Business bits
§ At PW Comics Week, Ada Price surveys s bunch of comics retailers o see how they're doing and the old "cautious optimism" line...
Meanwhile, in Occidental comics news
The January numbers are out, and while the sales estimates have yet to be tallied. John Jackson Miller suspects that January comics sales will...
Manga industry update
§ While many folks were worried that Marc Weidenbaum's departure from Viz meant their original manga program was on hold, all indications -- ...
Die, pamphlets, die!
Devin Faraci, one of the main editors at the movie site C.H.U.D., has a mild-mannered editorial which brings together all the doomsday scenario ideas...
NYCC ’09: In this post, I will reveal the FUTURE OF COMICS!
New York Comic-Con 2009 is nothing but a lingering sore throat now, but all the forces and dramas that clashed and mingled continue to...
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair....
Some links about the Diamond thing
§ Prominent comics blogger Tom Spurgeon has a longish post on why Diamond's new policy isn't such a hot idea -- we haven't...
ICV2 conference coverage
As we remarked to more than a few people at the show -- everyone seems to be so busy Twittering a running tally of...
Graphic novels sales up in ’08
ICv2 has a condensed version of the white paper presented at yesterday's conference, and graphic novels sales were UP in '08, from $375 million...
More Diamond thoughts
§ Chris Butcher finally weighs in with his thoughts on the Diamond changes and it seems we've reached the end of an era:
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More on Diamond and the future
There's been a lot going on since Diamond's new benchmark bombshell, with several alternative distribution sources cropping up, notably Ka-Blam and their Print-on-Demand ComicsMonkey....
Recession Watch: Alt-Weekly cartoons
§ Cartoonist Matt Bors sits down with Kevin Allman, editor of The Gambit, an independent alt-weekly out of New Orleans, to talk about...
