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...
Shamus exits IFL
Wizard Entertainment CEO Gareb Shamus has left his position at the IFL, the mixed martial arts league he co-founded in 2006. Jay Larkin, a...
Egmont US to open
From Publishers Lunch today, announcement of an American arm for Egmont.
Following their discussion in August of plans for a US venture, the UK's...
Marvel hypers remain bullish
The Motley Fool's Tim Beyers has always been bullish on Marvel stock, and he still is, based on increased profits without the need for...
Broken Frontier goes it alone
Broken Frontier began life as a volunteer collective of writers about comics that for a while was an excellent collection of columnists. A while...
Would cheering up sell more comics?
Retailer John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics has a piece at ICv2 called "Sharpening the Sword--Where Are The Villains?" which suggests that since we're...
Marvel gets online ad agency
Gorilla Nation, one of the more prominent online ad agencies, announces that they'll be selling as space for Marvel's website. not too much to...
State of the Industry Alert!
A few disparate threads which, taken together, stick a thermometer straight up the rectum of the comics industry. Sales are good, but is the...
More on the Comics Press/Newsarama
Chris Butcher had a post on the state of comics journalism a few days ago that everyone should read. In it he basically echoed...
Newsarama acquired by Imaginova
Newsarama, the longtime champion of comics news sites, has been acquired by Imaginova, the home of several science-geek-centric sites such as LiveScience and Space.com....
Platinum goes very very public
On Monday it was announed that Platinum Studios the nearly 10 year old publishing company that just began publishing about a year ago is...
DC Comics in distro pact with Random House
MEANWHILE, ever since Time Warner sold off its book biz to Hachette, people have been wondering who would be distributing DC's book line. Well...
