CNI 200th episode podcast/Final PLANETARY in October
Our pals over at Comic News Insider have just posted their 200th episode gala which features an interview with Michael "Ben Linus" Emerson, including...
A few BEA thoughts
I'm working on a focused BEA wrap-up for PW Comics Week, so I'll post some of my more random thoughts here.
• I twittered...
More on KING CITY's move
Over at CBR, the stupendously talented Brandon Graham (see above) talks more about how KING CITY went from purgatory at Tokyopop to publishing...
Fashions of the capes
Comics and fashion are crossing over more and more. The NY Times today reports on another Marvel book that will star its rich stable...
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...
