Comics in Virginia Quarterly Review
Now even literary magazines, the last bastion of reading, are being invaded by comics! But the comics are cool and...well, literary. The Virginia Quarterly Review has been serializing Art Spiegelman's "Portrait of the...
Gorillaz Autobiography
Cartoon band Gorillaz are releasing an autobiography with lots of illos by Jamie Hewlett:
‘Rise Of The Ogre’ will be written by the band themselves, and is set to be over 300 pages long, filled...
Byron Preiss assets on the block for $150K
Following Chapter 7 Bankruptcy proceedings, the remaining assets of Byron Preiss Visual Publications and iBooks will be going on the block on October 19 with a starting bid of $150,000. The assets include what...
BLADE series joins undead
Word is going around that Spike TV's BLADE series starring Sticky Jones will not be renewed. ICv2 has a brief report citing the one foe even Blade could not overcome: low ratings.
News from all over
• Love the New York Post's headlines: FINDING HUMOR IN A TUMOR a profile of Marisa Acocella Marchetto and CANCER VIXEN.
• SCI FI Wire has a new video of the making...
Woman Corner
Over at TIME.com Andrew Arnold reviews five graphic novels that all happen to be written by women.
Meanwhile, over at SF Weekly, Karen Zuercher outlines the reasons why some women have a hard...
Owen’s Dragons soar at Warners
Comics-type James A. Owen (STARCHILD) has a new career as the author of a new children's fantasy novel, HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS and the book is already on the Hollywood fast track for a...
Things learned this weekend
If you purchase a pair of slim black trousers from the Gap, you will look JUST LIKE AUDREY HEPBURN!
This week's VENTURE BROTHERS episode, written by Ben "The Tick" Edlund, was one of the most...
Platinum breaks down the walls to financing
Spurge had a link to an otherwise little-noted pr from Tuesday about Platinum getting some equity investment. Coming on the heels of the NY Times piece revealing Platinum's plan to publish on the Web,...
Comics make BIble cool!
Gannett News has a fairly comprehensive look at the new religious comics publishers:
LifeWay's "Spirit Warriors" follows the adventures of six rebellious teens mysteriously orphaned as children who have uncommon God-given strengths. They unleash their...
Recovering actor signs on as recovering superhero
Rumors were flying fast and furious yesterday and IT'S TRUE. Oscar® Nominee and recovering lawbreaker Robert Downey Jr. has signed to play IRON MAN.
Jon Favreau is directing the movie, which will be distributed...
Miller to be feted at Scream Awards
Comic Book Resources has the press release from Spike's Scream Awards, "which celebrates Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Comic books." The event will be taped on October 7th and then doubtless air endlessly between...
