Scans_daily story roundup
Glen Hauman interviews the scans_daily moderators over at ComicMix, and it's interesting on many levels.
ComicMix: What do you know about the circumstances of...
Studio coffee run: HOXFORD optioned; HORNET tidbit
§ Variety reports that Ben Templesmith's WELCOME TO HOXFORD has been picked up by Chris Columbus's production company.
Ben Templesmith, who co-penned the vampire...
Music news: First look at Bono Spidey lyrics! Plus. dream score
After listening to all the goofy lyrics on the new U2 album (which has about 3 and 1/2 songs that are awesome, BTW) guessing...
Recession Watch: The DFC shutting down
The DFC is a less-than-a-year-old British comics weekly for kids, recently launched in a market where new comics products have an uphill battle. Backed...
Obligatory WATCHMEN links
WOW. The amount of press this movie is getting is kind of...overwhelming. Here are a few that aren't interviews with the cast:
§ USA Today...
SWALLOW ME WHOLE nominated for LA Times Book Prize
Nate Powell's SWALLOW ME WHOLE is the first graphic novel since MAUS to earn a nomination for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. According...
Spectrum Award winners announced
Jon Foster (above) and Aleksi Briclot (below) won the Gold and Silver, respectively, in the Spectrum Awards Comics division. The Awards honor the...
WATCHMEN supplemental
Sigh. Can't escape.
§ Billy Crudup tells Parade Magazine what it's like to have a big blue dong:
Q: They say size doesn't matter, but were...
Toby Cypress and RODD RACER
Toby Cypress is one of the most stylish and underrated comics artists around town, and when you peep his blog, you'll see why. ...
Image of the day
New York graffiti mash-up, via Nerd Dad.Thanks to Stephen Gerding for the link.
Rick Veitch offers BRAT PACK free issue
But speaking of free sampling, Rick Veitch reports that a new edition of his seminal BRAT PACK is coming out very soon, and...
