Freeman upped at Top Cow
Retailer Atom! Freeman, recently hired as Direct Market Liaison at Top Cow, has already been promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing. Congrats to Freeman!
Continue ReadingCon Wars: Big Apple was unarmed
While everyone we know is in a tizzy getting ready for New York Comic Con -- and the certain to be epic drinking fest surrounding NYCC -- the Wizard Big Apple Comic-Con was held this weekend, and nobody really noticed. You may recall that there was outrage and anxiety last year when Wizard announced it would hold the show the very same weekend as New York Comic Con. However, in the spring it was announced the Wizard show would move to the week ahead of NYCC, and also change venues from the huge Pier 94 facility to the much smaller Penn Plaza Pavilion, traditional site of the Big Apple Con.
Continue ReadingHow to make new comics readers: The Ladies Comics Project
Now THIS is interesting. The other day we were talking about how the lack of strong demographic readership info is definitely felt in the comics space. It's not a scientific survey, but Kelly Thompson at She Has No Head has started something called the Ladies Comics Project where she asks her female friends -- some comics readers some not -- to pick and read a comic previously unknown to them and give their thoughts.
Continue ReadingDel Rey Manga gives way to Kodansha Comics
As rumored for months, Kodansha, the Japanese publishing giant, is shifting its relationship with Random House. Del Rey Manga is shutting down, but Kodansha Comics will remain, to be distributed by Random House. Del Rey Manga's associate publisher, Dallas Middaugh, will move over to Random House Publisher Services to act as the liaison for Kodansha.
Continue ReadingCartoonists Doing Things: Raina’s Crazy 2010
Raina Telgemeier has had a busy year promoting her graphic novel SMILE -- which was just picked as an Honor Book for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. She shares some of her pictures, including stops in Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Toronto, and Queens. Here's Telegemier at the Dumbo Arts Festival just a week ago.
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31 Days of Halloween: Ronn Sutton’s Elvira
Veteran artist Ronn Sutton was long the artist on the long-gone Claypool's Elvira comic and here's a nice tribute to the Mistress of the Dark, who just relaunched her movie weekends.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits: October 4, 2010
Why do Hanna-Barbera characters really like bathing together? All that and more in today's news roundup.
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween: Anthony P. Furtado
The creator of several webcomics, including Elf n' Troll, Furtado contributed not one but TWO tentacled horrors to our Halloween gallery. His blog can be found here and his DeviantArt page here.
Continue ReadingCathy ends with pregnancy
The final strong>Cathy comic strip ran today, and it's a sweet, classy goodbye, with a nod to the generation the strip came from and a look forward with Cathy announcing her pregnancy. We get a little sentimental about this kind of ending -- one that hints at the unfolding of a whole new story, but one that will only ever be written in our own imaginations.
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: October 2010
By Torsten Adair The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in October 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 275 books scheduled. These are just the titles which caught my eye. If you would like to browse forthcoming comic strip books at your leisure, click here. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore.
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween — The Great Pumpkin
Today is not only the 60th anniversary of the debut of Peanuts, but part of an ongoing COUNTDOWN TO THE GREAT PUMPKIN social media game whereby fans can contribute their own memories, videos and so on on a variety of platforms. Participants win points towards winning a custom Peanuts iPad, and then a further $25,000 prize. Full details in the link.
Continue ReadingTonight To Do: Cuba art show, Red Hook
You are invited to CUBA: My Revolution The Making of the Graphic Novel and Related Drawings by INVERNA LOCKPEZ & DEAN HASPIEL opening reception and talk with Calvin Reid at Kentler International Drawing Space, curated by Mariella Bisson, in Red Hook. 353 Van Brunt Street, (RED HOOK) Brooklyn, NY, on Saturday, Oct. 2nd from 4-7pm Artists' Talk with Moderator Calvin Reid at 4pm and Opening Reception from 5 - 7pm, Saturday, October 2nd (space is limited to first arrivals) A brochure with an essay by Calvin Reid accompanies the exhibition.
Continue ReadingWonder Woman to return to TV
Whaddaya know, Wonder Woman is back she she's getting her own David E. Kelley-produced TV show.
Continue ReadingWhat’s up at: DC Comics
Nothing really, business as usual. Seriously, there is a lot of change going on -- although DC Comics is staying in New York, a lot of people are either leaving their jobs or being faced with a move to another coast. We're not going to run all 80 -- or however many it is -- names, but some departments are newsworthy enough to be reported on.
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