CBLDF and Cryptozoic team for comics creator trading cards
We've seen trading cards for everything from NASCAR to bakeries, so why not cartoonists? Trading cards were a huge fad in the '90s, so it's not surprising that most of the cartoon trading sets we've seen hail from that era. But now, the current crop of superstars is getting its OWN trading card legacy, courtesy of the CBLDF and Cryptozoic Entertainment, called The Liberty Trading Cards. The set will spotlight the Fund's exploits in defending the First Amendment and include sketch cards, chase cards and autographs, along with more than 70 of today's top creators.
Continue ReadingKaboom! announces new Happiness is a Warm Blanket Peanuts graphic novel
It's the first ever Peanuts graphic novel, Charlie Brown! Last week people were speculating over the announcement that kaboom! -- BOOM! Studios' new all-ages comics imprint -- would be publishing something Peanuts-related. Was it strips reprints? Comic book reprints? What? The reality is that it's an ALL NEW adaptation of a new Peanuts animated movie, Happiness Is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown, which Warners Home Video is releasing in March.
Continue ReadingPoster, guests announced for 2011 MoCCA Festival
A beautiful Peter Kuper poster and the guest list have been announced for this year's MoCCA fest.
Continue ReadingSneak peek: Mickey Mouse as you’ve never seen him before
...unless you read old comic strips. Fantagraphics' Floyd Gottfredson reprint project was a big news item at last year's San Diego, and you can bet that the book (due on April 15th) will get people talking some more. FBI released a pdf of the promo materials and here's a sneak peek.
Continue ReadingWeekend Comic-Con: Wizard World Miami Comic Con
Nothing too notable...people went, wore costumes, made out with Elmo ,and got autographs.
Continue ReadingSpider-Man musical gets a new player: Greg Horn
A new name joins the fabled Spider-Man musical.
Continue ReadingNew SPACE poster released
A new poster for S.P.A.C.E., the Columbus indie comics show, has just been released. It's by Tom Williams of drawrobot fame.
Continue ReadingEvents: Will Eisner show opens this week at MoCCA
Via PR, this week marks the opening of the "Will Eisner’s New York: From The Spirit to the Modern Graphic Novel" show at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC; in conjunction with this show of Eisner art, the museum will present a concurrent "In the Spirit of Will Eisner" show with Eisner-influenced pieces by many luminaries.
Continue ReadingRIP: Rob Samsel
Former Wizard editor and comics retailer Rob Samsel died suddenly on February 18th at the age of 46. He's survived by his wife, Leslie, son, Rob Jr., and three step-children.
Continue ReadingShaun Tan wins an Oscar for THE LOST THING
Whatever you thought of the hosts, the win in the Best Animated Short Film for Shaun Tan -- which we correctly predicted -- was a nice win for a very talented artist. Although the Australian Tan is more of an illustrator than a cartoonist, his best known work, THE ARRIVAL, is certainly an example of graphic storytelling -- so if he isn't exactly on our team, he's pretty darned close.
Continue ReadingPOWERS pilot ordered for FX
Will POWERS be the next Walking Dead? FX has ordered a pilot for the long-optioned comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Micheal Avon Oeming about detectives who specialize in cases involving superpowered beings. The script is by Charles H. Eglee and Michael Dinner will direct -- shooting begins in the spring.
Continue ReadingOff Topic: Stop moaning about Oscar hosts
Maybe it's just the way Twitter brings all your snarky friends from around the world together to be snide at once, but from the very beginning of last night's Oscar™ telecast, it was obvious that the youth movement of Anne Hathaway and James Franco was going to be dire.
Continue ReadingThe Beat’s Annual guide to winning the Oscar® Pool: Best Animated Shorts
As we point out every year, picking the big categories at the Oscars is easy -- sentiment and other awards and past voting practices make for a formula that is easy to call, even when it changes over Awards season -- see: THE KING'S SPEECH. So to truly ace your Oscar picks and win the big prize, you've got to master the obscure categories like Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short. We don't handicap the first caegory -- although you can't go wrong picking anything about horrible genocide topics like AIDS, Rwanda, the Holocaust and so on.
Continue ReadingOops
Sorry about the server outages today. Basically, I pushed the wrong button and sent my server into a fit as it tried to run that demon image resizing script. The poor thing got so flustered that I had to upgrade the memory, but even that was too little too late and it's still trying to resolve itself.
Continue ReadingNice art: Oji Suzuki
Oji Suzuki is the latest in D&Q's gekiga projects, and Tom Devlin explains why:
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