More Marvel layoffs include Pondscum
More names of the layoffs at Marvel are drifting out, including Taylor Esposito and Damien Lucchese and Special Projects' Production Coordinator Jerry Kalinoski. A total of 12 people were let go from editorial and production. Also among those laid off: Scott "Pondscum" Elmer, also known as Scummy. Elmer had been with Marvel since the days of Romita's Raiders, a survivor of bankruptcies and Marvelcutions of the past and a figure of some legend to Marvelites past and present. He's shown above in a photo with fellow ex-Marvelites John Czop and Steve Bunche. Our very best to all those let go today.
Continue ReadingTo do tonight: Cousin Corinne’s LIVE COMIX BLOCK with von Buhler and Roberts
More comics readings tonight with Cynthia von Buhler and Kat Roberts.
Continue ReadingSDCC 12: Parade nixed, but Balboa Park may be in the works
Word out of San Diego is that the previously rumored “a nationally-televised parade that would kick off or end Comic-Con” will not happen after all. San Diego City Council President Tony Young tweeted yesterday that the Con organizers were dead-set against it, likely fearing the logistical and bureaucratic challenges it would face. Parades at comic book conventions are hardly unknown, though, with Atlanta’s DragonCon holding a justly famous parade each year on the Saturday morning of the show.
Continue ReadingLayoffs at Marvel: At least three from editorial laid off at Marvel — UPDATED
Rumors of more layoffs at Marvel were the hot topic at NYCC and today, confirmation that editors Jody LeHeup and Alejandro Arbona have been laid off. CBR is reporting that as many as 15 people were let go today in a cost cutting measure.
Continue ReadingLive action AKIRA is GO once more at WB
After many starts and stop -- an Albert Hughes directed version had the plug pulled after pre-production had already started earlier this year -- Warner Bros has greenlit a live action AKIRA remake again. This time Jaume Collet-Serra (ORPHAN) is set to direct. The movie apparently got new life after the budget was cut to a practically spartan $90 million.
Continue ReadingWebcomic alert: BRAIN ROT by Ed Piskor
Continuing today's trend of Ed Piskor webcomics at hugely successful blogs, his new strip Brain Rot is now running at Boing Boing, the memaw of all blogs. Piskor's Wizzywig, a comic about the history of hacking, recently wrapped, and the new one looks to be both personal and created in a style to ape aging Silver Age comics.
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Engadget brings the comics by Brown, Harbin, Piskor
Engadget, the hugely popular tech blog, is now running comics by Box Brown, Dustin Harbin, Ed PIskor and more. The comics will eventually appear on the Distro app and the web. Given the subject matter, an eventual appearance on Tumblr/refrigerator doors seems likely.
Continue ReadingNYCC 11: Far in the madding crowd
Was it worth braving the crowds? Are comics the center of attention at NYCC? How good was a $5 hot dog taste? And what does I.M. Pei have to do with it anyway? This is it -- the one you've been waiting for!
Continue ReadingMEMOIR picked up by Warner Bros TV.
Another day another comics in Hollywood deal! But this one's all in the family, as it's been announced that Warner Bros. TV is developing MEMOIR by Ben McCool and Nikki Cook, as announced in Publishers Marketplace. The deal was negotiated by Angela Cheng Caplan at the Cheng Caplan Company. McCool writes:
Continue ReadingDigital Update: When Amazon(s) Attack!
While Heidi and Torsten were off having fun at NYCC, the rest of us had to sadly experience all the comics-related mayhem vicariously. Nevertheless, on the digital comics front matters continue to develop in interesting ways, particularly in relation to online retailing behemoth, Amazon. The explosive Amazon-DC graphic novel exclusive agreement for the upcoming Kindle Fire tablet device remains a hot topic and shows no signs of fading from view, with even the New York Times jumping on the controversy.
Continue Reading“I can see the whole bank account and there’s no money in it!” — Lichtenstein piece expected to fetch $35 mil
An iconic — and, they say, ironic — Roy Lichetnstein painting based on a drawing by William Overgard is expected to sell for $35-45 million at a Christie's auction. In 1988 the painting sold for $2.1 million, but a recent Lichtenstein sale for $42.6 million suggest the market for his work has expanded a bit more. The painting has been shown at the Guggenheim Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Continue ReadingDC to digital fans: “Be patient.”
The NY Times digs in to the DC/Amazon/B&N/Books-a-MIllions spat and doesn't get too much further than the vague statements that everyone has made so far, but you can read between the lines a bit.
Continue ReadingReviews are in: Does Spielberg make Tintin “squeal like a pig”?
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, the 3D mocap extravaganza directed by Steven Spielberg opens THIS FRIDAY in Europe, where—due to the widespread love for the characters—it's got a chance to do boffo box office, even if the movie is problematic, ala TRANSFORMERS. The reviews are rolling in.
Continue ReadingTonight to do: Seth and Clowes in Montreal
If you can't make it out for these seminal events, you can still listen to these modern masters talk with WYNC's Leonard Lopate right here.
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