MoCCA 2010 party poop
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDue to unprecedented response, I am still working on the MoCCA Debuts post, but in the meantime, here is the party poop, I know everyone is waiting for that! FRIDAY At Rocketship: At Desert Island: FRIDAY Friday, April 9th Triple book-release party for 1) John Brodowski’s long-awaited “Curio Cabinet” 2) Clara Johansson’s ”Lobster King” 3) Emelie Östergren’s ”Mr Kenneth” Ms Johansson and [...]
Continue ReadingMoCCA 2010 publisher news — UPDATED
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFantagraphics: We have a slew of signings all weekend long as well as a remarkably potent lineup of new books debuting at the show, including: Artichoke Tales by Megan KelsoBest American Comics Criticism, edited by Ben SchwartzBilly Hazenuts and the Crazy Bird by Tony MillionaireCaptain Easy Vol. 1 by Roy CraneDungeon Quest by Joe DalyCulture Corner by Basil [...]
Continue ReadingCon Report Part 4: Seven reasons why I’m glad I went to WonderCon
I've kept meaning to write a big long post about WonderCon last weekend since...last Sunday night. But a new project, other deadlines, general lethargy, and now incipient MoCCA Madness have prevented me from getting the kind of court time I need for a long post. So here are a few short thoughts before I get totally distracted by the next thing. And yes, I was a guest of the con, and they are an advertiser, so you can take all the following thoughts with a big salt cellar, if you so choose.
Continue ReadingPre-MoCCA Party Poop: TONIGHT: Sturm, Women, Zig and Wikki, Family Pop-up
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAs usual, the days before MoCCA are jam packed with signings and events. We’re still getting everything collated but here are the events for today, Thursday, April 8. April 8 03:30PM – 04:30PM For children of all ages and their caregivers… Zig and Wikki land on a planet of strange creatures like flies, frogs [...]
Continue Reading2010 Eisner Award nominations announced
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThey’re here, led by ASTERIOS POLYP, Urasawa, Robert Crumb, and lots and lots of DC books, including BLACKEST NIGHT. A quick look suggests that most of the obvious high spots were hit, but a quick check suggests overall, a mostly middlebrow list this time out. Update: Actually now that we’ve read [...]
Continue ReadingGeppi mansion goes on sale today
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’ve covered Diamond Comics Distribution owner Steve Geppi’s debt problems several times here. In what has to be seen as a particularly demoralizing blow, Geppi’s historic 19th century 13,000 sq. ft., nine acre estate is going up for foreclosure auction today. Geppi and his wife bought it in 2004 for $4.8 [...]
Continue ReadingThe Beat’s Guide to MoCCA Fine Dining – 2010 edition
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We posted this last year, and it was one of our most popular features ever. Here’s an updated look at the food, drink and amenities surrounding the the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington, site of this year’s MoCCA Festival. This being New York City in April, there will be plenty of [...]
Continue ReadingCon Report Part 3: San Diego convention center gets more land
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet As covered extensively in the local San Diego press, a complex real estate deal has been okayed which would allow the San Diego Convention Center to expand. Control over a seven-acre tract out in back of the existing Convention Center has been given to the SDCC by the SD Port commission, a [...]
Continue ReadingCon Report Part 2: Chicago is Hotel-mas!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFor several years the ordeal known as Hoteloween has been one of the the signature terrors of attending the San Diego Comic-Con — namely, the frustration of trying to get a decent room while competing against 50,000 other people trying to get online at the exact same time as you. Good [...]
Continue ReadingCon Report Part 1: Wizard to double number of shows?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe Wizard Toronto Comic-Con must have been a blazing success, because as this widely circulated pull quote indicates, Wizard con organizer Gareb Shamus is planning to ramp up his show schedule even more: …Gareb Shamus, the CEO of Wizard, said Monday that the reach and duration of the 12-city schedule is alluring [...]
Continue ReadingSend us your MoCCA debuts!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe show season rolls on this weekend with the MoCCA Festival here in scenic New York. Although it’’s a hot summer day in the 80s today, it’s expected to be in the 50s by the weekend, so sweat looks to be at a minimum. Send us your news and debuts at [...]
Continue ReadingHope Larson & Raina Telgemeier
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This weekend before MoCCA will be the second Drink & Draw Like a Lady, hosted by Hope Larson & Raina Telgemeier. Both ladies also have new YA graphic novels out this spring, creating a synergy that demanded an interview this week! What are your new books about? HL: Mercury is the story of [...]
Continue ReadingThese aren’t your dad’s horny Manara X-women
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet CBR has a piece on “X-Women”, the X-comic written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Italian eroto-comics master Milo Manara. For his part though, Claremont had more to focus on than the female figures at hand – namely building a world and characters that were of a piece with the X-Men [...]
Continue ReadingJames Sturm on the seductive lure of internet attention disorder
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Over at Slate, cartoonist James Sturm quits the internet due to the ADD that all of us feel. If quitting the net means he can draw more cute cartoons like those accompanying the article and more outstanding graphic novels like MARKET DAY, we’re all for it. But essential online communication has given [...]
Continue ReadingBig Bang cast lives out secret feminine wishes
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet EW reports that next week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory will feature the cast dressing up as superheroines, something which has made the internet improbably excited.
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