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Archives for February 2013

TopatoCo launches crowdfunding fulfillment house

02/27/2013 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

TopatoCo launches crowdfunding fulfillment house

I don’t know how long this has been around—and I feel stupid for not knowing—but TopatoCo, the great unifying force of the comic book universe, has started a crowdfunding fulfillment house called Make That Thing. An excerpt from their about page:

Filed Under: Crowdfunding, Top News Tagged With: Crowdfunding, Top News, TopatoCo

Some ComicsPRO and retailing notes

02/27/2013 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Some ComicsPRO and retailing notes

My annual write around on the yearly meeting of the retailing organization ComicsPRO was in PW yesterday, including new president Thomas Gaul’sfirst interview. As usual, reports from the show were all about positivity and productivity and good sales news.

Filed Under: Retailing & Marketing, Top News Tagged With: comicspro, Top News

DC Backs Off From WTF Month

02/26/2013 6:06 pm by Todd Allen

DC Backs Off From WTF Month

In what may be a case of calmer heads prevailing, word is leaking out of the ComicsPro members meeting that DC is taking a step back from their “WTF Certified” promotion. Todd AllenTodd Allen wears a lot of hats. At various times he’s been (alphabetically), a bouncer, college professor, humor columnist, Internet producer and an […]

Filed Under: DC, News, Top News

MoCCA announces Awards of Excellence and all-star jury

02/26/2013 4:37 pm by Heidi MacDonald

MoCCA announces Awards of Excellence and all-star jury

Wow, this year’s MoCCA Festival just took a major step up in prestige with the announcement of the MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence, a prize to be awarded to work presented at this year’s show. Picking the prize, a jury of Karen Berger, Gary Groth, Nora Krug, David Mazzucchelli and Paul Pope.

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, MoCCA 13

Advance Review: Uncanny Skullkickers #1 tests out The Adjective of Power

02/26/2013 4:00 pm by Steve Morris

Advance Review: Uncanny Skullkickers #1 tests out The Adjective of Power

Uncanny is such a strange word to use to describe a comic, much less a range of different comics which tend to feature characters who aren’t unexpectedly familiar – they’re the X-Men and Avengers, they’ve been around for decades. Which is why it’s nice to see that the Skullkickers creative team of Jim Zub and […]

Filed Under: Comics, HYPE!, Image, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Edwin Huang, Image, Jim Zub, Reviews, Skullkickers

Tom Tomorrow wins Herblock prize

02/26/2013 2:27 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Tom Tomorrow wins Herblock prize

Tom Tomorrow, creator of This Modern World, is this year’s Herblock Prize winner. Established in 2004, and nemed for famed editorial cartoonist Herblock, the prize is given for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts. The finalist this year was Jack Ohman, who left his post at The Oregonian last year.

Filed Under: Awards, Comic Strips, Top News Tagged With: Awards, Top News

Podcast alert: More To Come

02/26/2013 2:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Podcast alert: More To Come

People often ask me “Why don’t you do a podcast?”

I answer “I do.”

Filed Under: News, Podcasts and other media, Top News Tagged With: News, Top News

Show the love: Third Annual Mini-Comics Day

02/26/2013 2:00 pm by Zainab Akhtar

Show the love: Third Annual Mini-Comics Day

I’m a HUGE mini-comics fan; I think they encapsulate the potential and diversity of the medium perfectly in the way in which they combine storytelling, art, and innovation with accessibility and a do-it-yourself attitude. Its currently a very good time to be fond of the floppy- the format has been experiencing somewhat of a revival in the past year […]

Filed Under: Breaking News, Comics, Events, Indie Comics, Mini Comics, News, Top News Tagged With: Indie Comics, Mini Comics, self-publishing

Hotels still available for this year’s Comic-Con — UPDATE NOPE NOT ANY MORE

02/26/2013 1:56 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Hotels still available for this year’s Comic-Con — UPDATE NOPE NOT ANY MORE

That’s right, even if you weren’t on the internet at 12:00:00 pm pst ON THE DOT, there are still excellent hotels available right now. Many are on the shuttle root, many are name brand resorts.

Filed Under: SDCC '13 Tagged With: Hoteloween

When the internet shuts down: UGO and Posterous

02/26/2013 11:15 am by Heidi MacDonald

When the internet shuts down: UGO and Posterous

Although everything seems to be forever on the internet, it really isn’t. It’s oh so fragile, and the prime time of your life can be crossed out by one CEO’s pen swipe.

Filed Under: Comics Media, Meta, Top News Tagged With: media disintegration, Posterous, Top Cow, Top News, UGO

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