Cartoonists and the law: Susie Cagle arrested, charged with misdemeanor
Cartoonist Susie Cagle -- who was previously teargassed during another confrontation -- was arrested as part of the Occupy Oakland protest on Wednesday night. Cagle was not there as a protester, but as a reporter, covering the scene for Spot.us. According to Cagle's father, Cagle was arrested despite having a prominent press pass and the arresting officer actually knowing her and her work. After being held overnight at Santa Rita Jail, Cagle was released, and charged with the misdemeanor of "present at raid." On her twitter stream she mentions she's currently trying to retrieve her wallet and housekeys from the Oakland police.
Continue ReadingCartoonists and the law: Steve Rude update
Following up news of Monday's arrest of Steve "The Dude" Rude on charges of assault and violating a restraining order, Tom Spurgeon got further details of the night in question from Rude's wife Jaynelle. It seems that on Halloween evening, Steve was outside, in costume, giving out Halloween candy, when barking dogs in a neighbor's yard distracted the Dude, which led him to throw rocks at the fence in front of the dogs. The owners of the dogs -- who had previously obtained the restraining order against Rude -- came out and an argument ensued, which ended with Rude physically shoving one of the neighbors and ripping his shirt off. Rude then returned to handing out his Halloween candy until the police showed up and arrested him.
Continue ReadingSpencer/Cloonan VICTOR VON DOOM mini canceled
The world will not get to see this awesome comic, alas. Via Twitter, Nick Spencer confirms that a planned miniseries about a teenaged Victor Von Doom by Becky Cloonan and himself will not be coming out. " I see word is out about VICTOR VON DOOM. Trust me, no one is more bummed about this than I am. Really proud of the scripts and hope to get to work with @beckycloonan sooner rather than later." The first issue had been planned to ship next week.
Continue ReadingDC wallops Marvel 51% to 30% in October
Looks like that risky relaunch really paid off, as DC had 51% of the comics unit share in October, according to just released Diamond figures. That was a whopping 21 points over Marvel. DC led 42% to 30% in dollars. Justice League #2 topped the comics chart, joined by Green Lantern, Batman, Detective Action, Superman and the Flash in the top 10. Marvel's top seller was Incredible Hulk #1.
Continue ReadingJesse Moynihan, cartoonist of today
You might not expect to find an interview with Jesse Moynihan up at Newsarama, but he's got so much cool stuff going on, including Forming, his visually stunning webcomic retelling the origin of the world via a pan-pantheistic mythology. If all that sounds hopelessly highbrow, he also gets to subvert America's youth (and stoned adults) as a storyboard artist on Adventure Time. Zack Smith gets him to explain how he does it:
Continue ReadingNew line of DC Comics Chuck Taylors make for stylish feet
Converse and DC have teamed for the DC Comics x Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Hi Collection,, which features high top sneakers based on Batman, Superman, the Flash and the Joker. We like! More pics in the link. A DC comics poster comes with each shoe purchase.
Continue ReadingAmerica’s basement-dwelling population growing
Over the three years (!) of the Great Recession, it's been noted many times that the Fantasy Economy has held up better than many other segments. Yes, comics sales are down overall, but they took a while to take a hit and rebounded strongly when something interesting happened (New 52). But why? Maybe it's because America's stay-at-home male population is also growing, as Politico notes.
Continue ReadingComics sales: improving, yet complicated
Are comics coming back? What's coming back? Or is it a new thing? Does anyone really know?
Continue ReadingNice art: Lynda Barry’s younger years
Slate has a preview of the autobio material in the upcoming Lynda Barry collection Everything Vol. 1. More in link.
Continue ReadingFormer Nickelodeon editors launch COMIXER iPad app for kids
This is just the news day for comics folks developing their own apps. Former Nickelodeon Magazine comics editor Chris Duffy, and his co-workers Laura Galen, and Carmen Morais all had some free time when the magazine was canceled. And now they've come up with Comixer, an iPad app aimed at kids that allows them to mix and match panels in various genres to make their own stories. The app is on sale for 99¢ at launch. More here:
Continue ReadingGraphicly acquires mobile app Double Feature
Continuing the frantic pace of digital comics announcements, acquisitions and positioning, Graphicly has announced its acquisition of Double Feature, an application for mobile phones that was developed by the studio of Tim Seeley of HACK/SLASH fame. While the app was originally built to showcase the work of Seleey and his studiomates, apparently it will be available for more content from Graphicly.
Continue ReadingMarvel going day and date line wide by April 2012
Marvel is committing to making virtually all its comics available digitally day and date, accoridng to a story at Gizmodo. The plan will roll out over the next six months, with "print and digital for nearly all comics will be same day release by April 2012" according to Marvel's Ryan Penagos on Twitter. The books will shift over as they reach new "jumping on points" meaning the roll-out will be staggered. However the adults only MAX line and licensed books, inclduing the Stephen King adaptations, will NOT go to the DaD system.
Continue ReadingStan Lee teams with MASScanvas for T-shirt contest
As you all know, Stan Lee pacts the way other people breathe. Here's a new one -- a contest with online community MASScanvas to design a t-shirt; a portions of the proceeds of the winning design will go to the John Wayne Cancer Institute. Winners get their very own congratulatory video from Stan, as well.
Continue ReadingMust Read: The story of L’Association
The importance of this story will be self-evident to anyone familiar with L'Asso's work but here's a few reasons for those now in the know: 1) They published some of the best comics ever by major creators like Trondheim, Sfar and David B., to name a few. 2) L'Association was the original publisher of PERSEPOLIS, the work which more than any other legitimized graphic novels in the mainstream US publishing world of the Aughts 3) The story of the controversial Jean-Christophe Menu reveals one of the great paradoxes of the creative endeavor, in how the same character trait can often be both the doorway to greatness and its downfall.
Continue ReadingNYCC: “Men, if you are here to get laid, leave. Ladies, if you here to get laid, take your pick.”
This article on the "Speed Dating" sessions at the recent New York Comic Con paint an interesting picture of the social dynamics of Nerd World, especially with the growing participation of women due to the anime and Vampire influences.
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