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...
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...
