Viz launches new online magaizne
Hm, what were we just saying about the print/online shift? Even as they cancelled SHOJO BEAT, Viz has announced the launch of a new...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation reax
Predictably, the demise of SHOJO BEAT, Viz's girl-focused magazine of serialized manga, is being discussed far and wide:
Alexander Hoffman:
The strange thing is though, that...
Publishing news: FBI kids comics, death, cancellation
In news that must have many people standing around looking blank and confused, Fantagraphics has announced plans to publish a series of GNs...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation CONFIRMED
Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue.
Yes, the...
Will WOLVERINE even help comics sales?
Looking at the previous item, we're sure that comics retailers are planning the day when the THOR movie's opening will send civilians streaming into...
Thor gets his Loki
Well, no sooner is Thor cast, than he's got a nemesis! Little known in America Tom Hiddleston will assay the part of the...
Thor casts his hammer…and his lead
Chris Hemsworth, a comely 25-year-old Aussie who played Kirk's dad in the the Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. Nikki Finke has...
The Elseworlds that never was
The long lost Elseworlds 80-Page Giant is recalled in a splash page gallery of Golden Age tales that never were at Again with the...
Coming Soon: Bryan Talbot's GRANDVILLE
As reported in Dark Horse's solicitations for August, Bryan Talbot has a new book, GRANDVILLE, coming out, and it looks to be as unique...
Oh Edgar Wright….
We interrupt our internet vacation to say: Diz-amn.
If you know what this is, you know how cool it is, but if you don't, Laura...
DC Month-to-Month Sales: March 2009
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
Average DC Comics periodical sales in the direct market dropped to their lowest point yet in March 2009, in the context of...
Kibbles 'n' Bits, May 13, 2009
§ TCAF reports abound, gleaming with white light. Sequential has two more link roundups: here and here.
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