Links of note
§ This reader was not a fan of The Geppi Entertainment Museum:
You see at museums they put up signs/plaques that explain things. As a visitor, you really aren’t ever expected to read every plaque,...
Pants man — now subtitled!
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Hazu mazu! A long time ago we linked to the UNtransleted version of this classic Japanese tiger toon potty training video. Now, thanks to Andrew Sullivan we link to one where you can...
Ross Campbell forced to abandon character
Via Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat a comment thread wherein OEL manga-ka, and now Minx creator Ross Campbell reveals that at least one contract at Tokyopop ended a bit sadly:
Alas for The Abandoned 2, i sorta...
Quick hits
• Rivkah is hiring.
• First Second's Spring '07 catalog is up and it looks awesome: Campbell, Sfar, Guilbert, and more.
• THEM, the TV show based on the Image comic SIX, os shooting...
Kibbles, bits: “It’s so invigorating. I just love it. “
§ Beat Pal "Casey" writes to say:
Brian Michael Bendis was on Howard Stern Tuesday morning. He wasn't on the actual show, just an interview with the Howard News team that they play in...
Del Rey launches original manga with pop star – UPDATED
UPDATE via Manga Blog: This blogger says how to make manga mavan Christopher Hart is also doing an OEL/OGM/americmanga for Del Rey.
Christopher Hart is drawing/writing The Reformed. http://www.artstudiollc.com/ here's his site, wherein he...
Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and his other collaborations with writer Carlos Sampayo.
The other prize...
Steve Gerber responds to Brevoort
A while ago, everyone linked to an interview with Marvel editor Tom Brevoort in which he told many insider stories, including one about Steve Gerber that was not very flattering to the latter. Well,...
Wal-Mart caught selling yaoi!
Well, Walmart.com was, anyway. § Johanna has the scoop on Walmart.com Selling Porn! It seems Wal-Mart.com picked up a bunch of Diamond products including some racy manga. CLick link for the whole story,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/24
§ Comics artist Tomm Coker turns out to have done the cinematics for the new 300: MARCH TO GLORY video game:
On the technical and artistic front, 300 is a decent-looking PSP game. Despite...
Manga corner: mini Tezuka. manga costs, etc.
§ MangaCast has news of SegaToys plans to reproduce 400 mini-manga collecting the works of Osamu Tezuka:
The books are truly mini in every sense including price. Each one of the books is 5cm wide...
TO TERRA preview
Cool link of the day #2 that we should have linked to ages ago: A 16 page preview of TO TERRA at Chris Butcher's blog.
This SF adventure classic is due from Vertical this...
