New York Comic-Con announces guests; pro reg closing SATURDAY
Via PR, new Featured Guests include Colleen Doran, Bob Layton, David Petersen, Ivan Reis, Joe Sinnott, Herb Trimpe, and Leinil Yu. They join Eddy...
Home-based problems
Basically, they are turning off the power here for a while, so we're racing against the clock, but the clock is winning.
Eisner judges named
Retailer Amanda Emmert (née Fisher), librarian Mike Pawuk, Diamond Books sales manager John Shableski, cartoonist/educator Ben Towle, and editor/critic Andrew Wheeler comprise this year's...
Lunching with the stars
We're still not quite sure HOW we found ourselves sitting yesterday on a dais eating spinach with Ed Harris, Amy Adams, and Marcia Gay...
To Do Nov 8: SANDMAN live, hosted by Neil Gaiman!
A few tickets are still available for this Sandman reading/CBLDF benefit:
Veteran voice actor Tom Wayland and others, will read from some of the...
Funny old world
Not too much posting today because, frankly, I'm emotionally drained after the last few days. Happy, but drained. In addition, I'm giving out an...
More on ComicMix; Greenberger comments — UPDATED
Rattlings about changes at ComicMix continue. We've confirmed that both publicist Martha Thomases has been laid off and and vp Glenn Hauman have been...
Marvel’s earnings results; $10 mil investment in online
Frankly, we're a little too bleary with joy over the idea of a US President who believes in habeas corpus to really think about...
R.I.P. Yma Sumac
Amidst celebrations, some sadness, as Yma Sumac has died. The Peruvian songstress had a near five-octave vocal range and remains an icon of the...
ComicMix cutbacks?
Looks like ComicMix is downsizing in the widespread economic slowdown. First, all the columns have ended -- Michael Davis and Martha Thomases did farewell...
PW’s Best Graphic Novels of the Year
Thus it begins. You can go to the link for all the details, but the cartoonists represented include Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie, Lynda...
Holidays looking grim for bookstores
Barnes & Noble is planning for a "terrible" holiday season, and Borders is on life support, meaning declining orders for graphic novels, ICv2 reports:
The...
