ComicMix to publish on paper
In news that hasn't gotten much buzz around the web, it seems that ComicMix, the news and webcomics site that launched last year, is...
Rowling wins fair use suit
J.K. Rowling has won a lawsuit against the Harry Potter Lexicon website, which was planning to publish a print version.“I took no pleasure at...
Rick Geary’s Lindbergh
In our humble opinion, Rick Geary is one of cartooning's unsung treasures. We're unabashed fans of his series of TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER books,...
Donnelly and Maslin’s cartoons collected
Here's something you may want to keep in mind for next Valentine's Day: Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin are two New Yorker cartoonists who...
Mark Siegel interview at ICv2
Oops, missed this yesterday: a three-part interview with First Second's Mark Siegel. Part one, part two, part three -- with much interesting context and...
Whose side are you on?
Just to help illustrate, I was on a plane yesterday coming in from the Fan Expo convention in Toronto and sat next to a...
Book deals galore!
You know, it isn't just the movie people who are snapping up the comics! Cartoonists are still getting book deals at traditional publishers left...
WATCHMEN: 900,000 > 300,000
First it was 200K, then 250K, then 300k...now the NY Times reports that 900,000 more copies of WATCHMEN have been printed since the trailer...
Stan Lee’s “Soapboxes” collected!
ITEM! You won't believe your eyes, True Believer! Hero Initiative is collecting Stan Lee's "Soapboxes" from classic Marvel comics! In this one scintillating volume,...
Bryan Talbot’s GRANDVILLE
Following his surprise hit, genre-busting ALICE IN SUNDERLAND, Bryan Talbot is getting back to basics with his work in progress GRANDVILLE, which he...
ALMOST THERE: ROBOT DREAMS makes Oprah’s list…kid division!
Among book publishing people, it has long been agreed that the final hurdle, the ultimate Holy Grail in mainstream acceptance of graphic novels as...
2008 Hugo Award Winners
The Hugo awards were presented at WorldCon this weekend, and here are the winners:
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Novella:...
