Would Daddy Warbucks have bailed out Lehman Brothers?
The New York Times finds Jeet Heer's analysis of Little Orphan Annie's anti-FDR tone during the Great Depression a "Big Idea" for today, and...
Meanwhile, at the Licensing Show
We used to love going to the Licensing Show to see what all the studios were flogging, but this year they moved it to...
Wizard news update
Spurge reports rumors that a few more folks have left Wizard. Vice-President of Production and Circulation Darren Sanchez left against his will, while photographer...
Marvel news and notes: profits, Cap’s early release
Much goings on about a recent Marvelinvestor conference in which John Turitzin, Marvel’s general counsel and EVP of the executive office, answers a fan's...
Art Alert: Farel Dalrymple's Merv Pumpkinhead
The OMEGA/POP GUN WAR artist posts a commission. Merv Pumpkinhead is, of course, from SANDMAN, but he's also a nod to Jack Pumpkinhead, the...
Future sailors like comic
Speaking of sailors, our attention has been drawn to BRAVO ZULU, part of the "Fulfill Your Destiny" campaign to increase minority enrollment in the...
Handley pleads guilty
As reported yesterday, Christopher Handley, the Iowa man arrested for owning drawn material depicting children engaged in sexual acts, has pleaded guilty to...
Learn about comics Part III — Impact University at SDCC
And one more! Impact Books is sponsoring a one day intensive on July 21, the day before the San Diego Comic-Con kicks off.
Online registration...
Learn about comics Part II — Madden and Abel at SVA
Jessica Abel writes to alert us to anther great comics seminar, a pre-MOCCA Summer Intensive Comics Workshop at SVA:
Starting the day after Memorial...
Learn about comics Part I — Peter Sanderson at NYU
Peter Sanderson, a comics historian of erudite and informed lineage, writes to tell us he's teaching a course about graphic novels and movies at...
2009 Russ Manning Award nominees announced
Via PR, the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, to be presented at this year's Eisner Awards ceremony:
The 2009 nominees are:
Gregory...
The game changer
Was talking to a good friend the other day, one I had worked with back in my magazine publishing days. (I worked at various...
