Meanwhile in Angoulême: diary comics, signings and exhibits
Lest we forget, all the hubbub about the Grand Prix aside, the Angoulême comics festival is now underway and a glorious festival it is. Here's an insanely long list of the authors attending and...
Ricky Whittle nabs lead as Shadow in Starz adaption of Gaiman’s American Gods
Ricky Whittle will star as Shadow, the ex-con with a penchant for coin tricks who is recruited as a bodyguard by the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday as he travels the country on business of truly epic proportions, in the Starz TV adaption of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
Wal-mart may set up their own graphic novel sections
Despite the jitters everyone is having about the Big Two's periodical publishing programs, as we reported the other day, graphic novels did pretty well in 2015, with sales up 22% in bookstores. Calvin Reid follows up on this sanguine report with an interview with Diamond Book Distributions Kuo Yu Liang, who says
2016 will probably be their best year ever.:
Hermann wins the Grand Prix at Angouleme
After all that hullabaloo, Belgian artist Herman Huppen, aka Hermann has won the award no one wanted, the 2016 Grand Prix. Hermann beat out Alan Moore and Claire Wendling for the dubious honor. Nominated...
The latest Eric Stephenson tells-it-like-it-is interview pokes “dull, “bland” industry
Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson is always quotable and evidently not afraid of being quoted, as he often tweaks other publishers in a blunt way little seen in the industry. In a new interview...
GLAAD Nominees honor Wicked & Divine, Harley Quinn and more
Awards season is underway! And GLAAD has announced its annual media award nominees to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and...
Sonic Unveils Massive Four-Issue Interlocking Cover
All your Chaos Emeralds belong to us in this awesome interlocking Sonic cover.
Archie has been telling a long form story with the Sonic characters for the past three years via the ‘Shattered World Saga’...
RIP Abe Vigoda star of Barney Miller and…Fish
We all knew it had to happen but wished it wouldn't. The great Abe Vigoda has actually passed on at age 94, after years of his continued existence being the punchline of one of...
MCM conventions expanding in Europe
Speaking of conventions and their spread, the MCM Comic Con brand is expanding to Germany and Belgium. Currently MCM holds shows in London, Telford, Birmingham Manchester, Belfast, DublinGlasgow, Stockholm and Malmo, so...
Con Wars: Salt Lake and San Diego maybe closer to settling
The ongoing trademark battle between Salt Lake City Comic Con and the San Diego Comic-Con may be closer to settling, although it's only listed as "promising," with the judge in the case giving them...
Terry Moore Draws the Curtain on Rachel Rising
Author and illustrator Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise) announced the end of his newest multi-year saga; Rachel Rising on Twitter Yesterday. The series about a girl who is raised from the dead is coming...
Report: DC relaunching with more media-centric line
Everyone has been wondering what DC would do to shore up its line, and now Bleeding Cool has a rumor that is sure to heat up the hot stove league: a June relaunch...
