Ace cricketer hits comics as Sachin The Master Blaster
Forget about John Woo or Nicolas Cage: Virgin Comics is really hitting it up the crease this time with a comic based on Indian cricket hero Sachin Tendulkar:
The monthly comic magazine, which is being...
Anti-Semetic comic withdrawn in South Korea
Rhie Won-bok's controversial manhwa has been withdrawn after complaints:
A South Korean publisher agreed Thursday to withdraw a best-selling children's book from stores after meeting with a prominent anti-Semitism watchdog group that accused the author...
2007 Shuster Award nominees
Honoring the best in Canadian comics, this year's Shuster Awards have just been announced:
Canada's first national award recognizing outstanding achievements by Canadian creators in the creation and publication of comic books and graphic novels...
Gay Italians like yaoi?
We've still never come across a completely satisfying explanation for the exploding popularity of yaoi/boy's love manga, but here in the US as in Japan, it is mainly read by girls of all ages...
TINTIN movie at last?
A steven Speilberg-driven adaptation of Tintin for the big screen has been rattling around for quite a while; now, it seems, trigger has been pulled:
DreamWorks will film the adventures of the iconic Belgian comic-strip...
Updates: WonderCon, Virgin
Blog@ has coverage of Day 1 of WonderCon. So does the Mercury News. In the above photo, Ian Brill, Matt Brady and Graeme McMillan, snapped by JK Parkin.
Big weekend comics story: WaPo has a...
Pow! Sock! No comics for adults!
Hey now! THIS is ironic! An article in a Korean newspaper laments the dearth of manhwa for ADULTS. Damn it! Can you believe it? Comics in Korea are kid stuff! And it all started...
Hachette acquires French manga publisher PIKA
Hm, take one multinational publishing conglomerate; throw in a hot genre; stir in a mention of a hot new imprint in the first paragraph of a press release, and add an acquisition, and you...
News briefs: Marvel’s rent, Bratz evil, etc.
§ Will Marvel have to move office again? According to this piece in the New York Observer, their office building has just been purchased by a new buyer who could be well advised to...
Rebellion acquires Clickwheel
A year or two ago, some noise was being made by Clickwheel, a UK venture which hoped to develop comics content directly for iPods, presumably in a downloadable form via iTunes. Everyone agreed it...
What are they reading in Singapore?
David Welsh has a list of the manga best sellers in Singapore:
The Straits Times apparently ran a big package of articles in Sunday’s edition, and one of the sidebars listed the top five shônen...
Really Stupid British Comics
Mister Kitty looks at some very unfortunate English Christmas comics for girls:
As a special Christmas treat for you, Mister Kitty takes a look at annuals from a vanished industry that many people outside England...
