NYCC 10: BOOM! Studios — #2135
BOOM! STUDIOS GUESTS INCLUDE: Eisner & Harvey Award-nominated IRREDEEMABLE & INCORRUPTIBLE's Mark Waid DARKWING DUCK's Ian Brill & James Silvani 28 DAYS LATER's Michael Alan Nelson FARSCAPE & CARS: THE ADVENTURES OF TOW MATER's Keith R.A. DeCandido
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Cartoon Network and Adult Swim
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 CARTOON NETWORK: Firebreather Exclusive Screening and Panel 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. jgLocation: 1A08 Talent: Phil Hester (co-executive producer), Andy Kuhn (co-executive producer), Peter Chung (writer/ director) Fans will get the first look at Cartoon Network’s original CGI movie, Firebreather, with an exclusive screening! ... Robot Chicken Signing Location: Room 1C02 Talent: Seth Green, Matt Senreich MAD Signing at the DC Comics booth #2243 Childrens Hospital Signing Location: Show Floor - Autograph Alley Talent: Rob Corddry, Jon Stern, Rob Huebel and Erinn Hayes, Lake Saturday, October 9 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. 2:00–3:00 p.m. 3:45 -- 4:45 p.m.
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Hero Initiative Signing Schedule — #333
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAnd the great talent at Hero’s booth, #333, is as follows: Friday, October 8 1030-1130: Francis Manapul 1230-130: Cully Hamner 130-230: Bob Hall 400-530: Miguel Sepulveda + Fernando Dagnino Saturday, October 9 130-230: Greg Capullo 230-400: John Romita Sr. 430-530: Miguel Sepulveda + Fernando Dagnino Sunday, October 10 1030-1230: Mike Perkins 100-230: Mike McKone More here
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Party poop: CBLDF/Image/Beat Bash 10/7
Kick off New York Comic Con in style with the Liberty bash, co-sponsored by the CBLDF, Image Comics and The Beat! It's shaping up to be THE don't miss social event of the show for reals. All are welcome but a $10 donation gets you a gift bag, and $30 gets you an OPEN BAR wristband! Details below:
Continue ReadingNYCC: Team up with Maphook and The Beat to win prizes — UPDATED
While we haven't been too wild about software that delivers an ongoing RSS feed of your movements, when we were approached to look at the new location based social networking platform Maphook, we were more intrigued. Instead of just telling the world where you are and what you are doing, users collaborate to create a "story" about an event using "hooks" -- tweets, photos, posts, scores, Wikipedia entries, factoids and so on. It's sort of localized social networking combined with journaling, which is why we like it. Instead of having to go all over the place and search for info, it's archived in one spot.
Continue ReadingChris Ware covers The New Yorker
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This week’s theme is “The Money Issue.”
Continue ReadingObservers: Kodansha Comics has a big task ahead
Following yesterday's announcement that the Del Rey Manga imprint was folding into a distribution arm for Kodansha Comics, a US branch of the Japanese publisher, American manga watchers were NOT jumping for joy. Chris Butcher came right out and said it:
Continue ReadingMarvel’s Dan Buckley looks at the hobby market
ICv2 continues its sit down with Marvel publisher Dan Buckley, who says many things, but also points out one of the great dichotomies of comics -- everyone says they want done-in-one jumping on point comics -- but when publishers put them out, the sales don't pick up at all:
Continue ReadingDiamond announces details of day-early delivery program
Via Diamond Daily, (registered users only, alas) details of Diamond's day-early delivery plan which will see comics shipped to shops on Tuesday for Wednesday on sale. Key points:
Continue ReadingU2 sings about Spider-Man
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet On tour in Portugal, U2 members cranked up Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me Boy Falls from the Sky, the first song from the Spider-Man musical to get play. Via Hero Complex
Continue ReadingNice Art: Francesco Francavilla’s Silver Sable
Art blog Comic Twart is taking on Silver Sable, who actually had her own title that lasted a whole 35 issues back in the day.
Continue Reading31 days of Niffleheim: New THOR images
HeyUGuys scans in the new issue of Empire and gets some new images of Chris Hemsworth as Thor. He's no Alexander Skarsgard, but we guess he'll do. The film has an innovative plot, as well, as Thor and his evil brother Loki (played by Tom Hiddleston) must team up to defeat the sinister menace of The Boom Mike.
Continue Reading31 days of Halloween: Bobby Timony
Bobby Timony of Zuda's Night Owls provides a nod to an imagined Laurel & Hardy's horror comedy, LAUREL & HARDY: VAMPIRE HUNTERS. Click for a larger version.
Continue ReadingZack Snyder goes three-fer with SUPERMAN
So it's Zack Snyder who's been tapped to direct the next Superman movie. Evidently, the vacation Snyder took directing a movie about feisty little owls wearing helmets put him back in the mood for a comic book movie, following 300 and WATCHMEN.
Continue ReadingCox joins CBLDF as Development Manager
And our second press release about a comics retailer getting another job in as many minutes, Alex Cox, formerly of the much-missed comics shop Rocketship in Brooklyn, has joined the CBLDF as Development Manager. Just to tie up all the loose ends, Shy Allott, who formerly held the position, has joined Dr. Sketchy's as Sponsorship Coordinator. Congrats to everyone who is now employed!
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