Land o’ links Volume 1
A shitload of shit is going down and we don't have time to make it all pretty, so here's a raw info dump. It...
“Pow! Romance! Comics Court Girls”
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The Wall Street Journal online investigates, Marvel and DC's efforts to market comics to girls...and what you find MAY SHOCK YOU!:
Industry heavyweights including Time...
Legendary Stan pacts with Disney
At an age when most would be sailing peacefully into the twilight, Stan Lee just can't stop pacting and creating, as his Pow! Entertainment...
FAQ: The Hansen LIterary Agency
Getting a good agent is getting to be as desirable for the graphic novelists as it has always been for the regular novelists. One...
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...
