HELLBOY II is #1
Another comic book movie has landed at #1 at the box office, as HELLBOY II led the way:
Hellboy II: The Golden Army stormed onto...
Manga moments
§ ICv2 finds out more about Viz's original manga initiative:
Are you looking for manga-style properties?If by "manga" you mean what is generally considered manga...
AMERICAN GODS sampling report
Over on his blog, Neil Gaiman reports on the results of Harper Collins' read American Gods for free online promotion:
The Browse Inside Full...
Wal-Mart bans Mexican comic
Wal-Mart has pulled copies of a Spanish-language comic starring Mexican comics mainstay Memin Pinguin CNN reports on charges the character is racist:
For more than...
Kodansha rumbles
Lets and lots of feedback on the Kodansha bombshell out there. Dallas Middaugh confirms its not curtains for Del Rey manga:
Well, it’s business as...
Why we fight
There's been a bit of back and forth here in the comments about what's the best way to get your foot in the door,...
Kodansha in the US confirmed
ICv@ reports a Japanese report that confirms all those rumors about Kodansha entering the US market.
Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting...
Wizard World updates
ICv2 reports that it's all so new at Wizard World Chicago:
Shamus described himself as “totally out” at the IFL, and “back at Wizard.” “It’s...
Who’s buying Wowio? Platinum
Hm, curiouser and curiouser. Platinum Studios Announces It Is in Negotiations to Acquire WOWIO, LLC. Notice this is not an announcement that Platinum is...
R Stevens goes back to sticks with the web
In a story that proves that owning your good ideas gives the biggest payout, R Stevens has announced he's ending print syndication of DIESEL...
ADV sells furniture, anime
The news that ADV was selling off a bunch of office furniture drew the expected cries of alarm:
From http://www.windsorauction.com/auction.asp : Thurs., June 26 at...
LInks of note
§ Don McPherson finds writing about comics subscriptions is no easy task:
Yes, it would have made for an interesting feature, tapping not only into...
