San Diego Comic-Con Badge-o-ween 2013: the virtual lottery
Everyone hit go, complain, spinning wheel, white room, waiting list, unfair, people got in ahead of me, don't refresh!, crying, spinning wheel, oh god you hit refresh no why oh god no, why isn't there a lottery, Comic-Con sucks, hooray this is going to be the best week of my life, etc etc etc.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 2/19/13 – Success in Comics!
Why does Japan love fax machines? Why does Russia love dash cams? Why does Warren Ellis love webcomics?
Powell promoted to Vice President of Retailer Services at Diamond
Diamond, the the world's largest distributor of English-language comic books, is making a few more tinkers with the top exec structure. Former Lone Star Comics/mycomicshop.com retailer Chris Powell, who joined Diamond last year, has been promoted from Executive Director of Business Development to the new position of Vice President of Retailer Services. Powell will report to COO Chuck Parker and oversee Diamond’s Customer Service and Technical Support, which were formerly under VP Sales & Marketing Roger Fletcher. He'll also continued his role in setting up programs to get new stores started.
Review: Judge Dredd #1-3 (IDW)
This is the second go-round with a US-based Judge Dredd series. DC tried their hand at Dredd for 18 issues of the main title...
Thought Bubble announce first wave of guests for 2013 festival, unveil new logo
The UK's largest comics festival, Thought Bubble, has announced it's first wave of guests for this year. Declared rather unanimously to be the best...
New Autoptic comics and art event announces Jamie Hernandez as guest star
It's all still a bit cloak and dagger (and very early days), but there's a new and upcoming event in Minneapolis this August. Cooked...
New publisher/distro Black Mask Studios debuts with Moore, Lloyd, RZA and more
Not meaning to bury this news in the Friday afternoon graveyard, but wanted to get it out there: the long awaited Black Mask Studios transmedia/alternate distribution comics company set up by writer Steve Niles, producer Matt Pizzolo (Halo 8) and Epitaph Records' Brett Gurewitz has finally gone live and announced its debut projects.
You should buy this: Farel Dalrymple’s It Will All Hurt
I'll hold my hands up and admit I'm not a digital reader at all- there are a few web-comics which I love and keep...
Art Wall: spaceships, Strange and Sonic
Friday is art day! Friday is also the harbinger of the weekend, but who cares about that? Instead, take a look at all the pretty pictures...
Diamond is hiring a Purchasing Director
Wanna have a key job in purchasing at the biggest comics distributor in North America? Diamond is hiring.
Constantine #1 Preview (Or Hellblazer PG-13 If You Prefer)
DC has sent over a preview of the New 52 Hellblazer relaunch, renamed Constantine, possibly after the Keanu Reeves film (which was surprisingly decent). As you can...
Black Bat Adds Artist, Confirms May Launch (Preview Art)
The Black Bat was one of the early character pulps from the 1930s, along with The Shadow and The Spider. Like those last 2 pulps, The...
