Borders watch: Exec exodus, credit controversy, employees flee, coupon cavalcade
Things are looking grim at Borders, the beleaguered book chain. Although they claim to have found more financing, they are asking publishers for delayed payments. PW has a roundup of the latest developments, including the departure of a number of executives, including EVP General Counsel Thomas Carney and SVP Chief Information officer D. Scott Laverty who both resigned. It's also reported that SVP Business Development Larry Norton, VP Real Estate Tony Grant, and SVP Marketing Bill Dandy have left.
Continue ReadingSeparated at birth: Veitch and Wolverine
Based on this 1972 photo of cartoonist Rick Veitch (Brat Pack, Army @ Love) you've got to wonder who stole who's look.
Continue ReadingNice Comic: Ryan Andrews’ “Nothing is Forgotten”
Cartoonist Ryan Andrews presents a beautifully told story about a sad boy and a woodland mystery. The symbols are familiar but presented in a way that we suspect will keep you clicking on every link.
Continue ReadingArchie introduces…Justin Beaver
In a world of gimmicks, gatefolds, events, variants, spin-offs, retcons, resurrections, clones, demonic pacts, retailer incentives and plastic rings, it's nice to see that comics can still go back to basics, meaning a silly pun based on current events. Archie does the deed in the May issue of ARCHIE AND FRIENDS #155. Retro!
Continue ReadingTCAF launches site, poster
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The revamped site for the 2011 Toronto Comics Art Festival is up with a GAWJUS poster by Jillian Tamaki and…you’ve just gotta be there!
Continue ReadingThe Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2011 edition — Part Two
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe told you it was epic! More punditry, more prognostication, more news from the creme de la creme of comicdom. Richard Starkings, author, lettering pioneer 2011 Projects: ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN, our special one shot Jump On issue with art by Axel Medellin, story by Yours Truly and covers by J Scott [...]
Continue ReadingStan + Spawn + Star
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Stan Lee got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this afternoon. Todd McFarlane was there to help, and The Hollywood Reporter caught the moment.
Continue ReadingThe power of comics, 1/4/11
As of 1:30 e.s.t., 1/4/11, Axel Alonso, the new Marvel Editor-in-Chief, is a national trending topic on Twitter:
Continue ReadingAxel Alonso named Marvel Editor-in-Chief, Brevoort named SVP Publishing
Via PR, it's been announced that Axel Alonso has just been promoted to Editor-in-Chief at Marvel, replacing Joe Quesada, who will focus on his role as Chief Creative Officer. Alonso had been VP, executive editor, along with Tom Brevoort, for some time, but the move, although sudden, is no surprise to anyone who has watched Alonso's career. Since starting at Vertigo, where he crafted some of the most emblematic comics of the era, to his stint at Marvel Knights, through his most recent Marvel duties running the X-Men, Alonso has shown the continued ability to guide creators and shape material that the position requires.
Continue ReadingBEHOLD! Jim Woodring’s giant pen!
If you have a soul, you are, like us, thrilled, awed and maybe just a little creeped out by the imminent manifestation of Jim Woodring and his giant, steel-nib pen. After a community effort to raise the necessary funds, the grand unveiling takes place this Sunday:
Continue ReadingDC to reprint FLEX MENTALLO at long last
Well, pigs are flying, bikinis are worn in Hell. and Barbara Gordon can walk. The miniseries FLEX MENTALLO by the much loved team of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely is finally being reprinted.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 1/4/11
A bunch of links about making money making comics, and some selected interviews and other good stuff from the past week or so.
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The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2011 edition — Part One
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOnce again, we asked and the industry answered. 2010 was the most transitional year of recent comics history as the changes at Marvel and DC took shape, the iPad rewrote the (e)book, and everyone wondered whether pixels would replace paper. Below you’ll find plenty of opinions and some news and previews [...]
Continue ReadingSix seconds of the Captain America movie
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ET will debut the full trailer later this week. Will Cap wear a wifebeater? Tune in later!
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