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Share this link on Facebook!TweetSteven Grant looks at the crazy goings on of the past week, specifically the “Dan DiDio is getting the Willie Randolph treatment!” rumor and how it becomes morphed into fanthink: Fanthink is an interesting beast. It starts with the premise, which perhaps not coincidentally is what the DC comics universe has been [...]
Continue ReadingOni and 60Frames pact
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHave you heard that new Neil Diamond song Pactin’ Oni? This time out they have pacted with online entertainment producer 60Frames for a bunch of comics-and-web projects written by Hollywood types: First titles include “Men With Guns: Assassin,” created by Tom Fontana (“Oz,” “Homicide”), as well as “Ark,” from “Freaks and [...]
Continue ReadingHarvey Nomination withdrawn
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA press release is forthcoming, but the puzzling Harvey nomination in the Meanwhile … Comics in the “Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation” category. Blog@’s JK Parkin fond this nom particularly odd: Please don’t get me wrong here — John, Jason and Scott, the contributors to the blog, are doing some fun [...]
Continue ReadingShatner + Cartoon + Joe Jackson + Pulp = Joy
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Continue ReadingNick Mag Comics Archives
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Nick Magazine editor Chris Duffy writes to tell us that Nick Mag has an archive of many of its comics online now. Most are based on Nick shows, but there are also original creations by many top indie cartooners. Dave Roman has some more info, but Chris helpfully points to some [...]
Continue ReadingPlatinum and Tokyopop drama continues
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOh boy, will the drama never end. Dylan Squires, founder of Drunk Duck — the webportal purchased by Platinum Studios, and a source of some of its thousands and thousands of potential movie franchises — has left Platinum: I just want to let you all know that a short while ago I [...]
Continue ReadingMaury joins NPR
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFrequent PWCW contributor and Beat pal Laurel Maury has been named the new official comics reviewer for NPR. Congratulations to Laurel! Her first piece covers THE RABBI’S CAT: If you’re used to comics smacking you over the head with superheroes and fantasy, prepare to be seduced and charmed. Joann Sfar’s series about [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetDollar Bin has the audio of the infamous Covering Comics panel from Heroes Con up, so you can judge for yourselves how pathetic we sound. God, this is depressing. How can intelligent people say this stuff and not acknowledge what’s coming out of their mouths? This isn’t journalism, or criticism, [...]
Continue ReadingMake the girls of THE SPIRIT sigh
Share this link on Facebook!TweetI know I just shut down another thread, but here’s the link to the whispering women of the Spirit. It’s esp. fun when you run your cursor over it real fast.
Continue ReadingAlarming quote of the day
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Ivan Brandon has an army of 58 Zombies, 42,000 Zombie points and is a Zombie God! – via Facebook
Continue ReadingAlex Niño @ Image
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Comics legend Alex Niño has a book coming out from Image this September called DEAD AHEAD, and it’s described as “Dawn of the Dead on a cruise ship.” The rest of the team includes writers Mel Smith and Clark Castillo, colorist Moose Baumann and letterers Tom Orzechowski and Lois [...]
Continue ReadingMore Spirit posters
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A few more posters from the upcoming Frank Miller-directed SPIRIT movie have been released, showing Scarlet Johansson, Sarah Paulson and Jaime King’s characters. Enjoy.
Continue ReadingWOWIO sold
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet WOWIO, the ebook distribution site, has gone offline and word is going around that the company has been sold. Wowio offered FREE digital distribution of various comics publishers including Lone Star Press, Steve Rude, Digital Webbing and many others. We’d been hearing rumbles that the company was behind slow [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetJoey Manley comments on the DJ Coffman/Platinum Studios situation: Signing a Work for Hire contract for your own original creation is like getting a new credit card. It feels like easy money until it doesn’t. Commercially developing your own creation without giving up ownership of it it is like opening up a savings [...]
Continue ReadingDC recap
Share this link on Facebook!TweetMore DC analysis by Tom McLean: That said, media interest in comics is massively disproportionate to the number of people that read them, and the one thing that may prompt WB execs to scrutinize DC’s efforts is bad press. Fan discontent, while vocal, can quickly turn around with a couple of hits. [...]
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