GraphicNovelReporter website to launch
Oh boy, more to read! This newsletter launches later this month, part of the Book Report Network of newsletters and websites.
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OCHRE ELLIPSE wins Isotope Minicomics award
We are very remiss in not reporting yesterday that Jonas Madden-Connor's OCHRE ELLIPSE #2 has won the prestigious Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics,...
Loeb and Alexander out at Heroes
Plagued by falling ratings and fan gripes in its third season, Heroes has announced a top-level shakeup with co-exec producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse...
Set aside some time to read these
¶ Spurge has 30 talking points about comics and the recession -- no resolution is reached but it could get gloomy:
Recent comic book series...
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY wins International Horror Guild Award!
Woot! I'm proud to announce that THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Volume 1 (which I edited) won a 2008 International Horror Guild Award for Best Illustrated...
Weekend joyous events
§ Congrats to Laurenn McCubbin and Alex Getchell who were wed in a star-studded Vegas ceremony! (Photo above ganked from Katherine Keller!)
§ Congrats...
Sad day in Nerdville: Tennant leaving DR WHO
In news that could probably best be described as a "when, not if" story, David Tennant announced that he will be leaving DR WHO...
Agents who handle graphic novels
Once again, Colleen Doran does the hard work and digs up a list of book agents who handle graphic novels.
Here are just a...
Men severely beaten in comic shop mooning incident
A game of Magic: The Gathering turned violent when pranksters mooned a comics shop in Bellingham, WA and vigilante justice went too far, news...
PR: Hero Initiative and WizWorld Tex
Via PR, news of benefit activity at the next Wizard Show in Texas:
Wizard World Texas will play host to a game show night...
New York Times snubbing graphic novels?
You'd think with the WATCHMEN graphic novel selling 10K+ copies a week on and off since July that it would have cracked a major...
Crime watch: Avatar murder; proud papa goes too far
§ In Japan, a woman has been arrested for killing her husband. But it was only a MMORPG character that died, and the charge...
