SWALLOW ME WHOLE nominated for LA Times Book Prize
Nate Powell's SWALLOW ME WHOLE is the first graphic novel since MAUS to earn a nomination for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. According...
Spectrum Award winners announced
Jon Foster (above) and Aleksi Briclot (below) won the Gold and Silver, respectively, in the Spectrum Awards Comics division. The Awards honor the...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits Supplemental, 3/3/09
Well some more stuff rolled in, so we're rolling it right out:
§ Eddie Campbell has started blogging again after a long hiatus, possibly related...
Scans_Daily shut down; Internet reacts…and reacts
Over the weekend, news broke that the popular LiveJournal community Scans–Daily has been closed down. The community started out as a repository for slash...
Recession Watch: Wizard layoffs, more on Viz layoffs, first newspaper closing
§ The Beat has obtained more information on recent layoffs at Viz. The two editors laid off were long-time vet Ian Robertson and Carol...
WonderCon party poop
Maybe it's just because we're not going, so no one thought to invite us, but our notes on WonderCon parties are more scattered than...
WonderCon: CBLDF — #725
In addition to their Drink 'n Draw Welcome party on Friday, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has plenty of stuff going on at...
WonderCon: Hero Initiative — #913
The Hero Initiative announced today its plans for WonderCon, the West Coast’s second largest comics convention, taking place at the Moscone Center South from...
WonderCon: Prism — #715
Via PR:
Prism Comics, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization supporting LGBT comics creators and fans, unveils an exciting slate of events for WonderCon, the Bay Area's...
Business bytes: Gemstone, Viz, Soft Skull, Kodansha, etc.
There's lots of economic news floating around this week -- most of it bad -- but here's the latest on what's going around. §...
Rall’s open letter on the Brian Duffy matter
Editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was recently let go from his job at the Des Moines Register; after leaving, he discovered that his artwork, which...
BookScan redux
Okay, just a few after dinner cordials as we close the books on the annual Imbolc rituals:
§ Peerless Peggy Burns of D&Q...
