Tumbling Tumblr blogs: Kanye + Comics
It is impossible not to feel that this Kanye + Comics blog unites the voice for our times with some kick-ass comics panels.
Continue ReadingTumbling Tumblr blogs: A Nice Cup of Comics
In the ever proliferating world of highly focused Tumblrs about comics, how can one not adore A Nice Cup of Comics which features people having a nice hot cuppa? Above, Wolverine Tea Party by Mike Maihack; below, Cap from TRUTH: RED, WHITE, AND BLACK #7 by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker.
Continue ReadingThe History of The Beat, WordPress, and Media Temple
Be forewarned: Unless you are interested in nitty gritty web crap stuff, this post is NOT for you. Although this is going to be as nerdy as shit, in the hopes that others who find themselves faced with the same challenges as I have met may google this and find some guidance. For those who don't want to wade through it, there are two lessons to be learned: 1) OWN AS MUCH OF YOUR CONTENT AS YOU CAN. 2) DON'T BE AFRAID TO LEARN
Continue ReadingMay It Please The Court…
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The New York Times spotlights a new comics blog investigating Superhero law. Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, Supervillains, and the Law investigates how everyday law would affect superheroes. Contracts, immigration, insurance claims, and the Americans with Disabilities Act are just some of the recent discussions. (Is Clark Kent a legal U.S. citizen? Is a mutant [...]
Continue ReadingFarewell, Dirk
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhile I was off the grid, the Blogfather Dirk Deppey announced via Twitter that he had been laid off by Fantagraphics: I’ve been laid off from Fantagraphics. Wednesday will be my last day as The Comics Journal’s newsblogger. Sean Kleefeld has the best roundup I’ve read of reactions and the state of the [...]
Continue ReadingKalinara and Ragnell return
Fandom's deadliest duo are back: Ragnell (Lisa Fortuner) and Kalinara (Melissa Krause) are two writers who founded the link blog When Fangirls Attack and set off a whole generation of conversation and outrage. A few years ago they passed WFA to others due to real life stuff -- Ragnell is in the Armed Forces, and Kalinara was in school -- but it's kind of foundered since they left -- two posts explaining why there are no posts since October. So R&K are back with a NEW link blog Dispatches From The Fridge,
Continue ReadingDoes the man have a point?
So Darwyn Cooke got caught on video saying that superhero comics should "...stop catering to the perverted needs of forty-five-year-old men." He called out rape, children being forced to eat rats, explicit sex, foul language, and a lack of new characters. And now some people are getting upset. Oh come on, like you've never thought any of that. Unfortunately the whole thing got derailed by his swipe at turning Batwoman into a lesbian, which came off as rather homophobic to some. Personally, I have to admit, I read it more as the character continuity issue of a man who likes his Bronze and Silver Age comics, which is somewhat humorous, given that he's complaining about comics being ruled by the whims of forty-somethings, but he is large, he contains multitudes. (To which I say, Darwyn, it wasn't "overnight". She may have been around since 1956, but she hadn't made any significant appearances since Crisis on Infinite Earths which basically changed everything. SEE? I can be as big of a geek as you are.) So let's break this down from the point of view of someone who is not forty five or male -- me.
Continue ReadingLive from Ballroom H
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re sitting through the CHUCK panel right now. These TV casts are so funny and banter-y. Someone just asked if the two male leads would demonstrate a position between 68 and 70. They declined. We have never watched CHUCK and this panel will not persuade us to do so, but the [...]
Continue ReadingThe REAL Masters of Comic-Con
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAnne Thompson covers the Webmasters panel: When asked how Latinoreview got its hands on so many early scripts six months before they go into production, Kellvin Chavez said: “We clean your offices.” Today, these once unassuming fanboys are courted by studio flacks and granted early access to set visits, star interviews and marketing [...]
Continue ReadingHall H for Heck
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell, here we are live blogging from Hall H. Although we never received our fabled pass to the hall, there also wasn’t any line to get in, either. So we’re stuck here for an hour listening to fans behind us quoting lines from Venture Bros. The Warner Bros. booth and its bag [...]
Continue ReadingStandard Attrition– the blog
Share this link on Facebook!TweetContinuing actual comics creator news from San Diego, Vertigo vets Jason Aaron (Scalped), Brian Wood (DMZ), Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets), Cliff Chiang (Human Target), David Lapham (Young Liars), Jock (Faker, Hellblazer), and G. Willow Wilson (Air, Cairo) formally announce the formation of a group blog and forum at www.standardattrition.com. The Vertigo septet [...]
Continue ReadingThis made our day
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Finally, some Hollywood studio put their money where it matters and got FREE GODDAM WI-FI for the entire convention center. Everyone go see EAGLE EYE~!
Continue ReadingWhitney wins
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Details, here. She’s also officially a “superstar” now. Saturday: 2:00-3:00 Comics: Across Every Medium— Paul Feig (creator of Freaks & Geeks), David Goyer (Batman Begins), Chip Kidd (The Learners), Whitney Matheson (USA Today’s Pop Candy blog), and Brad Meltzer (The Book of Lies) are five superstars who make headlines in television, film, the [...]
Continue ReadingIt's not Fanboy Rampage but it's the best we can do…
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSubscribe to Graeme McMillan’s posts and comments on I09, including Five Superhero Movies We’re Glad Didn’t Get Made: Green Lantern: One of the greatest near-misses in cinema history is the fact that fan outcry halting pre-production of Jack Black’s comedy movie version of DC’s space cop superhero a few years ago. Hearing [...]
Continue ReadingJournalism update
Share this link on Facebook!TweetMust reading: Don MacPherson looks at some recent comics stories and why “no comment” may not always be the best answer. He also depressed us with an example of how things work in the real world: My day job is a courts/crime reporter. I’ve developed strong and valuable rapports with police officers, [...]
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