MySpace — the law of diminishing returns
As reported widely yesterday, MySpace, the once ascendant social networking site, laid off over 400 people yesterday -- a third of its workforce --...
News briefs
§ Eroto-manga-ka SABE has passed away at age 41. Warning, the link is VERY, VERY NSFW...in fact it may even be something that...
A few words on PR dos and don’ts
Whew, there were more emails about new books for MOCCA than ever before -- more both in number and in the detail of the...
More Geppi money woes
The Baltimore City Paper has news of another debt against Diamond owner Steve Geppi,, this time a $600K loan from Camden National Bank in...
Marvel’s REBORN births more questions
The news which we reported on Monday, that Marvel would allow a much later than normal final order cutoff for REBORN #1 to...
Would Daddy Warbucks have bailed out Lehman Brothers?
The New York Times finds Jeet Heer's analysis of Little Orphan Annie's anti-FDR tone during the Great Depression a "Big Idea" for today, and...
Meanwhile, at the Licensing Show
We used to love going to the Licensing Show to see what all the studios were flogging, but this year they moved it to...
Wizard news update
Spurge reports rumors that a few more folks have left Wizard. Vice-President of Production and Circulation Darren Sanchez left against his will, while photographer...
Marvel news and notes: profits, Cap’s early release
Much goings on about a recent Marvelinvestor conference in which John Turitzin, Marvel’s general counsel and EVP of the executive office, answers a fan's...
SHOJO BEAT cancellation reax
Predictably, the demise of SHOJO BEAT, Viz's girl-focused magazine of serialized manga, is being discussed far and wide:
Alexander Hoffman:
The strange thing is though, that...
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...
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...
