Another print mag ends run: Write Now!
Via PR, another print magazine about comics is going to the great newsstand in the sky, as Write Now!, edited by Danny Fingeroth and published by TwoMorrows, will end with its 20th issue.
"Write...
P.J. Bickett leaves Devil’s Due
More turmoil at Devil's Due, ICv2 reports:
P.J. Bickett has left his position as the CEO of Devil’s Due Publishing effective December 1st. DDP President Josh Blaylock will take over Bickett’s duties on an...
Can Chinese comics sell in France?
ComiPress translates a long Chinese brief on The Future of China's Comics Market in France. As if that topic weren't interesting enough on its own, the article gives many facts and figures on the...
Comic book layoffs: Devils Due, Tokyopop
While the comics industry has thus ar been immune from the massive layoffs hitting the media sector, that could be changins. CBR reports that three staffers have been laid off at Devils Due:
CBR News...
Shopping guides
Two buying guides for the weekend and holidays:
• The Comics Reporter
• CBR News: CBR Holiday Gift Guide: Books
Us? We're giving the gift of LAUGHTER this year!
The week in PW Comics Week
A lot of good stuff, as usual, in this week's PW Comics Week (which I co-edit) and sometimes we like to draw your attention to it:
Kai Ming Cha, Brigid Alverson and Calvin Reid take...
Miller: October comics sales set record
John Jackson Miller's October 2008 sales estimates are up, but what's really notable, he writes, is that October was a huge month for dollars.
The October 2008 comics sales estimates are online at The Comics...
“We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Floppies”
John Rogers, screenwriter, blogger, and author of a fan favorite run on BLUE BEETLE, usually speaks his mind. His comments regarding the recent cancellation of the book have been quoted everywhere; we don't want...
RIP: Broccoli USA?
Gia Manry reports that Broccoli USA, the US arm of Japanese publisher Broccoli, is shutting down:
I got an anonymous tip that led me over to Broccoli’s website and eventually to this press release (Japanese...
King Features rolls out digital content/ad engine
Hearst-owned King Features has just announced Comics Kingdom, which is, as far as we can tell, a new attempt at a game-changing platform for syndication in the digital era. The vehicle? The comics. According...
WizKids canned; HeroClix’s fate unknown
Here's a story that got lost in the server outage yesterday: Topps has announced they are shutting down their WizKids division, effective immediately. Topps acquired the gaming company WizKids in 2003, after WizKids had...
More on ComicMix; Greenberger comments — UPDATED
Rattlings about changes at ComicMix continue. We've confirmed that both publicist Martha Thomases has been laid off and and vp Glenn Hauman have been laid off has elected not to take a salary. At...
