Tokyopop layoff update
We're hearing that editorial cuts at Tokyopop include Rob Tokar, Luis Reyes, Paul Morrissey, Hope Donovan and Tim Beedle. Which means the two editors...
Update: Tokyopop
Okay as you may have heard by now, while we on the road, Tokyopop announced its split into two divisions: a publishing arm and...
Schmidt Joins IDW
Former Marvel editor Andy Schmidt has joined the ranks at IDW. PR:
IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the addition of the newest member...
Update: Marvel
Just a few little notes here and there from stuff we picked up on the road over the last few days. Our sushi-sharing pal...
2008 Doug Wright Award nominees
Just as American has the Harveys and The Eisners, Canada has the Shusters and the Doug Wright Awards, the latter established in 2005. The...
Trouble Ahead #1: Toykopop
Oh boy are there a lot of rumors swirling around Tokyopop! At BEA everyone had one. We're not going to repeat any until we've had...
Tokyopop: the other side
Well, now that the moral outrage has subsided a bit, other folks are coming out to say that the Tokyopop Pilot Program pact isn't...
Tokyopop: Hey, dude, totally bad contract!
UPDATE: Check out Johanna's list of Tokyopop’s greatest mistakes over the past two years:
The reviews are in! And Tokyopop's online contract for the...
New WATCHMEN still: THE MINUTEMEN
A new still from THE WATCHMEN has been released shwing the older "Minutemen" superteam. Check out Carla Gugino - va-va-voom!
Shuster Award Hall of Fame winners announced
Stanley Berneche, John Byrne, Pierre Fournier and Edwin R. “Ted” McCall have been annoucned as the 2008 inductees into the Canadian Comic Book Creator...
BLACK FREIGHTER will save DVDs
Well, it's not enough that comic book movies have saved the box office, now they are saving the DVD business, which fell 3.2% last...
RIP Thelma Keane
Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil and inspiration for the mom in FAMILY CIRCUS has died at age 82 of Alzheimer's disease.
"She...
