Woman attacks tentacle!
Via Jim Demonakos WOMEN ARE FIGHTING BACK -- WITH THEIR TEETH!
Actually, Jim delivers what is quite possibly the greatest trip report of all times.. Is there anything he didn't do? Octopus with Jann Jones...
“Pow! Romance! Comics Court Girls”
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The Wall Street Journal online investigates, Marvel and DC's efforts to market comics to girls...and what you find MAY SHOCK YOU!:
Industry heavyweights including Time Warner Inc.'s DC Comics and Marvel Entertainment Inc. are betting...
Brunetti tours Northwest
But the Northwest is not taking it lying down!
Take a quick trip to Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Friday, June 8 from 6 to 8 PM and welcome Ivan Brunetti to our fair city....
Animal fight!
We're spending a little time chilling by the pool*, and sifting through all the pr that's come through over the last week or so. Still working on a few more essays but that will...
DC Comics Month-to-month Sales: April 2007
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
Thanks to a successful performance of the four-part World War III blockbuster series, DC Comics' overall and average periodical sales in the direct market received a much-needed boost in April. World...
Millitary Times takes on ARMY@LOVE
And blasts it, right? In a bizarre plot twist, no, although a retailer near Fort Benning says it doesn't sell much to soldiers.
Welcome to “Army@Love,” a bizarro take on the war in...
Marvel vs DC After Hours
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Will this Heroes for Hire thing never end?
Speaking of Newsarama, in last week's Joe Fridays, there's yet more about the Heroes for Hentai cover:
NRAMA: Ahem…So to quickly follow-up on last week’s pot-stirring topic…Despite your (Marvel’s) intentions or lack thereof in regards...
More on Marvels new Indie Anthology
Word is getting out about Marvel's planned indie anthology, and editor Aubrey Sitterson has a bit more at Newsarama:
Aubrey Sitterson: Indy Anthology is definitely the most accurate term you could use to describe the...
Vertigo announces Straub/Easton and Jay Cantor projects
Not too much graphic novel news out of yesterday's BEA, although DC/Vertigo announced a couple of graphic novel projects by established authors. Douglas Wolk has a report from the "GN Buzz panel" yesterday, and...
ELFQUEST analysis
Quite a few people have commented on the quiet news item dropped in PWCW's Wendy Pini interview: that DC no longer has the rights to ELFQUEST. But only Chris Butcher puts it...