Little Orphan Annie cancellation hastens newspaper decline
Many of you sent us this link to the news that the Little Orphan Annie comic strip has been canceled. The strip, currently drawn...
Ryan Reynolds debuts mocap Green Lantern and new, adorable sidekick
More leaks from the set of GREENLANTERN, this time, via Splash Page, Ryan Reynolds in his mocap suit. Aside from noting how fit Reynolds...
Two very good pieces of advice
Two pieces of excellent advise from Brigid Alverson and Shaenon K. Garrity.
Art Attack: Joost Swarte covers The New Yorker
Until a bigger version of this shows up, it will have to do. This is, to our knowledge, the first New Yorker cover to...
More on Viz and the future of manga
Ever since the cutbacks at Viz on Monday, the online chatter has been surprisingly quiet. People close to the situation have mainly been in...
Corey Lewis’s SEEDLESS
Image has just released information on a new Corey Lewis concoction -- this time a saga of garden fruits and the aliens who look...
Viz layoff reactions
As word of the layoffs at Viz spread yesterday -- 60 people laid off and the entire New York branch closed -- the reaction around the industry, at least as expressed by Twitter and Facebook status updates -- was complete and utter shell shock. Viz personnel we contacted for confirmation were devastated. While the exact cause of the downsizing and the effects it will have on Viz's publishing plans are just emerging, a few manga reporters were commenting:
SpanishInq website debuts
Spanish agent/translator David Macho Gomez has just launched his long-threatened website for his stable of artists, spanishinq.com. It's no secret that Spanish artists have made a huge impression in the American comics scene over the last decade or so, and thanks to this website you can peruse galleries of work by artists like
Art Attack: Shalvey’s Roscoe
At Eclectic Micks , Declan Shalvey takes a crack at Roscoe from Night Owls by Peter and Bobby Timony , Massive restructuring at Viz
PW is reporting that there has been massive layoffs at Viz Media -- up to 60 people or 40% of the workforce have been laid off. ... We are of course saddened by these departures and sincerely appreciate the hard work, passion and dedication of those that have moved on, but we feel confident that with these changes, VIZ Media will be more streamlined and able to withstand the climate of the economy at this time. With the American manga market already in flux, this has to be seen as a body blow to the category as Viz was consistently the best selling American comics publisher, dominating the best seller charts with such mega-hits as Naruto and One Piece. ... Sources tell PW that as many as 55 people were laid off at Viz’s San Francisco headquarters and it appears its small New York office, which had about 5 staffers, has been closed.
Dino: The Early years
Alarming but true: IDW and Desperado are teaming to publish this account of Dean Haspiel's early comics and life story. The tale will be...
First look at Peter Sarsgaard as Green Lantern villain
Some dude was walking by the Green Lantern movie set in new Orleans and totally got lucky with this photo of Peter Sarsgaard as villain Dr. Hector Hammond. In the comic, Hammond is one of those guy--with-a-giant-deformed-head--who-rides-around-in-a-chair types who are so prevalent these days, a problem caused by a run-in with a meteor back in the day.
