Can you spot the misteaks?
This Wall Street Journal profile of Dark Horse VP Anita Nelson does not get off to a promising start:
Anita Nelson is one of only two female executives at a comic-book publisher in the...
Women of Color panal reports
Elayne Riggs reports on the Women of Color panel at MoCCA the other night at ComicMix, with a PICTURE.
The event was so well-attended that MoCCA volunteers were putting out extra rows of chairs to...
It’s a larger world, after all
Speaking of Disneyland, the famed Small World ride will be closed for a while while it's upgraded. One of the reasons? The boats that take riders on a wonderful voyage through colorful stereotypes...
Anno’s Hataraki Man continues to make waves
The Times Online (UK) looks at Hataraki Man, a controversial manga by Moyoco Anno that examines gender roles:
For decades the Japanese comic industry has done a roaring trade in cartoons that chronicle the miseries...
Comics and the real world examined again
The left-leaning American Prospect takes on The Revolt of the Comic Books:
A superhero killed the president this summer. Moments later, a shocked White House press corps watched as John Horus, his gleaming white-and-gold costume...
Superheroes haunt for Halloween
Walmart unleashes a report on what's hot for hHalloween, and superheroes are holding their own.
In the countdown to fright night, a peek into the Wal-Mart costume closet reveals America's changing Halloween habits for 2007....
Dumbledore's Army fights Culture War
Following the bombshell of Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster, coming out of his magical slocet, perhaps no group is so stunned as Christians who had taken the Harry Potter series's religious theme to their bosom....
Stop violence against Tigras!
We're terribly relieved to know that there have been no threats issued against Brian Michael Bendis in the wake of his "non-rapey" scripting of Marvel superheroine Tigra getting severely beaten by The Hood. A...
Warner Bros: Women still allowed
Variety's Anne Thompson follows up on the recent report that studio head Jeff Robinov had ordered producers to not even bother turning in projects with female leads. Unsurprisingly, Warners has denied the story rather...
Little, Brown scraps Tintin Congo outing
Following tons of international controversy, PW reports that Little, Brown has canceled the US version of Tintin in the Congo:
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, which had been planning to publish Tintin in the...
Final Blade Runner?
The real, true director's cut of this seminal and prophetic film is coming:
This current "Final Cut" version, Scott said, comes closest to what the film could have been and, in his mind, should have...
Japan news and notes
NPR's On The Media looks at the cultural impact of manga:
Manga is Japan’s ubiquitous art form; a kind of comic book equivalent that illustrates everything from tax preparation to hard-core fantasy. But it is...
