Maisie Kukoc Award goes to Damian Jay
The Maisie Kukoc Award, presented to a mini-comic of merit as part of the Stumptown Festival, was given to Damian Jay for The Natural World #3-4
Continue ReadingTHOR no snore, say early critics
THOR, Marvel's first movie of this busy summer, had its world premiere in Australia this weekend (it opens in the us on May 6) and so far, critics are hitting the like button. THR has a reaction roundup:
Continue ReadingReality Rocks Expo: The video horror
Just in case you wanted MORE evidence of how horrible a comic-con without the comcis would be, here is a VIDEO of that disastrous Reality Rocks Expo we told you abut that featured scores of reality TV stars milling around a bleak, deserted LA Convention Center. Current TV's Ben Hoffman files a hilarious report that reveals just how much reality stars revel in their vapidity. All that is missing is a little cannibalism and you'd have an outtake from THE ROAD.
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WATCH: Strandicon and the story of THE COMICS JOURNAL
For those of you who couldn't get over to last week's Strandicon and Comics Journal panel with Gary Groth, Dan Nadel, Tim Hodler, and Kim Deitch, the Strand has YouTubed the whole thing!: And BONUS Strandicon interviews with Ben Katchor, Nadja Spiegelman, Trade Loeffler, Dash Shaw, Brecht Evens, Joe Ollmann, R. Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki, and Pascal Girard.
Continue ReadingA little Tokyopop follow-up
Although the news coming on a Friday afternoon news dump did dampen response a bit, there has been a ton of reaction to Toykopop shutting down its US publishing activities. On the America's Greatest Otaku website, Tpop publisher Stuart Levy recently wrote about his plans to move to Japan and make a documentary, surely not the thoughts of a man looking to revitalize his publishing plan.
Continue ReadingEnd of an era: Tokyopop shutting down US publishing division
The comics publishing culling of 2011 claimed its most prominent victim as it was announced today that Tokyopop is shutting down its US operations, as of May 31. The German office will stay open to handle publishing rights and the film division will continue. Founded in 1997, Tokyopop and its founder Stu Levy were at the forefront of the manga revolution in the US, introducing such hits as SAILOR MOON, CHOBITS, and LOVE HINA to the US market in the "unflipped" format for the first time. Sales surged as the manga bookstore revolution took over in the early part of the last decade. An ambitious program of publishing original manga by creators from around the world -- many of them barely out of the teenaged readership years themselves -- proved controversial and ultimately saw only a handful of successful franchises but introduced a new generation of creators to the comics scene.
Continue ReadingNice art: Best American Comics 2011 cover by Jillian Tamaki
This year's edition of the compendium is guest-edited by Alison Bechdel, with series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.
Continue ReadingEnnis and Robertson to reveal the Butcher’s origin
Not to be confused with BUTCHER BAKER, RIGHTEOUS MAKER, Joe Casey and Mike Huddleston's scabrous look at superheroes, this july we'll see BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICKMAKER #1 by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robertson, a miniseries which will reveal the origin of The Butcher, "The most violent man in comics." PR and a three-page preview below. THE BOYS has been Dynamite's most consistent selling comic for several years now; a movie is still in development with Adam McKaye last reported writing a script.
Continue ReadingNice art: Mike Henderson’s Days of Future Pixar
Homage! Mike Henderson mashes up some well known cartoon characters and the classic X-MEN #141 storyline for a piece he calls...Days of Future Pixar. There's a lot of other tasty stuff at Henderson's blog if you poke around a bit.
Continue ReadingNice art: Encounter Briefs no. 23?
Speaking of Daniel Clowes, he drew a pretend comic book cover for PAUL, the movie about a space alien and Comic-Con. It's signed "Pussey", a reference to Dan Pussey, the cartoonist star of PUSSEY! We'd buy it.
Continue ReadingCowboys and Aliens has a new trailer
After looking at this footage from "Rio Cloverfield" it's clear that it isn't really a Western; it's just a contemporary action film starring people who dress like cowboys. But it does look somewhat entertaining. Also, it's nice that they got a girl to play Megan Fox who isn't Megan Fox.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits
Let's face it, we all want to look at the Peeper from time to time.
Continue ReadingNBM goes with IPG for distribution
Although we wrote about this here, it was little noticed that NBM, publisher of fine Euro-comix and quirky originals, now has its own book distributor, IPG, a respected indie distributor located in Chicago. Just as with Fantagraphics and Norton, D&Q and FSG, this should be a good match of a dedicated GN line for a distributor that wants to diversify. PR below:
Continue ReadingThis is what they did before there was an internet
Before there was an internet, they put it all in one magazine!
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