The Retailer’s View // Deconstructing the Clubhouse
This week’s edition of The Retailer’s View is going to be slightly different than most - while most of the time, I’m writing these...
Kibbles’n’ Bits 10/22/15: You won’t believe which presidential candidate is stalking which young...
As you may have heard, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush -- who has been criticized for not being as sharp as he should be...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/20/15: You won’t believe what Captain America did this time!
Captain UN-America? Some think so. Also: go see Harvey Kurtzman and don't touch your cel phone because it's dirty. Plus Brian K Vaughan reveals something awesome. And is manga really a cat?
MATT CHATS: Jim Zub on Finishing Skullkickers and Continuing his Wayward Path
Jim Zub, easily my most-interviewed creator, is on a tear lately. In addition to wonderful corporate-owned work like Figment, he more than stuck the...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/19/15 – Isayama: “I thought I woud work in a...
§ The BBC has a short video interview with Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama, which I can't embed because BBC. Isayama talks about his struggles to get AoT published, and the rejection he faced, and confesses "My self esteem was so low when my editor showed interest I thought what's wrong with this guy." He says he thought he would end up working in a manga cafe because his art was considered so bad. This is the typical low self esteem expressed by cartoonists, so there is really no difference between manga and US comics. But who is laughing now, with AoT having sold some 52 million copies.
Kibbles ‘N’ Bits 10/15/15: the number of links in this post will definitely surprise...
Okay maybe a slight exaggeration but I've been very tardy here so this is like, two weeks wort at least. So....
§ Via Rich Johnston,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/24/15: All your Batmobiles will be licensed from now on
§ The Ninth Circuit Curt of Appeal has ruled that DC owns the trademark on the Batmobile—file this under not too surprising. The case...
MATT CHATS: Zander Cannon on the Hierarchies of Monsters and Benefits of a Smaller...
Zander Cannon has been hard at work on his series Kaijumax in 2015, which he writes, draws, colors and letters. He's delivering odd, amusing, poignant stories about Godzilla-like...
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...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/14/15: Stolen artwork again
Last night for the first time, there was a nip of fall in the air...a snap in the step and a whiff of pumpkin in the latte. And then came a blast of hay fever or something and I started sneezing. But other than that it was great. SPX is this weekend, along with the Brooklyn Book Festival and a lot of other great events. The fall season is kicking off and and a lot of great comics are about to be here. Celebrate!
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...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bit 9/8/15: 11 links that will energize your day
§ Condolences to Matt Fraction on the passing of his father. Dennis Fritchman attended several HeroesCon with is family and clearly he was a man...
