Lost: “Happily Ever After”
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Well, not at all what most of us expected, I would hazard a guess to say. Let’s discuss after the break, shall we.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/7/10
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Johanna Draper Carlson annoints a new Era of comics: I predict that in the future this comic era will be known as the West Coast Era of comics. (Maybe I should better say I nominate this nomenclature for future scholars to understand what drove the comic industry in this era.) For [...]
Continue ReadingRIP: Henry Scarpelli
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Longtime Archie artist Henry Scarpelli has died, according to an announcement sent out by Archie Comics: It is with deep regret and sorrow that Archie Comics acknowledges the loss of longtime artist, Henry Scarpelli, of Grasmere, Staten Island who passed away on Sunday, April 4 after a long illness. He was 79. “Henry [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits – Travel edition
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ As controversial as he may be in these parts, Marc-Oliver Frisch is also dedicated to comics; here’s an interview with Robert Kirkman, whose WALKING DEAD Frisch is the German Language translator for. I have a rule on killing characters… I do it without thinking. I kind of like that… it seems [...]
Continue ReadingJim Lee’s iPad art
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Chronic early adopter Jim Lee is already finger painting on his iPad, vuia Sketchpad Pro: Its fun and frustrating at the same time cuz half the time yer going this would be so easy to do by hand or wacom but was digging the primitive feeling of using yer hands. Another Joker [...]
Continue ReadingPublishers Weekly purchased by former publisher
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Well, I finally got that darned Gogo Wi-Fi to work on my Virgin flight back to NYC, and the first thing I find out is that Publishers Weekly has been sold. Reed Business Publications has been selling off large chunks of their business magazine holdings over the last few months, including, [...]
Continue ReadingPlay Ball ~!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHooray. It’s Opening Day (we’ll ignore the 4+ hour slugfest on TV last night). Spring is really here.
Continue ReadingHome again, woot
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re in transit this morning but will post more later. In the meantime, we — and most everyone we spoke with — had a swell time at WonderCon…by most accounts, it was bigger than last year, and despite the timing — Good Friday to Easter — there were fine crowds each [...]
Continue ReadingiPad sells estimated 600,000-700,000 units opening day; Marvel a hit
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet According to one estimate, between 600,000-700,000 total Apple freaks were diddling on their iPads yesterday. That’s a bit more than the very conservative estimate of 200,000-300,000 sold. Other estimates were between 300,000-500,000 units, including pre-orders. Several locations, including Palo Alto and Santa Clara CA, Portland OR and Lancaster PA, were already sold [...]
Continue ReadingWelcome to the Batcave
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn the spring of 1997 I moved my wife and newborn son away from New Jersey, away from my wife’s family and our friends, to hopefully further my career. I had taken a job in Philadelphia with an independently owned publishing company housed in a beautiful old brownstone, I was moving [...]
Continue ReadingThe Best of BarCon 2010
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Truly, it is a sign of the brotherhood of Con that Davy Jones and a stormtrooper can just kick back and enjoy a beer together. Then there’s this. Hoppy Easter.
Continue ReadingOni press panel: Polly, Rasputin, etc.
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Oni provided a list of the projects and news discussed at their panel this evening at WonderCon: Ted Naifeh is working on Polly & the Pirates Vol. 2 due early 2011 Ted is writing vol. 2 and has asked artist Robbi Rodriguez (Maintenance, Tek Jansen) to illustrate the book for him. This [...]
Continue ReadingImage panel announcements: Emperor Dragon, Officer Downe, The Crusades
Share this link on Facebook!TweetImage provided a list of their new projects announced at this afternoon’s WonderCon panel: EMPEROR LARSEN Erik Larsen discussed the upcoming story arc for SAVAGE DRAGON, entitled EMPEROR DRAGON. Following the events of the DRAGON WAR, Savage Dragon remains his evil self, Emperor Kurr. Without the opposition to stop him, the ex-cop, ex-superhero [...]
Continue ReadingWonderCon news roundup: Rucka, Blood, TRON
In the day's big shocker, Writer Greg Rucka announced he had finished all his DC work for the forseeable future including Batwoman at his spotlight panel. He said it was a hard decision, and he didn't know if a planned origin story would ever appear:
Continue ReadingUK Web & Minicomix Thing
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing happened this past Saturday, and despite a lack of “big” names (and the nearest tube station being closed until the early afternoon) leading to a smaller attendance than previous years, those attending found it to be a generally positive experience. One of the reasons for [...]
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