No learning, no hugging
It seems that the US version of the cult British sitcom THE IT CROWD has been canned. Perhaps all for the best. This gives IT CROWD (and FATHER TED) creator Graham Linehan the chance...
Bruce Campbell news!
Mike Richardson and BRUCE CAMPBELL talk of many things at an Oregon appearance:
Q. You each work in slightly different, though certainly overlapping, sectors of fandom. What have you learned from each other?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Well,...
Wonder Woman Day II – October 28th
The eagle-chested warrior will spearhead a benefit for victims of domestic violence, just like a hero should, and Octber 28th will be Wonder Woman day in portland, OR.
Wonder Woman debuted in American comic books...
24 Hour Comic Day wrap-up
Net Gertler reports:
It will be a while before we have the most complete figures on attendance at the event sites, but all told 24 Hour Comics Day 2007 was about as large as the...
Baddest Nerd on the Planet
We all know that there are plenty of comics-reading athletes, from noted Superman fan Shaquille O'Neal to dozens and dozens of pro wrestlers. But, if we had to pick the scariest comic book fan...
30 Days leads at box office
30 DAYS OF NIGHT won the weekend box office race with $16 mil although it was a slow weekend.
Sony's vampire horror pic “30 Days of Night" won the weekend at the domestic box office...
Gurewitch and the Ape
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Ray Quentin sends us a video of the now famed Nicholas Gurewitch/Great Ape skit at this year's Ignatz Awards. Sadly, the lighting was so low in the auditorium that you can't really see...
Stop violence against Tigras!
We're terribly relieved to know that there have been no threats issued against Brian Michael Bendis in the wake of his "non-rapey" scripting of Marvel superheroine Tigra getting severely beaten by The Hood. A...
24 Hour Comics Day rages unchecked
<a href="http://24hourcomics.com/">THE IDEA:</a>On October 20th, 2007, cartoonists around the world will face the 24 hour comics challenge. To help these cartoonists, some comic book stores, educational institutions, libraries, businesses, and comics clubs will host...
State of the Industry Alert!
A few disparate threads which, taken together, stick a thermometer straight up the rectum of the comics industry. Sales are good, but is the patient really healthy?
Over at Newsarama the cancellation of AMERICAN VIRGIN...
World's oldest cartoonist
A few news outlets have noted the 107th birthday last month of Russian editorial cartoonist Boris Efimov, best known for his biting caricatures of Hitler and other WWII figures. On the occasion of his...
Brum Con roundup
Beat reader Stephen Aryan sends us some linkage to last weekend's second Birmingham comics fest in the UK.
There are a number of roundups about the recent Birmingham comic convention last weekend, I blogged briefly...
