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Friedrich and Binder to receive Finger award

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Via PR, Gary Friedrich, a seminal figure of Marvel in the 60s and 70s and co-creator of Ghost Rider, and the late Otto Binder, without whom there would be no Supergirl or Krypto or hundreds of other comics, are the two latest recipients of the Bill Finger Award. This honor is presented annually at the the San Diego Comic-Con to honor one living writer, and one deceased who have made significant contributions to the comics industry.

Wowio buys DrunkDuck

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Via PR, electronic publisher WOWIO has purchased the webcomic site DrunkDuck from Platinum Studios. Just to make it all neat and tidy, Platinum once...

New manga supergroup to take on pirates

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There's a new superteam in town, Calvin Reid reports at Publishers Weekly -- brought together to face a mighty foe that threatens our very...

Frazetta page fetches $380,000

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We're not necessarily going to make a cottage industry out of running all these "record setting art sales" PR pieces, but given the recent...

2010 Manning Award nominees

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Nominees for the 2010 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, recognizing some of the finest emerging cartoonists, were announced yesterday. The award is selected...

2010 Shuster Award winners

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Saturday saw the presentation of the 6th Annual Joe Shuster Awards, honoring the finest in Canadian comics. And the winners are: Artist/Dessinateur * Stuart Immonen –...

Help the CBLDF at HeroesCon and beyond

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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund needs volunteers for HeroesCon You get free lunch so it's a good deal. They also need some volunteers in their New York headquarters as they recently moved and need help getting things sorted. YOU can contact them for either matter via Facebook.

Joe Quesada promoted to Chief Creative Officer, Marvel Entertainment

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Joe Quesada, whose been serving up his Cup o' Joe as Marvel Publishing's E-i-C- and CCO for a decade, has taken a larger role at Marvel Entertainment as Chief Creative Officer where he'll work alongside Alan Fine to provide creative input on Marvel's continuing expansion into all media.

Although Quesada has said in the past that the job of editor in chief "comes with a shelf life," his success at guiding Marvel's iconic characters through the digital era and into acquisition by Disney has led him to an even more important role at the company. PR below:

Where we’ve been, where we’ll be

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A preview Heroes Con preview; a smashing comic book wedding; is a comic book really worth $3.99? Not when you have to get rid of hundreds of them; and my final thoughts on BEA.

Dan Piraro wins the Reuben

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Via email from Hogan's Alley, the winners of the Reuben Awards from the National Cartoonists Society: Seth MacFarlane won the Television Animation division award. Ronnie del...

Linda Gold: 1949-2010

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Linda Gold, wife of longtime industry figure Mike Gold and mother of Adriane Nash died yesterday morning of a heart attack., as reported by Glenn Hauman. Gold was a familiar figure at shows and a frequent message board commenter and her loss is felt in many places today.

BEAT MAY GIVEAWAY #8: Baker, Hernandez, Darcy

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Okay we're wrapping up our Beat Giveaway Frenzy with a special THREE BOOK DEAL. First up:SPECIAL FORCES by Kyle Baker, a dark parody of...

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