How much content should you get for $2.99?
Back in the old days of the mid 2000s, comic fans could pick up any standard comic book issue for $2.99. It was the...
The Beat’s Timely On-Time Not Late ELCAF Report
Last weekend saw the second ELCAF take place in London, an indie comic festival which headlined with publishers Nobrow, SelfMadeHero, and Blank Slate. It...
FILM REVIEW: CARTOON COLLEGE Gets Under the Skin of Making Comics
Representing comics production in popular culture has long been missing a piece of the puzzle. We’ve had excellent documentaries about ground-breaking creators like Will...
INTERVIEW: Box Brown Announces New DIstribution Deal for Retrofit Comics
Box Brown ("Belen!", "Love is a Peculiar Kind of Thing") is a fixture at indie comics shows, tirelessly producing his own bold and appealing...
REVIEW: Noah Van Sciver Draws What He Wants to Draw in BLAMMO 8
Noah Van Sciver possesses one of the most original voices in indie comics. There’s little doubt about that. But he’s been on a strange...
Hot stuff: Farel Dalrymple is Delusional
Oh, Adhouse, why must you torture me so? The publishers of fine comics and art material have been on a streak of fire recently,...
Pre-order alert: Ludovic Debeurme’s Renee
I never really understand people who complain about not having enough good comics to read- I feel (despite trying pretty damn hard) I can...
Two for Tuesday: Mare Odomo’s Internet, Sam Alden’s Backyard
I like pre-ordering comics- not for any particularly altruistic reasons, but if I know I'm going to end up buying a certain comic anyway...
Photo Parade: Grand Comics Festival was really nice
This weekend, while everyone else was at Heroescon, I checked out the Grand Comics Festival at Brooklyn's Bird River Studios on Saturday. It was...
Quick Review: Deep in the Woods (with teenage girls)
Deep in the Woods by Noah van Sciver, Nic Breutzman
You might remember Deep in the Woods from it's modest Kickstarter campaign late last year,...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Pioneering Souls in Artists Valley
The floorspace for Artists Valley at Denver Comic Con was expansive, and positioned between the vendor and publisher areas in the front and the...
Antarctic Press turns to Indiegogo after Wal*Mart deal leaves them in debt
The comics industry is doing "okay" these days, but it's still a business of very small margins, and one misstep can put you in a rocky spot.
For instance, it seems that Antarctic Press, the long running manga-tinged indie publisher of such books as Gold Diggers, Warrior Nun, Ninja High School and many more, has run afoul of two things that can cause big problems: Wal*Mart and returns.
