Newsarama sold to TopTenReviews
Newsarama, the long-running comics news site, has been purchased by TopTenReviews, a content aggregation site out of Ogden. UT, it was announced today. The site, along with Space.com, and LiveScience, were sold by Imaginova,...
Nick acquires Turtles for $60 million
Another giant IP deal unfolded yesterday, as Viacom/Paramount/Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million.
Created in 1984 by two New England indie cartoonists, the Turtles have gone on...
Toronto Comic-Con announced, NOT featuring Warren Ellis
A print ad in Wizard magazine announces the dates and venue for the Toronto Comic-Con (formerly Paradise Con) as March 26-28, 2010. However, a picture of Warren Ellis floating at the bottom does NOT...
Retailer Summit notes
Limited posting this morning as we wrap up at the Diamond Retailer Summit. The show has been surprisingly focused on the positive aspects of a business that has proven unexpectedly buoyant in the face...
Behind the BOOM!/Haven 2nd printing deal
Earlier this week it was announced that BOOM! Studios had signed a deal with Haven Distributors to distribute BOOM!'s second printing comics. BOOM! is the LA-based publisher of both original and licensed comics, and...
Huge news: Kodansha arrives!
The wait is over as Calvin Reid finally confirms Kodansha's entry into the US Market:After years of speculation about its plans, Kodansha, the largest publisher in Japan and a prolific manga licensor to U.S....
Two very odd articles
A few months ago Comic Book Bin's Hervé St-Louis declared that copyrights were for wussies and part of an evil cabal called The Cult of The Creator, something he promised to expose more fully...
Amazon: Cartoonists aren’t authors
Via the ACT-I-VATE blog, George O'Connor, artist on BALL-PEEN HAMMER, a recent GN from First Second, reveals a dispute with Amazon whereby they refused to list the book he had illustrated onhis author page,...
News bits: DrMaster, McSweeney’s, Avatar
• Katherine Dacey wonder what's happening at DrMaster, and the evidence is not encouraging:
Over at the ANN forums, site user Facesforce speculates that DrMaster is on the verge of shutting down. He notes that...
10 Days that Shook Comics: Updates
As we head into the first weekend of the Third Age of Comics, much is still being written and pondered. Let's check out the Google earth view, shall we?
* First, a succinct Tweet...
Dragon*Con — a nagging question
Letters, we get letters. Chris T. asks us:
Hello Heidi, I was wondering if you might address this in your blog. I have seen all of the pictures of the cosplay at DragonCon and the...
EVERYTHING you need to know about Marvel/Disney and DC Entertainment
Check out this list of the top 20 grossing films of the last decade. Discuss. We'll be back here tomorrow for a wrap-up of the 10 Days That Shook The Multiverse.
