Ramdom news and notes
§ Are fansubs destroying the American anime industry? This article at ComiPress says yes.
In 2006, rumors spread about anime distributor Central Park Media's bankruptcy...
Even a hellspawn must pay taxes
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=880661443462008268&hl=en
Ghost Rider stars in this ad for Jackson Hewitt tax services. Satan cannot inspire fear the way the IRS does.
News from around the world
§ Our Spanish is not very good, but this story seems to be saying that Warners will be producing comics (and other stuff) based...
Two things to look for in GHOST RIDER
Maxim has an article on sultry Eva Medes up, and apparently, she bulked up for her role as Roxanne in February's GHOST RIDER...
MLK Day: Africa Comics
Just as a reminder, anyone who is around NYC owes it to themselves to go see Africa Comics the first ever exhibit of comics...
LA Times previews Spidey, Simpsons, etc
It's the LA Times Calendar's annual "Sneaks" issue, and one of the big topics is the three way box office brawl a-brewin' between PIRATES...
Kevin Smith knows his limitations
In a long interview at ComingSoon.net director and, increasingly, actor Kevin Smith talks about yet another thing that scares him silly -- in this...
Happy 60th Birthday, Steve Canyon
Sixty years ago this weekend, "Steve Canyon" flew onto the pages of the Sun and 168 other daily newspapers, beginning a run that lasted...
NYT watch: Comic Strips Reprints
Joe Matt and strip reprints sales in the comics loving New York Times:
A NIGHTMARE,” Joe Matt sighs. “All those years, all that money, all...
People are talking about…TOM BREVOORT
Today's Wizard interview between Bendis and Brevoort supplies the kind of juicy historical details that you used to find in old issues of the...
CAMPBELL INTERVIEWS LAT: Part 1
Over at the First Second blog, Eddie Campbell interview Malaysian cartoon giant LAT:
CAMPBELL: What other things were you looking at when you were young?...
