Baddest Nerd on the Planet
We all know that there are plenty of comics-reading athletes, from noted Superman fan Shaquille O'Neal to dozens and dozens of pro wrestlers. But,...
30 Days leads at box office
30 DAYS OF NIGHT won the weekend box office race with $16 mil although it was a slow weekend.
Sony's vampire horror pic “30 Days...
Gurewitch and the Ape
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Ray Quentin sends us a video of the now famed Nicholas Gurewitch/Great Ape skit at this year's Ignatz Awards. Sadly, the lighting was so...
Stop violence against Tigras!
We're terribly relieved to know that there have been no threats issued against Brian Michael Bendis in the wake of his "non-rapey" scripting of...
24 Hour Comics Day rages unchecked
<a href="http://24hourcomics.com/">THE IDEA:</a>On October 20th, 2007, cartoonists around the world will face the 24 hour comics challenge. To help these cartoonists, some comic book...
State of the Industry Alert!
A few disparate threads which, taken together, stick a thermometer straight up the rectum of the comics industry. Sales are good, but is the...
World's oldest cartoonist
A few news outlets have noted the 107th birthday last month of Russian editorial cartoonist Boris Efimov, best known for his biting caricatures of...
Brum Con roundup
Beat reader Stephen Aryan sends us some linkage to last weekend's second Birmingham comics fest in the UK.
There are a number of roundups about...
Silver Surfer struts stuff
Wait a minute, speaking of the Silver Surfer, he has a new mini coming out called Silver Surfer: In Thy Name. We were alerted...
Get Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer for 99¢
Speaking of downloading, did you know you can legally download stuff from BitTorrent.com? Well neither did we, but it seems various studios have pacted...
Music and the comics
A few musical notes. One of our correspondents is sad we didn't note the release of the new Radiohead album last week, but we...
More 30 Days of Night stuff
30 Days of Night had its big Hollywood premiere on Tuesday night. IESB has lots of red carpet interviews, including Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith...
