Radical returns to Diamond for book distribution

2 Comments POSTED ON Apr 07 2011 AT 1:08 pm BY The Beat

After a year-long stint with Random House as their book distributor, Radical Publishing is back at Diamond, we are told by press release. The announcement is a bit of a no-brainer, considering that Radical was at last month's Diamond Retailer Summit.

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Anatomy of a Press Release, Part 2: Disney DROPS Radical’s OBLIVION

22 Comments POSTED ON Mar 30 2011 AT 7:30 am BY The Beat

Back in August, 2010, we told you all about the story behind OBLIVION, a graphic novel concept by director Joe Kosinski (TRON: LEGACY) that was optioned to Disney Studios for a cool $500,000. It seemed like a lot of money for yet another "celebrity comic" so what was so hot about it? At the time we wrote:

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SD10: Radical #3735

3 Comments POSTED ON Jul 19 2010 AT 8:00 pm BY The Beat

Radical has a full list of signings by such folk as David Hine, Paul Gulacy, Arvid Nelson, and Jimmy Palmiotti. And Wesley Snipes and Sam Worthington, if that's how you roll. You can view the entire singing schedule here. Here's their event list. (More info here.)

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Simmons responds: Plagiarism or creativity in the age of borrowing?

44 Comments POSTED ON Mar 02 2010 AT 10:50 am BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Cartoonist/reality star Nick Simmons issued a statement yesterday regarding being caught redhanded lifting images from Bleach and other very well known manga: “Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an [...]

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The Swipist #1: Nick Simmons — UPDATE

11 Comments POSTED ON Feb 26 2010 AT 8:04 am BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet UPDATE: A few places are reporting that the “Nick Simmons” who showed up at a Facebook page called Calling for legal action against Nick Simmons for plagiarism of other workswas the real deal with a lot of obviously outrageous comments, but he was not. Word broke yesterday via Live Journal that [...]

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