TCAF kicks off in style
The Toronto Comics Art Festival kicks off tonight, and it looks to be perhaps the most kick-assing-est comics event of the year. Held every other year, TCAF has gone from an exciting indie comics...
New business model: Jeff Katz and American Original
Jeff Katz, sometime comics writer (BOOSTER GOLD) and movie producer (WOLVERINE, SHOOT 'EM UP) has finally announced his new comics venture, which has been teased since he left Fox last fall. It's called American...
Scott McCloud on new, colossal Kindle
Is taller than it is wide a dead end?
The default shape of print is not taller than wide. It’s wider than tall just like all the rest, because the default shape of print is...
New, giant Kindle will make you crap your pants in awe
Amazon 's new expensive Kindle DX is coming:
Amazon introduced the third edition of its Kindle this morning, a version that, in addition to offering trade books, will now display textbooks, computer books and cookbooks...
FACTORING WITH MR. YANG AND MOSLEY THE ALIEN
Award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang (AMERICAN BORN CHINESE) leads a double life: he's a teacher as well as a 'toonist. But he puts both skills to use in this edu-comic titled FACTORING WITH MR....
M. Wartella's "Requiem for a Paper Bag" cover
Alt.cartoonist/illustrator M. Wartella kindly sent along a copy of his wraparound cover for FOUND Magazine's new literary anthology Requiem For A Paper Bag edited by Davy Rothbart and featuring personal essays by Seth Rogen,...
Jean Schulz gives $1 million to Ohio State
A nice story, via pr, about Jean Schulz, widow of Charles M. Schulz, making a big donation to Ohio State's Cartoon Library and Museum, with a promise of a matching grant if more funds...
Marvel news; Earnings, Eminem
Marvel announced their Q1 earnings yesterday, and they were once again ahead of the Wall Street pack -- although revenue was down, earnings were up.
First-quarter net income fell to $44.5 million, or 57...
The day that comics on iTunes arrived
Three is a trend, right? First, there was yesterday's story about Dark Horse going to iTunes.Then, this morning, there was ICv2's directory of comics published for mobile devices:One of the fastest growing revenue-producing distribution...
THE IRAQ WAR STORIES ANTHOLOGY
Yow, two great-sounding anthologies in one day? This one will be online, but covers a topic that has been, as yet, little covered by comics (or most of the media.) ACT-I-VATE announces THE IRAQ...
Hugh Jackman goes to Ghostopolis
Hugh Jackman is joining the multi-comic club with a planned starring role in GHOSTOPOLIS, based on a graphic novel by Doug TenNapel. The book is upcoming from Scholastic.
The story centers on a man who...
Dark Horse goes iPhone
Dark Horse has joined the stampede of publishers who are trying various ways to get their comics distributed onto iPhones and other mobile devices. To do it, they're launching an app for TERMINATOR: DEATH...
