Study Group 12 goes digital
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The acclaimed Portland-based Study Group 12 anthology is starting up a web comic portal for several of their contributors, with regular series & one-shots included, in addition to regular blog posts like this one on Craig Thompson’s Habibi process.) From their blog: We’ll be uploading new comics every weekday at noon EST, with [...]
Continue ReadingSales Charts: unBoxing Day 2011 (and a surprising discovery)
Some online sales data for 12/25 and 12/26 from IBM, a Top Ten list from Amazon's Kindle graphic novel page, and a surprising discovery! Read on!
Continue ReadingMoCCA debuts: Secret Acres releases I WILL BITE YOU by Joe Lambert
This one gets its own post because it might just be the book of the show:
Continue ReadingIndustry Movers School Ya
Art schools and apprenticeships find themselves more popular than ever, let's all tip our hats to inspiration artist Rudolph Töpffer's for his creation of boarding school for boys. While anyone can teach themselves and become successful on their own, a lot of the specialty schools allow access to equipment, connections, mentorship of working professionals and opportunities in a condensed amount of time that are priceless.
Continue ReadingJohn Allison’s UK Indie Comics Manifesto
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBad Machinery and Scary Go Round creator John Allison has just returned from attending some comics events in the USA and he’s written a 10 point manifesto about what he believes is wrong with the UK indie comics scene. It’s useful reading for anyone involved in making comics, whether they live [...]
Continue ReadingMore stuff at AdDistro
Chris Pitzer announces more books AdDistro, his indie distributor, including Ada by Atak & Gertrude Stein. More good stuff in link. Don't miss out on the fun!
Continue ReadingSPX 10: You were awesome
Just a very quick moment to jot down a few thoughts on SPX. (My "official" report will be in PWCW tomorrow.) In short, it remains the summer camp of comics, with a bunch of people who are there for love just hanging out, talking, drawing, drinking, smiling and laughing.
Continue ReadingSPX stuff: What they are doing and selling
What's new at SPX this year? Click the images for more info!
Continue ReadingSPX announces programming
The entire programming list for SPX is up now, curated by Bill Kartalopoulos and reproduced below. It's the usual outstanding mix with spotlights on R. Sikoryak, James Sturm, and Jaime Hernandez, and much more. SPX will be held Saturday, September 11 from 11 AM to 7 PM and Sunday, September 12, noon-6 PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $10 for a single day and $15 for both days. Please note: We're moderating two panels, one a spotlight on the late Harvey Pekar and another on the creative storytelling process.
Continue ReadingSD10: Exhibit A Press
Another small press perennial -- Batton Lash and Wollf and Byrd are as much a part of Comic-Con as Klingons and Mark Evanier panels! He'll be at the show with a brand new book:
Continue ReadingSD10: Rob Hanes Adventurer – K1
In the seasonal ocean of hype and comics companies whose main attraction is some actor signing some comic, there are still oases of good old comic books. And also people who send out fine little news releases and pictures of comics. Such a person is Randy Reynaldo who has been at this a while but still sends out a nice. concise news bit. And he always gets his own news item, like this. Because he did it right. This time out, Reynaldo will premiere the first ever collection of Rob Hanes, Adventurer. "Randy encourages everyone to support small independent comics publishers by visiting his booth (K1) and the other tables in the Small Press Pavilion." And so do we!
Continue ReadingAdHouse announces AdDistro
Indie publisher AdHouse has announced AdDistro, a new distribution site for small press books. PR below:
Continue ReadingStumptown Trophy, Kukoc Award winners
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe Stumptown Comics Festival was held this weekend. Many folks attended the party where the awards were held, and even wrote extensive blog postings about it….but no one actually posted the winners. But Tom Spurgeon combed through Twitter like the Continental Op, and assembled a list: OUTSTANDING SMALL PRESS — BT Livermore, [...]
Continue ReadingAn interview with Dylan Williams
Dylan Williams is the founder of Sparkplug Comic Books, art film/used bookstore owner , and guy behind the scenes in many of Portland's comic and independent press events. A few months back, I sent Dylan some questions for an article on Diamond for PW Comics, expecting a few short answers, and when I got his responses, I wanted to print them all.
Continue ReadingUK Web & Minicomix Thing
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing happened this past Saturday, and despite a lack of “big” names (and the nearest tube station being closed until the early afternoon) leading to a smaller attendance than previous years, those attending found it to be a generally positive experience. One of the reasons for [...]
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