News: Virgin and Panini pact
Virgin Comics continues its generally sound expansion plans with a licensing deal for European distribution via Panini.
The Panini Group is pleased to announce...
SDCC: Chuck D in the house
You thought we were going to say hizzouse, didn't you? According to American Mule Entertainment Chuck D will be at this year's San Diego...
FC Brandt’s INDEPENDENTS trailer up
Cartooner FC Brandt has been working on a documentary about indie comics entitled IDEPENDENTS. The trailer is up in Low Bandwdith and High Bandwidth...
Suiho Tagawa, grandfather of manga
Buenaventura Press sent out a huge, 58-page preview of KRAMERS ERGOT #6 the other day, and the new edition of this groundbreaking anthology looks...
Eternal mysteries: Kim Thompson’s shortie shorts
We haven't been linking as much as we should to the mini-site for WE TOLD YOU SO, the upcoming history of Fantagraphics. FLOG has...
MUST VIEWING: Tintin and I airs tomorrow on PBS
Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard has made a documentary about Tintin and the worldwide influence of Hergé's cartoon creation, entitled Tintin and I. It will...
O.C.T. launch party pics
Diesel threw a launch party for 12 Gauge Comics O.C.T. last week, and a few pics have been posted of star Rosario Dawson, shown...
Tony Millionaire on transforming autobiography
In an interview at SuicideGirls Tony Millionaire reveals the surprising autobiographical origins of BILLY HAZELNUTS, his phantasmagorical children's book:
DRE: What was the inspiration...
Ritchie: Like a Virgin Comics
The UK Independent has news of a new addition to the Virgin Comics roster:
The film director Guy Ritchie is joining forces with Sir Richard...
Felipe Smith’s shoe quest
MBQ by Felipe Smith has been one of the most critically acclaimed of Tokyopop's OGM, or OEL or whatever they are calling them. A...
Scholastic plans: Beagle, Kaluta, Renier, Ruth
ICv2 has a rundown of Scholastic's upcoming OGN plans and they include:
• Amulet (Fall 2007) by Kazu Kibuishi.
• The Last Unicorn, adapted by...
PIRATES OF CONEY ISLAND covers
The Engine has a super cool thread where artists post covers they're working on, and we're stealing them! Here are two covers for PIRATES...
