Manga industry update
§ While many folks were worried that Marc Weidenbaum's departure from Viz meant their original manga program was on hold, all indications -- ...
Die, pamphlets, die!
Devin Faraci, one of the main editors at the movie site C.H.U.D., has a mild-mannered editorial which brings together all the doomsday scenario ideas...
NYCC ’09: In this post, I will reveal the FUTURE OF COMICS!
New York Comic-Con 2009 is nothing but a lingering sore throat now, but all the forces and dramas that clashed and mingled continue to...
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair....
Some links about the Diamond thing
§ Prominent comics blogger Tom Spurgeon has a longish post on why Diamond's new policy isn't such a hot idea -- we haven't...
ICV2 conference coverage
As we remarked to more than a few people at the show -- everyone seems to be so busy Twittering a running tally of...
Graphic novels sales up in ’08
ICv2 has a condensed version of the white paper presented at yesterday's conference, and graphic novels sales were UP in '08, from $375 million...
More Diamond thoughts
§ Chris Butcher finally weighs in with his thoughts on the Diamond changes and it seems we've reached the end of an era:
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More on Diamond and the future
There's been a lot going on since Diamond's new benchmark bombshell, with several alternative distribution sources cropping up, notably Ka-Blam and their Print-on-Demand ComicsMonkey....
Recession Watch: Alt-Weekly cartoons
§ Cartoonist Matt Bors sits down with Kevin Allman, editor of The Gambit, an independent alt-weekly out of New Orleans, to talk about...
Magazine distribution wars continue
Time Inc. has taken a hard line with two magazine distributors who are asking for an additional seven cents an issue to distribute magazines:...
CRICKETS ceases
Sammy Harkham says that CRICKETS, his comics series from D&Q will end its current format; Diamond's new policies is once again the reason....
