Where the girls are
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVarious notes and comments on various aspects of women in comics over the past few days. § Reminder: It’s always someone’s first convention panel!. Huffington Post’s Michelle Kung: I began the fest with a DC Comics cocktail event at the Park Bar, where I was introduced to a slew of writers and more [...]
Continue ReadingNewsy bits this week
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSome little news notes that have been floating around: Zuda news: a second chance for previous contestants to get picked up via the Zuda Invitational and a new strip by Dean Haspiel, STREET CODE which is an “instant winner.” 3. The much talked about ZUDA COMICS INVITATIONAL is on! Celebrating the one-year anniversary [...]
Continue ReadingLOST returns
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Just a friendly reminder, LOST returns tomorrow in its new time slot: 10:00 (or 2200 if you prefer) ET. In preparation, here are a couple interviews with the show’s producers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. A/V CLUB TV Guide interview conducted by Jimmy Kimmel There are likely plot points discussed in these, so be forewarned [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC: Now Voyager
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet [Photo above from los507.] In about 2 hours 13 minutes and 14 seconds, any mention of last weekend’s New York Comic-Con will be thoroughly passé, as Free Comic Book Day, Iron Man and Stumptown fill the news bins, but in that tiny window I had to get this out of the [...]
Continue ReadingGordon Lee official announcement
Share this link on Facebook!TweetCBLDF PR: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund scored a victory last Friday when prosecutors dismissed all charges against Rome, GA retailer Gordon Lee. Neil Gaiman announced that Judge Larry Salmon signed off on the dismissal on Friday evening at New York Comic Con. “This is a victory for Gordon, and a [...]
Continue ReadingLinks that should be clicked
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Via the comments: The last word in indie vs superhero. § Entertainment Weekly has a list of graphic novels that tie in to summer’s big comic book movies. Interesting note: in many cases there ISN’T a direct tie-in. Marvel in particular has a sprawling landscape of reprints that doesn’t [...]
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Rubenstein joins Marvel as evp Global Digital Media
Share this link on Facebook!TweetEvidently, Marvel sees some promise in this digital thing. PR: Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) has appointed Ira Rubenstein to the position of Executive Vice President of Marvel’s newly launched Global Digital Media Group. In this newly created position, Mr. Rubenstein will oversee Marvel’s digital distribution strategy across all media and platforms. [...]
Continue ReadingThought for the day:
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet“It’s so stupid to guess about the future. Biggie Smalls died before he could hear the word ‘blog.’” –Rich Stevens
Continue ReadingNYCC: No indies allowed?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWere indies and lit comics squeezed out of New York Comic-Con? Josh Neufeld says yes. Discuss. I hate to be a hater, BUT I THOUGHT THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON SUCKED! I’ve written approvingly of the con in the past, but it’s been steadily going downhill, and this past weekend was its nadir. [...]
Continue ReadingComics sales slip in Q1
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ICv2 has the March numbers and they are not great, prompting us to steal — for the first of what will doubtless be countless times — Vaneta Rogers’ photos of the Morrison/Jones duo. ICV2 continues: Sales of comics to the direct market by Diamond Comic Distributors slipped 7% in the first [...]
Continue ReadingImmonen reports rip off
Share this link on Facebook!TweetArtist Stuart Immonen reports on an annoying internet rip off: Yesterday, my pal Darren Di Lieto, from The Little Chimp Society website, emailed with some upsetting news. Turns out someone scraped the contents of his website and published it into a 350-page book being sold online for $100. You can read more [...]
Continue ReadingMedina wins first Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship was founded to remember the last King Features editor. Coloumbia born RISD student Juana Medina is the first winner, E&P reports: A sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has won the first annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship from the National Cartoonists Society [...]
Continue ReadingSpecial Report: Women who Kick Ass by Steve Bunche
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSpecial Beat Correspondent Steve Bunche went to the closely-watched “Women Who Kick Ass” panel and explains what happened: Is there any more tired panel that gets regularly dusted off at comics conventions than the totally-beside-the-point “women in comics” forum? When it comes to creating comics, and most other things for that matter, [...]
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