More rumblings in the comics blogosphere: Valerie Gallaher leaves MTV Geek
Well now.
As of today, I am no longer working at MTV Geek. Much thanks and appreciation to my intrepid and talented writers -- among...
Viva Comics Alliance!
This has been a rough week for the internet. The news that Comics Alliance was to be shut down, thus removing us all from...
The Outhouse on Comics Press and Blacklists
There was a lot of talk at C2E2 about press lists, who's on, who's off, how you get on and what's expected. There's no question that Marvel and Dc, like the studios that own them, want to have more control over a positive message about their products. Unquestionably, the very professional PR people who work at Marvel and DC know that this isn't always possible, but they still have to do their jobs.
Not at C2E2? Just watch it on your computer
It seemed to start at this year's ECCC, and before the year is out we'd expect it to be the new standard: streaming panels live from comic-cons for those who can't go but want to follow along at home. This year at C2E2 in Chicago, Twitch will be streaming a bunch of panel (Including one that includes The Beat DREDD and beyond)
Kubla Comics—a Rotten Tomatoes for Comics?
A new site called Kubla Comics aims to be a review aggregator for comics, with a Rotten Tomatoes-like 0-5 rating system and pages for...
Behold: Bartkira! An intriguing comics jam proposal
Ryan Humphrey posted this fantastic Simpson/Akira mash up comic on his tumblr last night and it's been picking up a healthy number of notes since....
INTERVIEW: 2000AD’s Mike Molcher on Spreading The Word of Tharg
Mike Molcher is the PR Co-ordinator for Rebellion, meaning he is the man directly responsible for promoting their comics, 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine....
I’m going all Tumblr on ya
This is an announcement of vital import and historic significance!
When the internet shuts down: UGO and Posterous
Although everything seems to be forever on the internet, it really isn't. It's oh so fragile, and the prime time of your life can be crossed out by one CEO's pen swipe.
Wertham and Are Comics Art? — is it 1981 again?
A must read and a must-read for masochists top our linkage today, both returning to topics that were much on the minds of anyone in comics about 30 years ago — oldies but goodies.
First and most importantly, library professor Carol Tilley has been going through Dr. Fredric Wertham's notes and found out that he was, to use a technical term, full of hooey.
‘Seconds’ from Bryan Lee O’Malley Delayed until 2014
Over on his Tumblr blog, writer/artist/Backstreet Boys maven Bryan Lee O'Malley has explained that - due to a shoulder injury he suffered last year...
Jane Mai’s Poop Nightmare
At the risk of lowering the tone, I relay to you the news of Jane Mai's Poop Nightmare: so bad it needed capitalization As someone...
