Publishing news: FBI kids comics, death, cancellation
In news that must have many people standing around looking blank and confused, Fantagraphics has announced plans to publish a series of GNs that tie in with a new animated kids series. Yes,...
These times we live in
Heard via AIM:
Agent Wolfenstein: But even so, is still short-sighted and fixated on a model that's not going to work for much longer.
The Beat: Yes. But isn't EVERYONE? Is there ANYONE who is...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation CONFIRMED
Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue.
Yes, the final issue of Shojo Beat magazine will be the July...
Business Briefs: SHOJO BEAT ending?
A lot of sources today are picking up a distributor's note that Viz's SHOJO BEAT is ending publication in July. Anime News Networkrounds up supporting evidence:
Viz Media's Shojo Beat magazine is no longer...
Media Apocalypse Monday
We usually start off our day with Media Bistro's news roundup -- as goes advertising and circ, so goes entertainment -- and today's state of the industries leaves nothing but a blasted heath crawling...
Internet, your days are numbered
Free content on the web, it's time to stock up on food and ammo, and shore up the compound, because big media is coming to get you. According to Rupert Murdoch, the solution to...
Business briefs
A few quick notes on notables things:
§ BOOM! has announced that its line of kids comics will be carried at Disney's Soda Fountain Studio Store on Hollywood Blvd. BOOM!'s kids line includes books based...
New business model: PictureBox advance orders
Via email and up at the PictureBox website, publisher Dan Nadel is offering a bunch of exclusives and bonuses for those who preorder two upcoming releases, C.F.'s Powr Mastrs #3 and Brian Chippendale's In...
The coming of Kodansha?
Over the last couple of years, many rumors have circulated about Japanese publishing giant Kodansha entering the US manga market. Anime Vice digs up some evidence that the time may be now:
Keen-eyed reader paploo...
Vado on IO
A few more links of note on the specifics of the WARLORD OF IO situation: SLG's Dan Vado clears up the facts of the matter and gives it some perspective, which we'll quote...
Marvel news; Earnings, Eminem
Marvel announced their Q1 earnings yesterday, and they were once again ahead of the Wall Street pack -- although revenue was down, earnings were up.
First-quarter net income fell to $44.5 million, or 57...
WARLORD OF IO: a symbol for our times
Everyone is justifiably linking to this post at The Comics Reporter as a passionate response to the ongoing winnowing at Diamond that is removing books like James Turner's WARLORD OF IO from its catalog...
