This weekend: Birmingham International Comics Show
The title of the UK's premier comics show was somewhat in flux after the Bristol show dwindled. but it seems like this weekend's BICS...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: August 2009
by Paul O'Brien
Marvel's big project for August was the relaunch of the Ultimate imprint, with the first issues of the unwieldily titled ULTIMATE COMICS...
Cartoonists on the road: Porcellino and Van Sciver
Artist Noah Van Sciver is one of many cartoonists on a road trip right now, and he did this strip about his SPX...
Marc Bell on Tour
10/17-18APESan Francisco, CA10/19, 7-10pmLucky'sVancouver, BC10/21, 8-10pmFamilyLos Angeles, CA10/25, 5-7pmDesert IslandBrooklyn, NY11/20, 7-9pmMagic PonyToronto, ON11/27, 7-9pmLibrairie D+Q BookstoreMontreal, QC
Keith Knight is controversial yet again
WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio, reportsthat students at Slippery Rock University, located in western Pennsylvania, are upset about a recent "K Chronicles" cartoon written and...
SPX attendance up 19%; Nerdlinger winners!
According to SPX director Karon Flage, it wasn't just your imagination: there WERE more people at SPX this year. She writes:
Paid admissions were 1772...
John Porcellino on tour — tonight, Desert Island
Did we post the John Porcellino tour dates before? Twice is better than never. He IS coming to a store near you.
Tues....
Great minds think alike
We're just stealing this from Tim Hodler at Comics Comics, via a Village Voice interview with French director Alain Resnais because it is three-way...
2009 Shuster Award winners
The 2009 Joe Shuster Awards, honoring the finest in Canadian comics, were presented last night at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall. The...
The Seth Parade Float
Seth -- yes, THAT Seth -- has designed a parade float of the Wine King for the Niagara Arts Centre. Can we somehow get...
Tonight to do: Bobs Sikoryak and Blechman
Two great cartoonists, two great books:
R.O. Blechman and R. Sikoryak are two multifaceted artists who have achieved international acclaim in the fields of animation,...
Wild and crazy sports comics
We received an email from Denis Vural of Adidas Global Sports Marketing in Amsterdam alerting us to three new promotional comics featuring some of...
