Comics on cells boffo in Japan
Newsweek looks at the popularity of comics delivered via cell phone:
Consumer demand for manga (the Japanese word for print comics) has surged in recent...
New Comix at Top Shelf site
The Top Shelf site has posted some new comics, including WARUM by Gregory Benton, which originally appeared, we beleiev, as part of Opolis.. Check...
Links so good
§ Johanna has more commentary on ICv2's Most Powerful People in manga list, including spots 11-20:
# Robin Brenner, Young Adwult Library Services Association# Jim...
Iranian cartoonist wins Serbian award
Comics bring the world together:
An Iranian cartoonist won the second award of the Belgrade "Golden Smile" Cartoon competition in Serbia.The Iranian cartoonist, Shahrokh Heydari...
Wonder Woman Day this weekend
A cool charity event in Portland this weekend organized by Andy Mangels spotlights Wonder Woman and raises money for a women and children's shelter....
The greatest comic book ever for today
We've been spending an INORDINATE amount of time over at the TCJ.com board this week, but it must have been because we were subconsciously...
Original content
There's been some behind the scenes soap opera in the comics of world of late, which we are not going to get into, and...
New graphic novel due from Mina
Denise Mina, the mystery writer who turned to comics with a stint on HELLBLAZER is the latest book author to write a graphic novel,...
Chemistry Set goes Film
The webcomics collective The CHemistry set has released their very own trailer/teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/v/6v0vclcaFoo
But that's not all, they're also teaming with the FALLING SHORT film showcase:
Online...
Chasqui @ de_act_i_vate
Nico Cinque has started a very good looking new webcomic about the collapse of the Incan Empire at De-act-i-vate.
RIP Michelle Urry
Legendary PLAYBOY cartoon editor Michelle Urry has died at age 66 of occular melanoma, according to the NYT obituary (which we can't find online.)...
Webcomics round-up
At TalkAboutComics more of the cartoonists for the revamped Serializer are mentioned. The line-up is as strong as it gets.
With one week...
