Earth 2100 includes graphic novels!
Will there be graphic novels in 2100? Well, the year, we don't know...the special which airs on ABC tonight...definitely! According to an email from Joe Infurnari:
Tonight at 9pm EST, ABC will air a two-hour...
Marvel news and notes: profits, Cap’s early release
Much goings on about a recent Marvelinvestor conference in which John Turitzin, Marvel’s general counsel and EVP of the executive office, answers a fan's question about their recent price rise by saying, more or...
CNI 200th episode podcast/Final PLANETARY in October
Our pals over at Comic News Insider have just posted their 200th episode gala which features an interview with Michael "Ben Linus" Emerson, including him reading famous movie lines as the Lost linchpin. Artist...
First look at Crumb’s GENESIS in The New Yorker
While the Norton booth was hyping the fall release of R. Crumb's adaptation of the Book of Genesis with a big poster, and editor Robert Weil had a copy, he refused to show it...
A few BEA thoughts
I'm working on a focused BEA wrap-up for PW Comics Week, so I'll post some of my more random thoughts here.
• I twittered that it was a "good show", although that's a hugely...
Alley Oop!
Last year the University of Missouri had a special exhibit celebrating 75 years of the comic strip Alley Oop, which concerns a comical, time raveling caveman. A digital exhibit is online, with a bio...
Art Alert: Colleen Coover's Clue
Colleen Coover reimagines the popular board game. Did she do it with a wrench in the conservatory? That's how we like to do it.
More on KING CITY's move
Over at CBR, the stupendously talented Brandon Graham (see above) talks more about how KING CITY went from purgatory at Tokyopop to publishing at Image:
Graham released “King City” Vol. 1 in 2007 through...
Fashions of the capes
Comics and fashion are crossing over more and more. The NY Times today reports on another Marvel book that will star its rich stable of female characters:
On Aug. 26, Marvel will release the first...
WIGU is back
After a hiatus of a few months, Jeffrey Rowland's webcomic WIGU, the family/fantasy/comedy, is back with new episodes. Hoorah!
Viz launches new online magaizne
Hm, what were we just saying about the print/online shift? Even as they cancelled SHOJO BEAT, Viz has announced the launch of a new online seinen (young men's) manga anthology, Ikki, which you can...
2009 Russ Manning Award nominees announced
Via PR, the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, to be presented at this year's Eisner Awards ceremony:
The 2009 nominees are:
Gregory Baldwin, writer/artist of Path (published by com.x Ltd)
Eleanor Davis, writer/artist...
