Today’s money breakdown from the Penny Arcade Report: paying for journalism with panty shots
The Penny Arcade Report is a video game news and commentary site run by....well, we'll let you figure it out. Yesterday editor Ben Kuchera ran down the economics of running a website in dollars and cents. Although he's talking about video games, it all applies equally to comics journalism:
Comics…it was the worst of times
In the Brian Hibbs column I quoted in my previous post, he also wrote this:
We also live in an industry where a significant number...
Comics: it was the Best of Times…
There is a happy feeling in general when comics folks get together these days. Oh, there may be the occasional digital kerfuffle, and DC...
Is Ike-ification hitting all of Disney?
Have Ike Perlmutter's penny-pinching ways spread to all of Disney?
Weekly news wrap-up: Catalyst, Red Giant, Superman
Instead of Kibbles 'n' bits, we present a bunch of things I had tagged that I never got to write up in all the excitement. The news never sleeps!
Saga #12 rewrites the books
The matter of "Who censored Saga #12?" has been termed a fiasco by some, and that's probably the right word. While I certainly didn't...
Must read shocker: There is still a US Manga industry
Brigid Alverson shows us how it's done in this comprehensive report on the state of the US manga market. The big shock is that despite sales shrinkage since the boom years, it's still a relatively stable market:
Can creators really get their books back from Tokyopop?
We've been covering the sometimes glorious, sometimes ignominious history of Tokyopop for as long as there has been a Beat. Although its biggest legacy...
Court rules digital resales are a no-no
Can you sell "used" digital copies of books and music? You used to be able to via services such as ReDigi which allowed you...
Madefire teams with deviantART for more motion comics
Madefire—the VC-funded IoS-based comics starter— and DeviantART, the 7th largest social network on the internet, have teamed up to share art and technology.
Madefire...
DC to publish digital comics based on 1966 Batman
Holy licensing deal, Batman!
It seems that the campy, kitschy 1966 version of Batman—which was long verboten to be mentioned at DC and WB in general due to it's campy, kitschy nature. But as many noted, a line of toys based on the show was introduced at Toy Fair, and now we see that a whole line of merchandise, including a digital-first comic -- is coming.
JManga shuts down, taking all the manga you bought with it
It came in the night like an earthquake or a car crash: JManga, the digital manga portal set up by 39 of Japan's migegst publishers, is shutting down. As of last night you could not make any more point purchases, as of the 26th you will no longer be able to purchase manga and as of May 30th the entire site goes away -- taking all of the manga you bought with it.
