Indie news: Clowes, Brunetti, Jean, Pope
Some news tidbits items of note gleaned from our voluminous reading habit:
Via various postings at FLOG! The Fantagraphics Books:
§ Dan Clowes new strip MISTER...
On the scene: Baltimore
We're actually down in Baltimore for the Diamond Retailer summit. We arrived yesterday as the Comic-Con was wrapping up and heard that Saturday was...
Hyde upped to VP at DC
PR:
David Hyde has been promoted to Vice President of Publicity, DC Comics, it was announced today by Paul Levitz, DC Comics President & Publisher....
Ellis on DESOLATION JONES
In his email newsletter Bad Signal, Ellis urges hugs for Dan Didio
Apparently, it's been reported on Newsarama that Dan Didio, when asked a...
Notable quotables
Newly announced LEGION writer Jim Shooter tells Wizard what's going on:
Okay, as a former writer, EIC and current comic book legend, what do you...
To Do, 9/8 Brooklyn: Wood, Carey, Wimberley
This Saturday yet another of the legendary Rocketship events, this one spotlighting two new Vertigo books:
Saturday, September 8th, at 8 pm, BRIAN WOOD will...
Interviews of note
§ Daily Cross Hatch continues chatting with Paul Gravett and Nick Bertozzi:
Gravett: Exactly. And the point is, these characters—there’s nothing in Japan that’s been...
A little bit more on DC/RH
A couple of people drew our attention to the following quote from Paul Levitz's interview with Newsarama on DC going with Random House for...
Breaking news: Girls read comics?
Wall Street Journal reports on comics shocker!:
Industry heavyweights including DC Comics and Marvel Entertainment Inc. are betting that girls represent a big growth opportunity...
3 Image Books that look rather cool
Newsarama previews three September books we like the looks of: REPO #4, MADAMAN ATOMIC #4, GUTSVILLE #2:
Speaking of GUTSVILLE, writer Simon Spurrier writer to...
LUCHADORES lead Humanoids film slate
Well, only yesterday we were editing a story on LUCHA LIBRE, a drop-dead gorgeous book in the Euro style, first published in France by...
