More on the rise and fall of manga
Rich Johnson's thoughtful post on the Manga Era of comics has drawn some equally thoughtful responses. Brigid Alverson found much to agree with, but also took issue with some of Johnson's conclusions, including the importance of piracy:
Continue ReadingMAY BEAT GIVEAWAY FRENZY #4: Dong Xoai: Vietnam 1965
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Today’s Beat giveaway is the new graphic novel by comics Legend Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai 1965. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly wrote: In 1967, Joe Kubert illustrated a Veterans’ Day series run by a newspaper syndicate and included a dramatic rendering of an episode from the battle of Dong Xoai in which two [...]
Continue Reading2010 Eagle Awards nominations
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Eagle Awards, the British comics honors which are voted and chosen by the fans, have just been announced. It’s a good year for Dr. Who, Tony Lee, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, Chew and Jason Aaron. Online voting is now open! Favourite Newcomer WriterAl EwingJonathan HickmanKathryn ImmonenKieron GillenMike LynchFavourite Newcomer ArtistDavid [...]
Continue ReadingYou Say You Want a Revolution?
What a difference a few years can make. Not so long ago, some people believed that manga was poised to take over the world, and with reason; it dominated the BookScan charts, gobbled up bookstore shelf space, and became an important part of the graphic novel landscape. Over the past two years, however, overall manga sales in the U.S. have been reported to be down by one- third, eight manga publishers have gone out of business, while the two biggest players TokyoPop and Viz have shrunk as Shojo Beat and Yen Plus turn to digital publishing. What the hell happened?
Continue ReadingWriter Stephen Perry missing amidst a sad story
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Over the weekend, writer Stephen Perry – best known for working on the Thundercats cartoon show in the ’80s, but also the author of many comics, including the Epic series (and possibly Avatar-influencing) TIMESPIRITS, shown above, was announced as missing, and given the grisly details surrounding the disappearance — a severed [...]
Continue ReadingSteven Murray’s Lostipedia
While your recovering from the emotional overload of last night's Lost finale, you can say goodbye just a little more with this interactive guide to all the characters and how they died from the National Post's Steven Murray, a.k.a. Chip Zdarsky.
Continue ReadingDalrymple’s Spider-Man
It's sort of the worst kept secret in comics that there will be a second Strange Tales anthology from Marvel, featuring more indie cartoonists presenting their takes on classic Marvel characters. The latest cartoonist to let the cat out of the bag is Farel Dalrymple who posted this excellent panel from a Spider-Man story.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 5/24/10
How do things work at DC these days? Why did Tom Spurgeon leave some girls sitting in a car? What did Harlan Ellison forget? What did Frank Sanotro remember? And what is that music in the Inception trailer???
Continue ReadingLost: And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet “Once there was a way, to get back homeward, Once there was a way, to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby. Golden slumbers fill your eyes, smiles awake you when you rise Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby.” – Golden [...]
Continue ReadingFringe universe DC covers in full
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLast night’s season-ending episode of Fringe included a sideways universe, and that universe included an alternate version of DC, that had its own versions of iconic covers. Geekosystem has collected the lot…so hit up the link for the whole shebang, which is pretty clever, we must admit. We don’t know if [...]
Continue ReadingMAY BEAT GIVEAWAY FRENZY #3: Meanwhile
Share this link on Facebook!TweetToday we are giving away a GALLEY of Jason Shiga’s mind bending MEANWHILE. Using his usual amazing storytelling and logical ability. Shiga has created a book with over 3000 possible stories, using a system of color coded tabs that take you on an incredible adventure that begns with simply choosing a [...]
Continue ReadingAll is Lost: Final Friday
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet As the hours tick away toward the Television Event of the Decade, the New York Times giveth, the New York Times taketh away: Last night saw a big Lost event at the Paley Center in New York with many comments and cheers and spoilers: Cuse and Lindelof allowed that they can’t answer everything [...]
Continue ReadingIs Marvel secretly turning Captain America into Captain BRITAIN?
Some pissing and moaning this week about the fact that Marvel/Deisney will be shooting the Captain America movie in the UK instead of the US. The reason? Oh, budget and so on.
Continue ReadingFaith Erin Hicks’ Wolverine is da bomb
GIRL COMICS #2 is out this week (a little late) and Faith Erin Hicks' Wolverine comic provides a pleasing preview.
Continue ReadingMichael George bond reduced; second trial looms
It's been quite a long time since we checked in on Michael George, comic shop owner, convention runner and accused murderer. Convicted once of killing his wife Barbara in 1990 years ago, a judge has upheld the defense's request for a new trial and George's bond has just been reduced from from $2.5 million to $500K. With bond approved, instead of rotting in jail while waiting for a new trial, George would be forced to wear a tether and confined to specific, court-mandated areas.
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