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...
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,...
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,...
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...
World comics: Angoulême and Corto
Just a few more Angoulême links. Comic Book Resources has a thorough write up with a more complete list of prize winners than we've...
Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and...
Pow! Sock! Comics around the world
An Indian comic about a barn owl, nonetheless is pegged as a "Comic book to titillate 'adults only'":
Is it a play? Is it a...
Meanwhile, in Angoulême…
For the 27th consecutive year, we are missing the Angoulême comics fest, but luckily many folks are on the scene and blogging. Bart Beatty...
Fund set up for Rahimi
Last week we reported on the very, very sad story of Afghani political cartoonist Shiraga Rahimi, a father of nine who was killed by...
All kinds of links
We mean it, Seriously...hold on to your hats! This is WILD!
§ Mark Evanier and Marv Wolfman offer their reviews of BORAT:
Mark:
I guess I didn't...
Ramdom news and notes
§ Are fansubs destroying the American anime industry? This article at ComiPress says yes.
In 2006, rumors spread about anime distributor Central Park Media's bankruptcy...
News from around the world
§ Our Spanish is not very good, but this story seems to be saying that Warners will be producing comics (and other stuff) based...
