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...
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.
The Book...
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...
