ComicMix cutbacks?
Looks like ComicMix is downsizing in the widespread economic slowdown. First, all the columns have ended -- Michael Davis and Martha Thomases did farewell columns -- and one of their programmers Twittered about his...
Studio news: Max Allan Collins and Grant Morrison
§ After ROAD TO PERDITION became a big-time moviola, author Max Allan Collins followed it up with two sequels in the novel format, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. Now it seems he's...
OCHRE ELLIPSE wins Isotope Minicomics award
We are very remiss in not reporting yesterday that Jonas Madden-Connor's OCHRE ELLIPSE #2 has won the prestigious Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics, presented each year during the APE festivities. You can...
Own your very own Owl Ship!
Do you want one of these? We know you do. The DC Direct scale model Owl Ship is the dragon's fewmet. We still regret missing out on the Bulldog Cafe cookie jar from THE...
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY wins International Horror Guild Award!
Woot! I'm proud to announce that THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Volume 1 (which I edited) won a 2008 International Horror Guild Award for Best Illustrated Narrative!
Congrats to everyone who worked so hard on this book:...
Day of the Dead Art special
Yes, yes, we know Halloween is over, but 1) we had so much terrific art that we meant to post, and 2) it's always Halloween at Stately Beat Manor. Plus it's the Dia de...
APE debuts!
Okay, buckle your seat belt, and BE SURE TO READ AFTER THE CUT!
§ Buenaventura Press:
Buenaventura Press will have a 5 table sprawl at APE this year. You can find us at tables 308 -...
Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey
A comic strip by African-American cartoonist Keith Knight that used the N-word has caused an apology at Montclair State University. The episode of Knight's syndicated weekly comic, The K Chronicles, adapted a real-life...
Movie news: AGNES QUILL, PREACHER, HELLRAISER
Three spooky options to announce this morning, one kid-friendly, two...very, very NOT kid-friendly.
¶ Paramount has snapped up the rights to Dave Roman's AGNES QUILL. The book, illustrated by artists including Jason Ho, Jeff Zornow...
Sixteen days of Halloween: THE LAST HALLOWEEN by Don Marquez
Faithful reader Skro pointed us towards this piece by Don Marquez, who's the regular cover artist on ALIEN PIG FARM 3000 among other things.
Tonight: THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY signing at Hanley’s
More big doin's! Tonight at Jim Hanley's, Stuart Moore, Joe Harris and the legendary Bill Sienkiewicz sign for Thomas Ligotti's THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Volume 2, which was assembled by your humble narrator. The NMF...
Events: Kirkman at FP
Big doins all over the place this week, including Robert Kirkman at Forbidden Planet. Ask him about creator's rights or visit him on the web.
