FutureComics #2: eerie Korean comic
This interactive comic from Korea has blown up on 4Chan and Tumblr, although its author remains unknown. Just click and then scroll down. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. And make sure the speakers are on! JUST CLICK WE'LL WAIT, in the unlikely event you have yet to see this.
Continue ReadingFutureComics #1: Dan Archer’s interactive Nisoor Square comic
While we're all waiting for the other shoe to drop on the New 52, digital comics are inching towards new developments that may make them even more native on digital platforms. A couple of examples were being tweeted about heavily this week. Cartoonist Dan Archer has been experimenting with interactive non-fiction comics for a while. What is Comics Journalism? by Dan Archer, a survey of non-fiction comics from Thomas Nast on. It's a nice looking piece but comes with bells and whistles:
Continue ReadingHelp Dylan Williams, Buy A Book From Sparkplug
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via Rob Clough, As anyone who is Facebook friends with him knows, Dylan Williams is very seriously ill and could use the help and support of the comics industry. The cartoonist and publisher of Sparkplug Comic Books indicated that beyond getting good vibes of support from his many, many friends, he [...]
Continue ReadingTerrifying earthquake hits Stately Beat Manor
Yeah like the rest of you East Coasters, we just had a little wee temblor. My mind refused to believe it was happening, preferring to think that it was a big truck driving by or the Second Avenue Subway rattling by...except that doesn't exist just yet. Having been in the Northridge quake, I knew it wasn't serious...yet, but the idea of the piles of books in Stately Beat Manor tumbling down filled my heart with dread. But the cat didn't even wake up. Hope the folks closer to the epicenter are okay. Virginian Colleen Doran tweeted:
Continue ReadingQuick hits: retailers, Morrison v. Ware, Kirby
New developments in the Atomic bankruptcy and Grant Morrison vs Chris Ware, and a new take on Kirby/Lee.
Continue ReadingBaltimore Comic-Con Photo Parade
It's been a long time since I posted an arty Hipstamatic photo dump -- and I know you missed it!
Continue ReadingFun times in Baltimore, 2011 edition
And to think I almost didn't go to the Baltimore Comic-Con. Like many I was feeling pretty conned out, but in the end the idea of a short road trip to an always relaxing show -- and covering the Harveys -- won out, so I was off on a road trip with Ed Catto of Bonfire Agency and Captain Action fame, and Josh Frankel, founder of new publisher Zip Comics. Beginning as it did at 7:30 am, the trip down was a coffee-driven affair, as we discussed our various endeavors and ideas for improvements and prognostications for the future. While all three of us are born optimists, the current uncertainties and question marks left any real attempts at planning akin to spitting into the wind. Future cloudy; ask again later.
Continue ReadingJLA #1 initial orders more than 200,000
Initial orders for The New 52 are in and JLA #1 has more than 200,000 pre-orders, and six other #1s have more than 100,000 pre-orders.
Continue ReadingThe Complete Pogo is at the printers
Long, long delayed by difficulties finding the source materials, Fantagraphics' long awaited reprinting of the complete Pogo by Walt Kelly is finally at the printers, Mark Evanier announces.
Continue ReadingFight! Grant Morrison vs Chris Ware
Well not really a fight, more of a strafing run, since it's unlikly Chris Ware will ever be asked about Grant Morrison in an interview. While on his voluble book publicity tour, Scottish superstar Grant Morrison continues to drop quotable bombs to be picked up by websites worldwide. Today the battlefield is Rolling Stone, where he comes clean on Chris Ware; the Acme Novelty Library genius, known for his grim vivisection of human futility, is not Morrison's cuppa Earl Grey tea.
Continue ReadingD23 wraps without revealing two mystery Disney/Marvel movies
Despite what seemed like a logical timeline, Disney did not reveal the identity of two mystery Marvel movies planned for Summer 2014 at this weekend's D23. A mystery Pixar film was shown to be “The Untitled Pixar film about Dinosaurs" and “The Untitled Pixar Movie that Takes You Inside the Mind.” Well, fair enough. The only Marvel movie touched on was THE AVENGERS -- Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth all showed up to wave to the crowd — however, and a no cell phones policy meant that no pictures or leaked footage got out.
Continue ReadingAtomic Comics update: Malve filing for bankruptcy
Via a private mailing list sent to comics professionals, Atomic Comics owner Mike Malve has made a statement on the abrupt closing of his four-store Atomic Comics chain in Phoenix, AZ. He confirmed that he would be filing for bankruptcy. Malve blamed the economy in general for the closings, but cited a specific incident as the beginning of the problems: in October 2006, the Mesa Superstore had to be closed for five months after a car crashed through the front window, taking out a water main and causing such severe damage that they lost a million dollars in inventory. After the reopening, many former regular customers did not return, Malve noted. This began the downward spiral of declining sales which the last two years of recession had worsened.
Continue ReadingFlashback: When digital-to-print was new
While googling for an image of Girl Genius in the previous post, we can across this Chris Butcher post from 2007 -- was it only fur years ago that the digital to print model was a new, uncertain thing? It was then that Phil Foglio began to serialize Girl Genius online and sell print collections, and pronounced it a success, a claim that Butcher analyzed:
Continue ReadingGirl Genius wins its third Hugo Award
For the third year in a row, Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genus won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story for Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse. The awards were presented this weekend in Reno, NV.
Continue ReadingBreaking: Atomic Comics chain closes
Many reports tonight via Twitter that the Atomic Comics chain in Arizona is shutting down, and confirmed on an employee's Facebook page. The four store chain, owned by Mike Malve, was one of Diamond's biggest accounts and a huge, progressive retailer known nationwide for its signings and aggressive, innovative promotions. Atomic and its logo were included prominently in the KICK-ASS movie, after Mark Millar became a fan following a signing. The four stores were located in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, and Paradise Valley.
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