Shop at Ralphs for the Hero Initiative
As The Beat wanders each week through a cramped Gristedes, pushing a tiny, child- or midget-sized cart through narrow, stacked-up aisles, hoping against hope...
Requiem for a Virgin
Looking at my calendar for today, there was a single item, planned about a month ago:
12:00 -- Lunch with Virgin Comics
The meeting had already...
Writer Dan Slott and DC Comics editor Michael Siglain join Comics Experience
Is this a trend? Press releases complete with giant photos of Dan Slott holding a copy of SHE-HULK and Mike Siglain standing in front...
Virgin: That’s all she wrote
Somewhere, Nicolas Cage is crying. Calvin Reid at PW gets the tale of the tape:
Although calls to Virgin Comics CEO and cofounder Sharad Devarajan...
Quick hits
§ Revolving door: Rick Marshall has joined MTV's Splash page blog:
I’ll be joining the current editor, Casey Seijas, in helping to make this new...
On the road again
We're in transit back to civilization today. Full posting resumes tomorrow.
We'll have more coverage of the Virgin Comics realignment soonish. Three former Virgin...
Mickey Mouse: not just for Disney anymore?
The LA Times rounds up the epic story of how the original Mickey Mouse may just not be "copyright Disney" anymore:
All signs pointed to...
Virgin Comics: changes ahead
Rumors about Virgin Comics are flying fast and furious this weekend. Sources are telling me that the comics publishing is getting drastically reduced or...
To Do 8/21: Doctorow/Spooky
Cory Doctorow Meets DJ Spooky: A CBLDF Benefit Mashup!
Sadly, we'll be out of town, or we'd be there in a flash.
Going away
Kreegah! On vacation. Less posting then ever. I have a few longish essays I've been working on that I may get to post...or maybe...
Judge allows WATCHMEN lawsuit to go on
No, not a lawsuit by Alan Moore...rather it's a battle of studio titans, as Fox has been suing Warners saying they control the rights...
