Diamond’s Top Publishers of ’07
Diamond has released its year -end figures for 2007, and as soon as we figure out the HTML, we'll be putting up more of...
Quebecor World update
As reported yesterday, Quebecor World, printer of most North American comics periodicals, has filed for bankruptcy in both US and Canadian Courts. Jim Milliot...
Publisher websites criticized
We can't tell if this position paper from Comic Book Bin is a parody of the infamous ComicsPRO position paper (which we'll be getting...
Quebecor’s woes continue
We don't have what we'd call a commanding grasp on the Quebecor story, but after talking to a few people yesterday the pieces are...
Strike Update
Speaking of that WGA strike, Variety blogger
Tom McLean explains very clearly why Comic-Con is strike-proof. The comment thread to the post points...
Quebecor bail-out plan
UPDATE: Well, now it's looking like the bail-out never came:
Quebecor World Inc (IQW.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it failed to obtain $125...
AtlasBooks Acquires Biblio
ICv2 reports on the latest in book distribution consolidation, which affects a few indy comics as well:
National Book Distribution has sold its small...
New Bytes: Newtype, FBI.com
• ANN reports that Newtype USA, the glossy, oversized manga-culture magazine is to cease publication -- but ADV will replace it.
Representatives of A.D. Vision...
Buy Steve Geppi’s house!
A Baltimore real estate section scrutinizes the housing sales of the Diamond Comics CEO:
The CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors and minority Orioles owner is...
More Comics and Games Retailer memories
The other day we mentioned the cancellation of the retailer giveaway mag COMICS & GAMES RETAILERS. Former editor John Jackson Miller has his own...
Fat lady sings for retailer magazine — UPDATE
Comics Worth Reading and ICv2 report that Comics and Games Retailer , the magazine for...well, retailers published by F+W/Krause (which also publishes CBG) will...
Pow, Sock, graphic novels are for people with $100
In one fell swoop the NY Times sums up the graphic novelization of comics, vis a vis big honking Omnibi. Along the way, David...
