MoCCA hires new director, registrar
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Following the departure last year of Director Karl Erickson, MoCCA has just announced two new hires; Cartoonist Doug Bratton will fill the role of Museum Manager/Director of Development; and Mell Scalzi will join the museum as Registrar. Both have worked with the museum in the past. Bratton attended the Kubert School [...]
Continue ReadingCongratulations, Tony and Tracy Lee
The comics writer and his bride Tracy were wed this weekend/ Tony writes:
Continue ReadingComiXology and ICv2 team for retailers
Here's one of those announcements that looks super vague on paper but given the people involved, you know it will yield some results. ComiXology and Milton Griepp's ICv2 are teaming up to help develop tools for retailers. ICv2 is, of course, best known for its sales estimates and business news. Although the leader in the digital comics space, comiXology has also developed a number of services for retailers, including their "pull list" -- it's not hard to see how that might work with ICv2 to give us some kind of useful metrics. Griepp is on the board of comiXology.
Continue ReadingEditorial: Dear, Content Maker… by Dean Haspiel
Sadly, the death rattle of print is shivering its way towards the way we currently package and distribute our wares, and marketing is a publishing luxury of the past. The good news? There is a new dawn on the horizon where the author will become the provider, publisher and publicist. Don't let it daunt you. Continue to network, make strong allies, be aware, show up, and be gracious. The digital age was created by us, for us. If you can procrastinate one hour a day, you can certainly keep track of what's what. Train your eye and keep tabs and make something new.
Continue ReadingAnnounce: SPX table registration opens up
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet With more and more shows curated, this may be your chance to get a table at a premier indie comics show. Get to it, kids. We are locked and loaded for SPX 2011, to be held September 10 and 11 2011, at our fav place, the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and [...]
Continue ReadingAnnounce: Stumptown Comic Arts Awards 2011 Open for Submission
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via PR: Get those comics in! The Stumptown Comics Fest, the largest creator-focused comics convention in the Pacific Northwest, is now accepting submissions of comic work for consideration by our judges for the 2011 Stumptown Comic Arts Awards. Publishers and creators interested in submitting work should include one copy of each title [...]
Continue ReadingFriday news roundup: Madden and Bendis teach
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet¶ Would you like to learn about comics from Matt Madden? Yes, you would. He’s teaching three courses this spring, including an Oubapo one at MoCCA, and two at SVA, one with Tom Hart. All courses are open to the public, and there’s a FREE open house which sounds killer: INFORMATION SESSION One [...]
Continue ReadingThe Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2011 edition — Part Three
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt goes on and on, with contributions from Chris Roberson, Chris Butcher, Gail Simone, Tony Shenton and many many more, with some exclusive preview art and news interspersed. The iPad is mentioned many many times, as is DC, but there’s also a strong strain of supporters for the Kirby family’s ongoing [...]
Continue ReadingStan gets Star
Jevon Phillips and Geoff Boucher have a nice write-up on Stan Lee getting a star on Hollywood Blvd. yesterday. It's pretty p;rime real estate, too - just west of the Chinese Theater and Roosevelt Hotel at 7072 Hollywood Blvd. Sadly, his star contains the movie symbol and not the comic book one (which doesn't actually exist) but true believers will know in their hearts.
Continue ReadingBEHOLD! Jim Woodring’s giant pen!
If you have a soul, you are, like us, thrilled, awed and maybe just a little creeped out by the imminent manifestation of Jim Woodring and his giant, steel-nib pen. After a community effort to raise the necessary funds, the grand unveiling takes place this Sunday:
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Call for papers: Graphic Medicine
Brian Fies (Mom's Cancer, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?) writes that he's involved with an upcoming conference on comics and medicine that is looking for papers:
Continue ReadingGirl Wonder seeks new board
Girl-Wonder.org, the mostly superhero-focused organization for female readers and characters is looking for new board members.
Continue ReadingDiamond announces 2011 Free Comic Book Day Gold Sponsors
All-ages licensed material dominates next year's Gold Sponsor Free Comic Book Day offerings on May 7th. Believe it or not, 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the unofficial comic book holiday, and this year the top level publishers are providing stories of such icons as Spider-Man and Betty and Veronica, along with newer favorites such as MOUSE GUARD and AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER.
Continue ReadingNew Wood family member
Congrats to writer Brian Wood on the arrival of Ian McMurray Wood, born last Thursday, 9 lb., 4 oz.
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