NYCC: Disney Publishing announces digital plans
Kind of lost in the scrum at New York Comic Con, even Disney was getting in on the digital comics bandwagon. At the ICv2 Comics and Digital conference, Dario Di Zanni had some pretty confidant things to say about the future of ebooks. Disney has been doing Digital Books for a while -- a subscription service for kids to read kids books on the web. With their growing comics publishing ventures -- not to mention the team-up with Marvel -- a close eye should be paid on what Disney is planning, and it sounds pretty ambitious:
Continue ReadingDeMatteis leaves Ardden
Ardden Entertainment has been in the news a bit of late with their relaunch of Atlas Comics, but they are also losing their editor-inchief, J.M. DeMatteis, who announced on his blog:
Continue ReadingDigital News: LongBox launches on ADAM; goes to v. 1.1
LongBox, the long brewing desktop app for purchasing digital comics, has just gone to version 1.1 and announced that it will be bundled with Norton Ink's upcoming ADAM tablet, which features a Pixel Qi screen which enables it to be red in even bright sunlight. PR on the move below, but CEO Rantz Hoseley also stopped to chat with Bleeding Cool and reveal some of the reasons why a desktop store is still useful in a world filled with proprietary apps:
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween: Rhode Montijo
Children's book illustrator/cartoonist Rhode Montijo sent along some pages from his new book The Halloween Kid -- on his Web site, he's got some activity pages with things like mask cut-outs and mazes. Good stuff.
Continue ReadingThe doodles of Neil Gaiman
The CBLDF board is having a meeting today. And Neil Gaiman has been doodling. Not to worry ...the doodles have been donated to the CBLDF to be auctioned off. A productive meeting indeed.
Continue ReadingNapoleon Dynamite cartoon coming to Fox
Gosh! Via this probably-behind-a-firewall story from Variety, news that cult classic NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is turning toon for Fox:
Continue ReadingNYCC: Other views, other voices
Wow, there was SO MUCH going on at New York Comic Con. Kevin Melrose has a great roundup of salient news points, and CBR had an insane number of panel reports. Newsarama has streaming video, and Comics Alliance has their own link roundup. But if you can't digest all that, here's the Slimfast version, specially prepared just for you.
Continue ReadingEditor Nathan Cosby leaving Marvel
Via Twitter, Marvel Associate Editor Nathan Cosby, who works out of the Mark Paniccia office on such books as the Shanower/Young Oz adaptations, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers and Marvel Adventures Spider-Man is leaving to do other stuff. He tweeted:
Continue ReadingJosh Neufeld, official US State Dept. comics ambassador
Sign o' the times: Josh Neufeld was being sent around the world by the US State Dept. as am ambassador of free speech:
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NYCC 10: 3 1/2 days that changed the world
It's been a long year of change in the comics industry, and New York Comic Con feels like the end point of an arduous but rewarding journey. We were just doing a search for blogs posts about the show and already found fairly fascinating two think pieces that show the ascendance of nerd culture as a boon -- or a threat, depending on how you view it.
Continue ReadingVideo: The history of Oswald the Rabbit
How they developed the Epic Mickey game and why Oswald the Rabbit is so important.
Continue ReadingNYCC 10 news and notes
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Hank Kanalz has been promoted to Senior VP-Digital of DC Comics, it was announced at this morning’s DC Nation panel. He was formerly the VP-general manager of the now-shuttered WildStorm imprint, but he’ll be moving to Burbank. § Ape Entertainment has licensed Strawberry Shortcake to go along with Richie Rich. § Brian [...]
Continue ReadingVertigo announcements: Bourdain, Azzarello/Risso, Wood
Announcements from today's Vertigo panel -- more at at Graphic Content.
Continue ReadingNew Hellboy by Mike Mignola
And speaking of Hellboy, the new Mike Mignola strip in USA Today has just started. Nothing beats the original.
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