Scott McCloud on NPR
Sorry for the late notice, but Scott McCloud will be on the Leonard Lopate show today at 1 pm. Listen here.
Marchetto: Sexy Blond Doodler
Graphic Novelist Marisa Marchetto receives New York's ultimate social accolade with a mention on Page Six of her breast cancer comics memoir, CANCER VIXEN:
MARISA Marchetto, a top cartoonist for The New Yorker and Glamour,...
Voldemort worse than Luthor, Joker
Lord Voledmort, the lead bad guy in the Harry Potter saga has been voted favorite literary villain of all time, in a poll conducted by Bloomsbury, HP's British publisher. Over 16,000 Brit kids voted...
STAR TREK: the next abomination — UPDATE
This is dumb:
The United Federation of Planets has never looked so crisp and full of dimension.
CBS Paramount gave Trekkers reason to throw their pointy ears in the air Thursday with the announcement that...
Things to see: Jon Foster
The awesome Jon Foster, who has an art book coming out in November. Must. Buy.
Jeff Smith on Tarzan, Kelly
Jeff Smith turns out to be quite the blogger. He not only posts a look at his cover for the second volume of Fantagraphics' OUR GANG reprints, he also talks about Joe Kubert's...
McClouds are out there
The Making Comics Fifty State Tour Hit the road the other day
I will tell you that we are in Beaver, Utah again (stopped here on the way to Minneapolis two months back) and...
Marie Javins, Woman of Adventure
Comics vets will undoubtedly remember Marie Javins, the popular Marvel editor who worked on the 2099 line, Epic line, Hellstrom Akira, Earth X and so forth. She's also worked as a colorist, and just...
One Volume BONE new edition blowout
The original edition of the one-volume BONE collection sold out of 50,000 copies fairly quickly, but the new printing of 20,000 is just shipping now and is ALREADY unavilable from Diamond. Here's the PR:
The...
Friends of Lulu: Call for Entries
Marion Vitus writes to say that Friends of Lulu is planning a new anthology, "The Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff" and they have posted a call for entries:
The Friends of Lulu, the national...
Saddam forced to watch SOUTH PARK?
Believe it or not, we're loathe to pass along unsourced rumors and unverified fact, but this is just too funny. As we said, we failed to find a quote to back this up, so...
Verheiden on MY NAME IS BRUCE
Writer Mark Verheidens reveals some of the inspiration behind the new Bruce Campbell film:
I've also been a fan of Bruce Campbell's since EVIL DEAD 2, which I (honestly) consider one of the great movies...
