New Tolkien!
Well, old Tolkien reallly, according to PW:
Houghton Mifflin has acquired U.S. rights to publish the first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien since the posthumous Silmarillion in 1977. HM bought American rights to The Children...
SPX TV commercial
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There is apparently a TV commercial for this year's SPX (Small Press Expo) running on local Washington TV stations. And here it is!
Meltzer king of all media
Brad Meltzer has achieved what we suspect is an unprecedented double --- topping the NY Times Bestselller list AND the Diamond chart in the same month. Congrats to Brad. He's also in the midst...
Linkage 9/18
Joe Illidge looks at HEROES and wonders about the racial message the program is sending.
Busy, busy Mike Catron has video from the opening of the "Masters of american Comics" exhibit at the Jewish Museum....
Covering Paul Buckley
Paul Buckley, the art director behind Penguin Classics' new comics themed covers is interviewed at Hear Hear:
PB: Yes, we all went to college reading those fairly drab Penguin Classics. And for that reason,...
To Do 9/16, BKNY: Brooklyn Book Festival
MEANWHILE on the East Coast, people are also celebrating literacy at the Brooklyn Book Festival -- and comics will not be kicked off the litaracy train, oh no!
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Superborough: Brooklyn’s Indelible Stamp...
CATACOMBS trailer
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While the lesson to be learned in the marriage of Hollywood and Toontown is that directors make comics writers, the obverse is also beginning to be true, as comical types like Sam Kieth,...
Japanese toon biz update
Earlier in the week we told you about Itochu and Comic Book Movies possibly teaming to make a CYBORG 009 movie. But that is not all that's been going on in Anime-land this...
Sony Pictures enter CGI glut
Speaking of CGI, earlier this week, the LA Times thoroughly examined Sony Pictures' new animation unit, and their debut production OPEN SEASON, based on the cartoons of IN THE BLEACHER'S Steve Moore. It's just...
Who Buried Roger Rabbit?
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? is a film still fondly remembered by some. Melding animation and live action back when it was hard, the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie also had fine performances by a cult-friendly cast...
‘Untitled Mike Judge Comedy’
This is a bit far afield for us, but here on Cartoon Friday, we're giving Mike Judge a pass because he's definitely part of the Cartoon Mafia. Judge is the autuer behind Beavis and...
Cartoon Friday @ The Beat!
As we continue to swim around in our flotsam-filled observation tank, we've collected a bunch of links that have nothing to do with comics. Yes, yes, we hear you saying. "The Beat never posts...
