Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/12/15: What is an “indie comic” anyway?
§ By chance, two websites have been devoting some time to overviews of...non Big Two Comics I guess you could call 'em. Multiversity is...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/9/15: Let’s hear it for Ms. Marvel
§ Last week marked the one year anniversary of Ms. Marvel #1 and...well it was quite a year. There's been a tumblr celebration, which Brigid Alverson sums up, including some thoughtful essays on what the character means.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/5/15: Man hideously mutilates his face to look like hideous Marvel...
People are nuts. Really. But some are pretty awesome, too, and you will read about both kinds in this episode we like to call...KIBBLES 'n' BITS...
The Retailer’s View: Punching the Ouroboros
Have you tried to set up a business before, faceless mass of readers? Laying down groundwork for a business is like trying to punch the face of an ouroboros or wrestle a gordian knot.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/4/15: newsy notes from the mailbag
I went through the old mailbag and found some newsy bits I had previously missed. Toys, books, shorts, variants, and the Cackler.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/3/15: Cartoonist gets a new job and then she posts about...
§ Norm Breyfogle suffered a stroke on December 17th, but he's making great progress, as shown in this video; his fundraiser to help with...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/30/15: Chew on this!
A week's worth of reading:
§ Has Manga Become a Niche Category? Johanna Draper Carlson examines some opinions on this, and quotes comments by Vertical's...
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,...
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.
