Tokyopop back….sorta, teamed with GeekChicDaily
GeekChicDaily, the daily nerd news email, is launching an edition for New York, and also teaming with the Tokyopop brand for a special edition spotlighting Japanese culture trends and news. The New York edition will cover the Big Apple's lively offerings in geek culture, following localized versions for LA and a national edition. GeekChicDaily also added Microsoft's Mich Mathews to its board of directors.
Continue ReadingIDW to publish Otto Soglow collection
Another cartoon luminary of the past has joined IDW's Library of American Comics with the announcement of Cartoon Monarch: Otto Soglow and The Little King, a survey of Otto Soglow, the New Yorker minimalist who created The Little King, a much-admired character that influenced such design-heavy cartoonists as Ivan Brunetti and Chris Ware.
Continue ReadingDark Horse to publish complete Terminal City (nice art)
It's all design all the time in this miniseries by Dean Motter, Michael Lark and Mark Chiarello, who team for an extended homage to art deco architecture. Originally published by Vertigo, it's one of several distinctive limited series from that era getting new editions.
Continue ReadingSparkplug Books will continue
The comics industry lost an amazing man with the death of Dylan Williams, but it isn't losing Sparkplug Books. Williams's widow, Emily Nilsson, has announced that she, Virginia Paine, and Tom Neely will be keeping the publisher going for as long as they can:
Continue ReadingJury finds Michael George guilty once more
The 20-year legal saga of Michael George reached another conclusion when he was found guilty again in the murder of his wife.
Continue ReadingNice Art: John Buscema
A whole bunch of new art from the loincloth king from a HEAVY METAL magazine profile has been posted at this blog. Gorgeous in its simplicity.
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Joe Simon
In a better world, I would not have learned of Joe Simon's 98th birthday today via Facebook at 8 PM.
Continue ReadingSeptember: DC wins, but GNs weak
ICv2 has its September estimate up but nothing is normal as returnable books were penalized 10%. DC's cheaper cover price meant that their dollar share was up only a bit over Marvel, but units sold convincingly better. However the big underreported story for September is the dip in GN sales. Is it just the SCOTT PILGRIM effect?
Continue ReadingHas digital availablity of comics put a crimp in piracy?
This iFanboy interview with a comics pirate who recently quit indicated that even among the scanning community, the good old days were awesome. Now, not so much.
Continue ReadingAVENGERS trailers debuts
Woot. Great reveal at the end. That said there's nothing incredibly spectacular in this trailer aside from the fact it's the friggin' Avengers. Like, if it was called...Thunderbirds, you'd think it was pretty typical. However, in Joss we trust.
Continue ReadingDynamite gets Amanda Hocking
Internet author sensation Amanda Hocking is coming to comics with a deal at Dynamite to publish her Hollowland books—a zombie-based fantasy— as GNs. Hocking self published her books as e-books with over a million books sold, and now a print deal at St. Martin's. She's also a comics fan, and will be involved in writing the books herself.
Continue ReadingVertigo to adapt Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy for GNs
People looking for a surefire way to print money, comics division, have often suggested a Harry Potter comic book. Since that ain't happening (JK Rowling just isn't interested), Vertigo has just landed the next best thing: a graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium Trilogy, with the comics version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo set to appear in 2012. Subsequent volumes will appear in 2013 and 2014.
Continue ReadingMarvel Month-to-Month Sales August 2011
by Paul O'Brien Welcome to the calm before the storm. Or, in Marvel's case, the calm before more calm. September will all be about the DC Universe relaunch, and it's going to be a little while before the news cycle comes back round to anything Marvel have to announce. In the meantime, this month we have more "Fear Itself", more "Spider-Island", and the relaunch of the Ultimate imprint with ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE and (ahem) ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES. Once again, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 42% to 35% in unit share and 37% to 31% in DC. Needless to say, it'll be a huge surprise if that holds up next month. Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures. 3. FEAR ITSELF 04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746 05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%) 06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%) 07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%) 08/11 #5 of 7 - 90,914 ( -2.7%) Levelling out quite comfortably as the series goes on. I'll come to the performance of the tie-in issues later.
Continue ReadingNYCC: Rock Comic Con 2011
If you like nerdcore music, you'll enjoy Rock Comic Con, on Friday, 10/14, a concert featuring genre mainstays Paul and Storm, Kirby Krackle and H2Awesome!. Tickets are $12, and the show throws down at Tobacco Road, 355 W. 41st street, not too far from the Javits Center.
Continue ReadingGeekGirl Con was a sellout
This weekend's GeekGirl Con in Seattle sounds like it was a big success; both Saturday and Sunday sold out, and while the above news report doesn't make it look like it was sardine-land, maybe selling out before you get to that point is not a bad idea. Gail Simone has a lengthy write-up that deserves to be read in full; the idea of a female-run and female-centric convention seems to be fairly emblematic of the time and place we find ourselves in, and it sounds like the programming, in particular, was noteworthy:
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