MoCCA: New location will have ground floor access
Michael Dean, who previously reported on the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art for TCJ, has a fact-filled article on the museum's sudden Monday closure. According to president Ellen Abramowitz, a new space is in place, but papers have not been signed. The lease on the old space was up and it was decided to move.
Skottie Young, Adam Rex and Neil Gaiman team up, if you're interested
In a new deal with HarperCollins, it's been announced that Neil Gaiman will be writing five new books next year. And he's bringing Adam Rex and Skottie Young with him.
Brian Wood is writing Star Wars
Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda have been announced as the creative team for a new Star Wars series debuting next year, from Dark Horse Comics.
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Dave Wachter
The fifth nominee for this year's Russ Manning Award is Dave Wachter, the artist for Night of 1000 Wolves, That Hellbound Train, and several other less-ominous sounding comics.
Marvel Cancel NINE Titles!
Say goodbye to nine of Marvel's titles! Marvel Now! ushers in a new world without the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, or... Rogue/Gambit.
Roger Slifer Update: Hero Initiative accepting donations
Sad news. Writer Roger Slifer is still in a coma following a hit and run accident two weeks ago. Jim Salicrup has been updating his condition on Facebook, and on Sunday posted this from a friend of Slifer's:
More DC October Creative Changes And Other Solicitation Nuggets
Sometimes you get a fuller story when the solicitations are announced, and today would be one of those times. Let's start out with another primary creative change: Dan Jurgens is taking over Firestorm:
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Teagan Gavet
Teagan Gavet is the fourth of the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Award, for her work on the original graphic novel Nordgard: On Thin Ice
New York's MoCCA comics museum shuts down its physical space
Backing up rumors we'd been hearing over the weekend, MoCCA, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, is closing its physical space on Broadway in Soho, effective immediately.
Disneyland Pyongyang?: It's A Small World After All
Mickey Mouse diplomacy? Disney characters were recently seen at a state concert in North Korea.
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Tyler Crook
The third nominee for this year's Russ Manning award is Tyler Crook! Artist for Petrograd and B.P.R.D, amongst others.
As The Oatmeal Suit Is Dismissed, Another Cartoonist Makes Some Noise
The strange affair of The Oatmeal Vs. Funny Junk Vs. Funny Junk's lawyer has ended. Maybe. The suit was dismissed this week, but it's not quite as cut and dried as that. What? You were expecting simple answers in this affair?
