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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/23/18: These massive links will reveal to you the FUTURE of...
Rounding up some recent think pieces and facing the most annoying thing in comics. Plus the greatest panel report of all times.
Vice’s Nick Gazin has done the impossible: unite the comics industry
As we enter a whole new year, it's safe to say that terrorialism and tribalism have made a big comeback; in a time of...
Comics media update: Comics Bulletin and ComicMix
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Will the now wholly owned Beat be the last comics website to turn out the lights? Ya never know
There was some private social media...
Greg Pak and Warren Ellis on newsletters and creators controlling platforms
If you're looking for the model of the modern, successful creative, Greg Pak is a good start. Multimedia (from making films to making comics),...
Tucker Stone joins TCJ.com as Nadel takes his harsh truths into the sunset
For the five people still interested in comics industry news, Dan Nadel is leaving tcj.com as co-editor; he'll be replaced by Tucker Stone. Stone...
Wizard World expanding to smaller markets and getting back into print
Wizard World has been making some long-planned announcements. Although I've heard a lot of people try to say they are losing altitude fast, they...
Must read: There’s no money in Tumblr and other internet culture outposts
Tumblr has just changed hands again, as part of Verizon's acquisition of Yahoo under the rebranded Oath umbrella (re that name - someone's definitely...
A Year of Free Comics: Liz Climo’s little world of cuteness
Okay a total no brainer cuz it's Friday: Liz Climo's ongoing tumblr comics are insanely popular because they are totally sweet and cute. Climo...
Comics news site editor threatens to punch staff writer in face
We're living in savage times, and resorting to physical violence is becoming more and more common, as is using metaphors for violence to make a...
Does San Diego need both San Diego Comic-Con and San Diego Comic Fest?
Once upon a time, there wasn’t a San Diego Comic-Con.
Some would mark this period as “The Dark Ages of Conventions” (those being myself). It...
Breaking news: only 30% of the news on comics news sites is actually about...
Months ago, a comic book publicist and I were chatting about this and that and he suggested, rather ominously, "Have you ever tried counting...
