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NYCC and SDCC ’15: Portraying Mental Health in Comics

10/21/2015 10:00 pm by Jeff Trexler

NYCC and SDCC ’15: Portraying Mental Health in Comics

Mental illness has been a trope in comics-related properties ranging from Peanuts to Gotham, but do new sensitivities to mental health issues mean that it’s time for this to change? Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Comics, Conventions, Culture, Diversity, News, NYCC '15, SDCC '15, The Legal View, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: diversity, mental health, social issues

ZombiCon Shooting – 1 Dead, 4 Wounded

10/18/2015 12:34 pm by Jeff Trexler

ZombiCon Shooting – 1 Dead, 4 Wounded

Gunfire at the Ft. Myers charitable event created a real-life running zombie herd, but the organizers’ security safeguards may have helped prevent further harm. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Breaking News, Comics, Conventions, Culture, Helloween!, Image, Legal Matters, SDCC '14, Sociology, The Legal View, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: crowds, guns, shootings, Walking Dead, ZombiCon

Sequel: Siegel Case Scheduled for New Hearing

10/10/2015 12:34 pm by Jeff Trexler

Sequel: Siegel Case Scheduled for New Hearing

The latest hearing in the Siegel family lawsuits has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 3 — but if you think this points to an undoing of their losses to this point, don’t get too excited. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Breaking News, News, The Legal View Tagged With: DC Comics, law, legal matters, legal view, siegel, Superman, toberoff

NYCC ’15: Diversity Sells Out

10/10/2015 10:25 am by Jeff Trexler

NYCC ’15: Diversity Sells Out

Diversity is a recurring theme in panels at this year’s New York Comic-Con, mirroring a trend in fandom nationwide. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Comics, Conventions, Culture, Diversity, Fandom, Legal Matters, NYCC '15, The Legal View, Top News Tagged With: Captain America, diversity, eddie newsome, mental health, NYCC, NYCC'15, trends

NYCC ’15: Artist Alley Under Siege

10/09/2015 4:50 pm by Jeff Trexler

NYCC ’15: Artist Alley Under Siege

   According to folks texting me from the belly of the beast, NYCC security temporarily blocked entry to and attempted to evacuate Artists Alley as a result of overcrowding. There have been numberous reports of a bottleneck at the entry and restricted-to-no movement in the hallway. This sort of thing typically gives rise to confusion […]

Filed Under: Breaking News, News, NYCC '15, The Legal View Tagged With: NYCC, NYCC '15

Podcorn Podcast V4.03- Death of the Direct Market?!

09/30/2015 4:35 pm by Alexander Lu

Podcorn Podcast V4.03- Death of the Direct Market?!

Every Wednesday, I sit down with Brandon Montclare, writer of the hit Image series Rocket Girl and co-writer of Marvel’s upcoming Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series.  We gab about what we’re reading now, what books we consider classics (Brandon loves Dark Knight Strikes Again…), and the hottest gossip of the industry.  Oh, and sometimes the inimitable artist Amy Reeder (Rocket Girl, Batwoman) stops […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Retailing, Top News Tagged With: Alternate Realities, Amy Reeder, Bergen Street, Brandon Montclare, DC, Direct Market, marketing, Marvel, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, podcast, Podcorn, Rocket Girl

The Retailer’s View // Quite A Lot Of Variants

09/21/2015 12:00 pm by Brandon Schatz & Danica LeBlanc

The Retailer’s View // Quite A Lot Of Variants

Today, I’m staring down the initial order deadline for titles releasing in November. The initial order deadline is something I neglect to realize is coming until a few days before they’re due – and while there’s always a lot of prep that is done ahead of time, going through the order book will still take […]

Filed Under: Comics, Commentary, Retailing, Top News Tagged With: Cancellations, convergence, DC Comics, hip hop, Marvel Comics, The Retailer's View

The Retailer’s View // DC Youoops

09/10/2015 3:00 pm by Brandon Schatz & Danica LeBlanc

The Retailer’s View // DC Youoops

A few months ago, as I was running a deposit to the bank, I ran into the store’s landlord at the terminal next to mine. As we both waited on our tellers to process our various requests, we had a small chat. He asked how the business was going. I replied that the store had […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Retailing, Top News Tagged With: comics marketing, comics retailing, DC, DC Comics, DC You, prez, The Retailer's View

Discussion Points: Line-Wide Crossovers are Great for Sales, Awful for New Readers

09/03/2015 5:10 pm by Alexander Lu

Discussion Points: Line-Wide Crossovers are Great for Sales, Awful for New Readers

On my lunch break today, I decided to catch up on a few books I had fallen behind on.  Among them was Silk.  I picked up the latest issue, branded with the “Last Days of…” banner given to all Marvel mainline Secret Wars tie-ins, and while I missed the cleanliness of regular artist Stacy Lee’s lines, I found […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Marvel, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Batgirl, Batgirling, battleworld, Continuity, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics, Marvel, Ms Marvel, Op-Ed, Secret Wars, silk, spider-gwen

New Black Lightning Archive: DC, Tony Isabella Reconcile

07/22/2015 12:00 pm by Jeff Trexler

New Black Lightning Archive: DC, Tony Isabella Reconcile

“Dogs and cats, living together!” – that’s what immediately popped into my mind yesterday when I read Tony Isabella praising DC on Facebook for how it was treating him in regard to Black Lightning. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Announcements, Big Two Comics, Breaking News, Cartoonists, Collectibles, Commentary, Controversy!, Culture, DC, DDGB, Diversity, End of the World, Indies, Legal Matters, Legendary, NBM, News, Reviews, The Legal View, They hate us!, Top News Tagged With: black lightning, Cartoonists, Culture, Dan DiDio, DC, Geoff Johns, Indies, News, Reviews, surprise, Tony Isabella, Top News

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