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Archives for 05/06/2013 3:30 pm

MIX: call for proposals

05/06/2013 3:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

MIX: call for proposals

MIX is a comics confab held each year in Columbus, OH by the Columbus College of Art and Design. This year’s event will be held September 27-28th, and they are currently accepting proposals for panels and presentations. All the info you need is below, but there’s more here. The keynote guest is Jeff Smith, and […]

Filed Under: Events, Literacy, Top News Tagged With: Events, Top News

Today’s big read: “The oral history of graphic novels in libraries.”

05/06/2013 12:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Today’s big read: “The oral history of graphic novels in libraries.”

Well that’s what my copy editor called my story for PW How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library. Over a couple of months I talked to many of the major players in the GN/library connection like Robin Brenner, Mike Pawuk, Karen Green, Christian Zabriskie, Tina Coleman and so on to get a picture of where graphic novels got started in libraries and where they are going.

Filed Under: Literacy, Top News Tagged With: Top News

Jailed Egyptian cartoonist Magdy El Shafee updates

05/06/2013 11:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Jailed Egyptian cartoonist Magdy El Shafee updates

As you may recall. last month Egyptian cartoonist Magdy El Shafee was arrested during a protest at Abdel Moneim Riyad Square in Cairo. El Shafee was freed after four days, but his arrest is a reminder of the difficulties with free speech and other basic civil liberties going on in Egypt right now.

Filed Under: Politics, Top News, World Comics Tagged With: magdy el shafee, Top News, ww3 illustrated

Nice Art: Attract Mode’s Comics Be Video Games art show

05/06/2013 11:15 am by Heidi MacDonald

Nice Art: Attract Mode’s Comics Be Video Games art show

TCAF is coming at us, and bringing with it a plethora of cultural events like Attract Mode’s Comics Vs Video Games art exhibit, and there’s a lot of tasty stuff right in that link above, including the Kyle Fewell piece above. All the art will be on sale and the show kicks off with a […]

Filed Under: Art, Video Games Tagged With: Art, Video Games

INTERVIEW: The Code Monkey Team Expand with “The Princess Who Saved Herself’

05/06/2013 9:35 am by Steve Morris

INTERVIEW: The Code Monkey Team Expand with “The Princess Who Saved Herself’

The creative team behind the Code Monkey Save World Kickstarter – Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, Takeshi Miyazawa, Jessica Kholinne and Simon Bowland – have seen their project rocket wildly beyond the $30000 target they set for themselves. But rather than pocket the $200000 and change that they’ve raised so far, the team have been solidly […]

Filed Under: Breaking News, Crowdfunding, Graphic Novels, Interviews, Kickstarter, Kids' comics, Top News Tagged With: Interviews, Jessica Kholinne, Jonathan Coulton. Greg Pak, kickstarter, Takeshi Miyazawa

Iron Man 3 boffo at box office, but RDJ playing it cool with contract

05/06/2013 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Iron Man 3 boffo at box office, but RDJ playing it cool with contract

Iron Man 3 weighed in with the second biggest movie opening of all times, but since it was right behind The Avengers, you could say it was all in the family still. The third movie staring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark opened with $175.3 million for the weekend (the Avengers did $207.4 mil) and has already raced to $680.1 million globally. That is a lot of cheddar.

Filed Under: Marvel, Movies, Top News Tagged With: Iron Man 3, Marvel, Movies, Top News

Bizarro Free Comic Book Day crime spree

05/06/2013 8:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Bizarro Free Comic Book Day crime spree

Free Comic Book Day on Saturday was an immensely successful event which saw hundreds of signings, thousands of comics given away and untold happy faces on people getting their free comic books. It was great. So, of course, we’re going to report on the two news-of-the-weird crimes that took place during the event. In Portland, […]

Filed Under: FCBD, Legal Matters, Top News Tagged With: FCBD, Top News

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 5/6/13: There is no money in comics

05/06/2013 8:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 5/6/13: There is no money in comics

From Japanese bondage comics to why Jim Lee was crying, here’s what happened this weekend.

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits, News Tagged With: News

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