Girlamatic open for submissions
Girlamatic is accepting submissions from October 6th through November 5th, 2007. They will be open again in April. Editor Lisa Jonte has a list of guidelines that are pretty good guidelines for anything,...
Marder leaves McFarlane
A recent posting at Larry Marder's blog confirms what we'd been hearing on the grapevine: the forner Executive Director of Image and McFarlane Toys long time President has left the Mcfarlane fold:
I'm no longer...
IDW profiled: $7 million year?
The business section of the San Diego Union-Tribune profiles publisher IDW and throws around a lot more numbers than such pieces usually do, citing $5 million in revenue last year, with expectations for as...
Kibbles 'n' Bits 10/9/07
§ Author on author action as Susanna Clark (Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell ) profiles Alan Moore for the Telegraph:
It's not easy to convey to someone who doesn't read comics just how Alan Moore...
Links and stuff
§ Over the weekend, Tom thought a LOT about webcomics.
§ CBR interviews Eric Reynods about MOME not too long ago:
When you started “Mome,” you had something different from the typical alternative comics anthology in...
Warners: Women need not apply
In a link getting much play around the online water cooler, Nikki Finke reports that Warner Brothers production president Jeff Robinov has decreed "We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead."...
Movie news round-up: Spirit, Wolverine, etc.
§ Yet another beautiful young actress joins the cast of THE SPIRIT movie, Paz Vega who plays "the knife-wielding Plaster of Paris."
§ For those who refer their cake served with beef, here's an exciting...
"Neil Gaiman Wants Terry Gilliam to Direct Sandman"
Why yes, and so would we
At the premiere for Stardust, Gaiman told Empire magazine that "I would always give anything to Terry Gilliam, forever, so if Terry Gilliam ever wants to do 'Sandman'...
SPACE SUCKS at Act-i-vate
Space Sucks once of De-act-i-vate moves over to Act-i-vate. It's by Pedro Camargo, I believe, although he signs his name as Sillicon Needle and the only way you can find out who this comic...
CONTRABAND on Eyemelt
SLG adds another comic to it's downloadable EYEMELT site, Thomas Behe and Phil Elliott's CONTRABAND. Each issue is downloadable for 89¢ -- a print collection of all four issues will eventually be made available.
Some...
Downloading update: Viz, Harlequin
A couple of notes on downloadable content. ICv2 had an interesting chat with Viz's Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Dan Marks, who talks about Viz present and possible future forays into...
WATCHMEN tidbit
Press tour for THE HEARTBREAK KID remake (why God???????) provides opportunity for Silk Spectre Malin Ackerman to discuss role:
UGO: Malin, can you talk about Watchmen at all?MALIN: I haven't started. They stared filming this...
