WIGU is back
After a hiatus of a few months, Jeffrey Rowland's webcomic WIGU, the family/fantasy/comedy, is back with new episodes. Hoorah!
Viz launches new online magaizne
Hm, what were we just saying about the print/online shift? Even as they cancelled SHOJO BEAT, Viz has announced the launch of a new...
2009 Russ Manning Award nominees announced
Via PR, the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, to be presented at this year's Eisner Awards ceremony:
The 2009 nominees are:
Gregory...
John K.: Good Compositions Take Self Control
Speaking of N.C. Wyeth, John K., whose blog we don't link to nearly often enough, compares the illustration great to Yogi Bear in order...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation reax
Predictably, the demise of SHOJO BEAT, Viz's girl-focused magazine of serialized manga, is being discussed far and wide:
Alexander Hoffman:
The strange thing is though, that...
Publishing news: FBI kids comics, death, cancellation
In news that must have many people standing around looking blank and confused, Fantagraphics has announced plans to publish a series of GNs...
Souther Salazar's Last Year's Man
The awesomely amazing Souther Salazar has a new show up at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, and you can view it online here. Beautiful stuff.
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Grant Morrison…the movie?
http://www.youtube.com/v/Btf9YscT0sI&hl=en&fs=1
Poking around the other day, we found this demo trailer for a docuomentary-in-progress about Mr. Mystic himself, Grant Morrison. It a production of Sequart,...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation CONFIRMED
Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue.
Yes, the...
Will WOLVERINE even help comics sales?
Looking at the previous item, we're sure that comics retailers are planning the day when the THOR movie's opening will send civilians streaming into...
Thor gets his Loki
Well, no sooner is Thor cast, than he's got a nemesis! Little known in America Tom Hiddleston will assay the part of the...
Thor casts his hammer…and his lead
Chris Hemsworth, a comely 25-year-old Aussie who played Kirk's dad in the the Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. Nikki Finke has...
