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Archives for 12/07/2012 6:01 pm

Studio Coffee Run: The Hobbit, Arrow, S.H.I.E.L.D., Enders Game, etc.

12/07/2012 6:01 pm by Shannon OLeary

Studio Coffee Run: The Hobbit, Arrow, S.H.I.E.L.D., Enders Game, etc.

There’s hobbitses just around the corner, people. Peter Jackson’s Hobbit opus opens next Friday to so far mildly positive reviews Shannon OLeary

Filed Under: Showbiz, Top News Tagged With: Arrow, Enders Game, Horizon, Man of Steel, Mythomania, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Hobbit, X-Men: Days of Future Past

Cat Blogging Friday 12/7

12/07/2012 6:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Cat Blogging Friday 12/7

They’re really not kittens any more—more young cats. But as you can see, Charlie and Lucy have settled in pretty well. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More […]

Filed Under: Meta Tagged With: cat

Jusko and Ploog at Feral Planet for Goliath

12/07/2012 5:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Jusko and Ploog at Feral Planet for Goliath

Is this the week of new small publishers? Yes, everyone is doing it. Here’s yet another: Feral Planet a newish company started by Michael Friedlander, formerly of FPG, a fantasy art trading company. They have a new project with Mike Ploog and Joe Jusko involved….an oversized lushly illustrated book called Goliath which they are Kickstarting. […]

Filed Under: Art, Indies, News, Top Comics Tagged With: Art, Indies, News

The money model again: digital and the web and what works

12/07/2012 2:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The money model again: digital and the web and what works

In a follow-up to his hit post on the economics of print comics, Jim Zub is back with a look at digital comics metrics, including the percentages taken by each step in the pipeline complete with PIE…charts. A lot of people have talked about the need for cheaper digital comic prices to drive impulse buying […]

Filed Under: Business News, Comics, Digital Comics, Top News, Working for a Living Tagged With: Comics, Digital, Digital Comics

INTERVIEW: John Allison, live at Thought Bubble!

12/07/2012 2:00 pm by Steve Morris

INTERVIEW: John Allison, live at Thought Bubble!

Writer/artist John Allison is perhaps most well known for his webcomic Bad Machinery, which started in 2009. The winner of a British Comic Award this year for the comic, he’s also created several other stories including Scary-Go-Round, Giant Days, and Bobbins. According to his Wikipedia page, it is also important that you know he is unmarried. […]

Filed Under: News

Marvel tops November with Marvel NOW!

12/07/2012 12:36 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Marvel tops November with Marvel NOW!

Marvel NOW! debuts handily took 8 of the top 10 spots on the sales charts for November, just released by Diamond. Overall sales are up for the year but down from last month. graphic novels showed the biggest drop, as THE WALKING DEAD continued to soar. The original X-Men, still teenagers and students at Xavier’s […]

Filed Under: News, Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: News, Sales Charts

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