News stories we missed
While we were having vacations and internet problems last week, there were several stories that we had queued up that never got off the launching pad. Just to keep the narrative straight:
• Sony announced...
Marvel’s publishing sales flat in Q2
Jim Milliot at PW summarizes Marvel's latest financials, and they back up the idea of a softer 2nd quarter for comics publishing in general:
Publishing revenue at Marvel Entertainment was flat in the second quarter,...
Frank Santoro’s The bridge is over
Frank Santoro has posted an important essay on the end of the direct market as a conduit between comics for art and comics for commerce :
The bridge is over. From 1975 to 2005, the...
More on Travel Planners
Just before CCI San Diego kicked off, we reported on a possible security breach at Travel Planners, the company that handles hotel bookings for Comic-Con. Although TP denied the problem, there is quite...
Wanna buy a blog?
Never a dull moment, as Publishers Weekly has gone up for sale:
Reed Business Information is putting Publishers Weekly and its affiliated publications, Library Journal and School Library Journal, up for sale. The sale of...
ComiXology's new iPhone app launches
Just in time for Comic-Con!
Today at Comic-Con International, Iconology Inc. announced the launch of its Comics by comiXology App on the App Store. The Comics by comiXology App is a digital comic store, library...
UPDATED: Travel Planners database compromised?
We received a note from Susie Lee who reports that some of the credit cards on record at Travel Planners may have been compromised -- she and no less than THREE of her friends...
Universal Press and Uclick combined
A shake up in KC, as comics strip giant Andrews McMeel has consolidated its syndications and online divisions, merging syndicate Universal Press Syndicate with digital entertainment company Uclick .
The resulting company, called Universal Uclick,...
Dark Horse Presents leaves MySpace
Lost in all the excitement over Gilbert Hernandez's new superhero Dreamstar last week, is the fact that Dark Horse Presents has left MySpace. Given the social networking site's unfriending of hundred of employees --...
News and notes: Bolling, Frazetta, Marvel 1993
• The weekly comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug” by Ruben Bolling won the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ 2009 award for Best Cartoon in a ceremony that took place in Tucson on June 26....
Is there a Steve Jobs in the comic book industry?
At Comic Book Bin, Hervé St-Louis asks Is There a Steve Jobs in the Comic Book Industry?
In order for a similar persona to exist in the comic book industry, such a person would...
Jon Goldwater new CEO of Archie Comics
Via PR, we may be seeing a more "rock 'n' roll" Archie soon.
Jon Goldwater CEO of Archie Comics: The Archie Comics line of comic books is one of the most successful, longest running...
