Industry Issues — UPDATE
UPDATED: Just to put this in perspective ICv2 posted Diamond's annual sales figures
Diamond Comic Distributors has released its annual sales figures, reporting that in...
New columnist on the scene
Todd Allen, a frequent source of commentary on webcomics, e-commerce and so on, has launched a column at Comic Book Resources, and already he's...
Diamond, Comic Foundry reach historic accord
Tim Leong reports on a compromise bill that all are happy with with a price drop the key concession:
All has been quiet on the...
IFL update
A quick catchup on the IFL, the MMA league co-owned by Wizard's Gareb Shamus. Although it has been showing regularly on TV, it has...
Comics show runner spotlighted
George Gene Gustines examines the concepts from TV which are now being used in comics , like "Show runners' and "seasons."
¶In “Countdown,” a new...
More on “Online Graphic Novel”
The creator of that Jonas Moore thing has more to say about GNs that go direct to the sponsor. This story wouldn't be so...
Linkage for the day
§ CNN looks at Marvel's balance sheet, and Spider-Man has not been the cash cow you might expect.
Spider-Man, as any comic book fan knows,...
Now it can be told: Kevin Colden and the Xeric
A few weeks ago we posted the latest Xeric Grant winners, with the rather odd note that Kevin Colden has turned down the...
Telling it like it is: Hibbs, Butcher
Brian Hibbs looks at the End of History as two of the latest late books ever are released and explains what it means for...
PW on S&S rights “grab”
Some consternation this morning about budding GN publisher Simon & Schuster and their new rights policy which would seem to indicate ownership in perpetua....
Platinum’s lack of credit – UPDATE
UPDATE: AS per the comments, Platinum has now added credits for the strip. Kudos to them for doing the right thing right away.
Platinum...
Can this man save print?
Maybe.
As you may have heard by now, Tim Leong's COMIC FOUNDRY magazine has been rejected at Diamond for being in B&W and having...
