And now HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster might merge
Mere days after a proposed Random House/Penguin merger was announced it seems HarperCollins might merge with Simon & Schuster, the WSJ says.
A new comics shop has opened in LA: Thank You Comics & Books
While we're not privy to the local scene, based on this, it seems that LA's popular Secret Headquarters comics shop has officially opened a...
DC scaling back variants as sales setting records
DC's sales experts Bob Wayne and John Cunningham have gone off on their monthly round of website chat, and things didn't go well at...
Is the 52 different variety JLA book going to destroy comics? Probably not
For those with long memories, yesterday's announcement of 52 different covers for next year's JLA #1 book sounded some alarm bells.
BEA gets more like Comic-Con
The biggest business book show in America is inching towards a full-on consumer day, as the Comic-con-ization of trade book shows continues. BEA director...
DC goes all out for new JLA book with 52 variants
Okay this is the limit. In January DC will launch a new JLA book by Geoff Johns and David Finch, and to make sure...
The comics must go on: Midtown Comics and Jim Hanley’s Universe are open for...
Things are sort of returning to the semi-normal in Manhattan, as least from what we can see. We stopped by Jim Hanley's Universe on...
Dark Horse React to Disney’s Acquisition of Lucasfilm
Newsarama have published a statement from Dark Horse President Mike Richardson regarding Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm. This move obviously raises questions about Dark Horse,...
Random House and Penguin announce merger
As rumored last week, two major publishing companies Random House and Penguin have merged, creating one big Franken-publisher that will control 25% of...
Comics: for one fantastic moment, everything was OK
Is this the magic moment? Probably. Or as a recent ICv2 headline put it:Comic Retailers Cautiously Ecstatic, following the "Return of the Pamphlet." Despite the innate caution, pessimism and low self-image endemic to the comics industry, it seems that following a year of improved sales, general awareness, mainstream recognition and booming live events, the comics industry has taken a moment to kick back the recliner and crack open a frosty one:
Wizard stuff: Macaluso Chairman; Austin programming; convention profits up in Q2
Despite the nearly daily arrival of Wizard World PR in our inboxes, we haven't been the most attentive to running their news; apologies for that. With this weekend's Wizard World Austin Comic Con coming up, here's a little of what's happening and a peek at the most recent SEC filings:
Girl Genius hands over retail business to TopatoCo
Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius has been a success on the web ever since folks started anxiously asking "Can peoplez read comicz on webz?" and it even has a load of Hugo Awards to show for it. But In a humorous press release copied below, they've announced they're moving over to TopatoCo for fulfillment and merchandizing, while staying with Diamond for distribution.
