Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/26/15: What these retailers have to say about Secret Wars is...
§ Vaneta Rogers quizzed a bunch of comics retailers about Secret Wars and describes them as wary but hopeful:
"Customers are curious, but as usual, Marvel is being very vague about the whole thing," said...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/23/15: Save Tommy Castillo’s eyes
Cartoonist call for a boycott of Sodastream as a sponsor at Angouleme...an atrist is in danger of losing his sight to diabetes...Dreamworks and Egmont are shutting things down...and more.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/21/15: These lovely new comics covers seemed to be just covers....
Why are Vertigo comics so brown? The answer may surprise you.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/20/15: These links will force you to visit other web sites....
§ The March crew of Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell talk a little about why we need this message and these reminders now with EW's Joshua Rivera.
Congressman Lewis is aware of this, and it’s his hope that people will take the time to reflect on what came before. “This book is a guide, we can use it,” says Lewis. “This is what people tried to do, this is what people did in the late ’50s and the ’60s to try to make things better.”
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/15/15: 87-year-old cartoonist crowdfunding 800 page graphic novel
§ Jack Katz, 87, creator of the oddball self published space fantasy epic The First Kingdom, and Golden Age artist, is indiegogoing a new project, called, encouragingly, Beyond the Beyond. It will run to some 800 pages, but he's good for it. The tale is streamlined from an riginal 1000+ outline, but his agent told him he might not have time to finish it. Not much is revealed of the story, and the art shown is tiny, but...it is certain to be wild.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/14/15: There are too many comic books!
New Teen Boat! Retailer charts! and two lesson sin real world history!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/13/15: Secrets of the new Avengers trailer REVEALED!
§ After watching the new Avengers trailers several dozen times, going frame by frame, I think I can reveal a shocking twist:
The Retailer’s View: This Time, It’s Personal
A word of gentle advice to all those working at comic shops: it might be a pretty great gig, and you might enjoy what you’re selling, but always ask yourself if you fit.
Kibble ‘n’ Bits 1/12/15: Micheal Kupperman vs the New York Times
It's long been known that cartoonists David Rees and Michael Kupperman didn't have a great time when they were cartooning for the New York Times last year, and it ended badly. Now, Kupperman recounts the whole sad story which involves a lot of editorial meddling (or censorship) and not the greatest deal:
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/6/14: Comics creator sees UFO over Scotland
§ So Mark Millar saw something shiny in the sky:
i know this sounds mental, but did anybody else see that huge glowing object over Glasgow last night around 1am? Only 1 mention online.
— Mark...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/4/15: Everybody’s got a snappy new look
New year, new looks for some familiar websites, and some observations about Comic Con that I never revealed until now!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/31/14: Almost done
Final housekeeping of 2014: I keep trying to use Wordpress's new "lite editor interface" but it keeps posting things when I meant to save them as drafts which is why odd things popped up...
