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by Zachary Clemente "The last story of the Greatest Generation" Don't let the semi-snarky headline fool you - I love me some Hickman Madness. Secret with artist Bodenheim...

Rat Queens co-creator Kurtis J. Wiebe has posted a statement regarding his co-creator Roc Upchurch's recent arrest for domestic violence after attacking his ex-wife. The upshot: Upchurch is off the book.

The US branch of the international literary organization PEN America is holding an auction of "Firest EDitions/Second Thoughts" tpo help support its mission of...

I've long been awaiting Jeff Trexler's analysis of the Marvel/Kirby Settlement, and he starts a two-part piece with Should the Kirby Family Have Settled? In case it hasn't been explicitly stated enough, it was Trexler's exploration of the potentially ground breaking work for hire aspects of the case that Kirby family attorney Marc Toberoff seems to have used to get the Supreme Court to even look at the case. To allow it to go to decision would have established an important precedent—but it was extremely risky for the Kirby heirs:

Over at PW I reported on Consortium starting to distribute Alternative Comics and Secret Acres to bookstores. They currently distribute Uncivilized, Toon Books, Nobrow...

Last year the Society of Illustrators inaugurated a comics art competition similar to the one for illustrators they've been running for many years. (Disclosure: I was...

Oni publicity guy John Schork has left, as announced in a model of grown-upness via social media

Roz Chast did not win the National Book Award—Evan Osnos won for Age of Ambition— But she's still a winner in my book! There ceremony also saw Neil Gaiman presenting Ursula K. LeGuin with a lifetime achievement type award. LeGuin had things to say:

There are now a ton of job listings up at the WB job board for DC's new West Coast set-up. Among them publicity and strategy and...

by Zachary Clemente Well, this is a wonderful surprise! Panel Syndicate announced today that a new digital comic by Albert Monteys (of El Jueves fame)...

Another win for a graphic novel as Jillian Tamaki won canada's Governor General Award : for This One Summer in the Children's Literature Illustrations...

A graphic novel has become Exhibit A in the latest Obamacare controversy. Clear, simple, understandable, useful - those are just a few of the words...