Borders circling the drain?
The Borders book chain has been in financial crisis mode for a few years now, with year-over-year losses, massive refinancing, and management changes. However, it seems to be entering the twitching and gasping stage of its business cycle. Last Friday, Publishers Marketplace broke the news that the troubled book chain was suspending payment to some publishers (including, anecdotally, Hachette and Sourcebooks) as it sought to deal with a budget shortfall -- now, Publishers Weekly reports, publishers are beginning to suspend shipments to the chain.
Continue ReadingComplete Carl Barks to be published at Fantagraphics
As the entire pantheon of great cartoonists has been getting collected in respectful editions worthy of their contents, one name has been missing: Carl Barks. The "Good Duck Artist" has been collected many times but never in color and in hardcover. Now that is being remedied, as his complete works will be collected at Fantagraphics. In an interview with Robot 6, FBI publisher Gary Groth revealed details.
Continue ReadingSCOOP: Dawson’s Troop 142 lands at Secret Acres
Mike Dawson's award winning Troop 142 webcomic/mini-comic has found a paper home -- Secret Acres will publish the collected edition next fall, just in time for SPX. Following a fateful scout camping trip in the mid=90s, it's a sharply observed story of men and boys and what makes them men and boys. Dawson has been working on the story for over a year, with both a web version and a printed mini comics version.
Continue ReadingNews rewind: comiXology hits 1 million downloads
2010 was wrapping up, comiXology, surely the breakout digital leader in the year of the tablet, announced it has hit 1 million downloads and 5,000 titles available. It's definitely a significant figure, and even as digital publishing and distribution remains a giant question mark, putting the ability to buy and read comics in the hands of one million people can't be a bad thing.
Continue ReadingNews rewind: SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVE from DC
Catching up on some of the news from our sabbatical, in perhaps the most anticipated announcement ever, DC finally has plans for a SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVE collecting Sheldon Mayer's charming and pitch perfect stories abut a pair of mischievous toddlers. Long a cult favorite among comics cognoscenti -- some pages were reprinted in the great TOON TREASURY last year, it's cartooning in its purest, most joyful form. The series is being reprinted in the deluxe hardcover Archive format -- 244 pages for $59.99. This format is supposedly being phased out in favor of the larger $75 omnibus edition.
Continue ReadingNews rewind: full color BONE one-volume edition
BONE is a true comics classic that has been a hit in every format it's ever been published in. The hefty black and white one-volume edition of Jeff Smith's timeless fantasy saga has already sold more than 150,000 copies. (There are more than three million copies of the color Scholastic editions in print.) Now, you can add a full-color one-volume edition to your shelf:
Continue ReadingThe History of The Beat, WordPress, and Media Temple
Be forewarned: Unless you are interested in nitty gritty web crap stuff, this post is NOT for you. Although this is going to be as nerdy as shit, in the hopes that others who find themselves faced with the same challenges as I have met may google this and find some guidance. For those who don't want to wade through it, there are two lessons to be learned: 1) OWN AS MUCH OF YOUR CONTENT AS YOU CAN. 2) DON'T BE AFRAID TO LEARN
Continue ReadingWanna font?
If you've been enjoying their always attractive ad campaign, you already know, but we'd just like to point out that house of fine lettering Comicraft is having a font sale so now's the time to stock up on Joe Kubert, Adam Kubert, Dave GIbbons or Clobberin Time. The sale usually runs New Year's day but I think they are letting it slide for a bit.
Continue ReadingIt’s a new world out there
Let's start the year with some awesome space photos, via Ragnell. Above, the Carina Nebula. Best wishes to all and thanks to everyone who made 2010 such a fantastic year: Amy, Zena, Trish, Nisha, Charlene, Desi, Charles, Trisha, Jah Furry, Jimmy, Amanda, Marti, Jon and Max, Ben T., Nate, Michelle and Daphne, Franks 1, 2 and 3, Elim, Dave, Paul, Brian, Whitney, Kai-Ming, Evie, Calvin, Jody, Douglas, Laura, and Dean.
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