Is Diane Nelson the new overlord at DC?
Rich Johnston reports the rumor that has been swirling around for the last few weeks from multiple sources: a new boss for DC, namely...
Levitz on the industry
ICv2 sits down for its yearly or so confab with DC Publisher and PresidentPaul Levitz and it took all I could muster...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
