Updated: Boom gets $600k
It seems that Boom! Studios has joined the ranks of comics publishers getting a little VC pie: The Los Angeles company, officially known...
Bookscan revisited
We've been trying to collect our thoughts on Brian Hibbs 2007 Bookscan analysis all week but what with catching up on 500+ emails,...
RBI for sale
As you may have heard, yesterday Reed Elsevier announced they were selling off RBI, the b2b publishing end of their operation, including Variety, Broadcasting...
Marvel’s dark ’09
Remember when Marvel Studios was one of the independent movie studios who signed a separate interim deal with the WGA? It turns out...
HeavyInk: Learning, sharing, shopping
HeavyInk is a new comics e-tailer that offers social networking functionality with its 20% discount. We'll let you parse the press release:
After a period...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in...
Platinum goes public
Some news from late last week: Platinum Studios is now a publicly traded company. Follow along at PDOS.
Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an...
WGA Strike — patches of blue sky!
Get out your Oscar frock! Both Nikki Finke and the NY Times are reporting a settlement may near :
Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood’s...
News and notes
§ Adrian Tomine interviewed by Terry Gross.
§ Direct link to Shaenon Garrity's Compleat Overlooked Manga Festival. BOOKMARK.
§ You gotta pay wholesale now.
§ Sam...
Cold Cut’s mystery future
For months, the LJ of Cold Cut Distribution employee Matt High has been spotlighting his spectacular vacation photos. Of late it started talking about...
News Briefs
We're battling some kind of virus that we got from eating some ill-advised food. It's a real tussle that goes back and forth, and...
Lebonfon Speaks
Patrick Jodoin of Lebonfon, a Canadian printer that has been picking up some work from the Quebecor mess, sent out a brief statement yesterday:
We...
