cut… now known as Haven Distributors, [...]
Continue ReadingHeavy Metal movie in the works
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIs the world ready for a an updated trippy director/artist-cartoon mash-up, all influenced by European sex and drugs comics of the 70s and 80s? Yes.: Variety is reporting that Paramount is planning a new animated Heavy Metal film with segments directed by David Fincher (Seven, Zodiac), Tim Miller (Rockfish) and Kevin Eastman [...]
Continue ReadingIf you just can't get enough Beat…
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Comic Book Club folks are now PODCASTING. So you can now listen to the State of the Industry show with ourself, Brian Heater, Kiel Phegley, and John DiBello.
Continue ReadingBuck Rogers returns from Dynamite
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Buck Rogers, the early sci-fi comic strip icon is coming back to the comics from Dynamite Entertainment. Rogers debuted as “Anthony” Rogers in a couple of stories in Amazing Stories by Philip Francis Nowlan; syndicate executive John Flint Dille teamed with artist Dick Calkins to create the familiar “Buck Rogers” [...]
Continue ReadingPenguin's US Classics win design award
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Penguin’s well-received line of classics with covers by comics-type illustrators (such as Chris Ware, above)has won the Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Design Awards : The category winners of the Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Design Awards have been announced with Penguin’s US Classics Deluxe editions winning in the graphics category and Haque’s Burble [...]
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