RIP: Guy Peellaert
Sad news via The Forbidden Planet International Blog:
Belgian rock illustrator and cartoonist Guy Peellaert (previously profiled here) passed away on Monday, November 17th after...
Canadian literary awards still don’t like pictures
New scandal: The SKIM snub.
The ruckus started last week when Chester Brown and Seth wrote an open letter to the Canadian Governor General Literary...
When weekends attack!
Thanks to everyone for the many birthday wishes, and to everyone who came out to our birthday bash this weekend. It was a well-attended...
Incredible savings: PictureBox sales this weekend
Big sale in Brooklyn!
This weekend: Massive Visual Book and Magazine Sale @ PictureBox.Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16th 12 pm -5 pm.Huge personal...
Vertical layoffs
As mentioned in "Lying in the Gutters" this week, Vertical, best known for its manga line of Tezuka releases, but also a publisher of...
WizKids canned; HeroClix’s fate unknown
Here's a story that got lost in the server outage yesterday: Topps has announced they are shutting down their WizKids division, effective immediately. Topps...
IDW’s parking lot sale
On Saturday, December 6, from 10 am – 3 pm IDW will be having a parking lot sale! With special guests. A number of...
Another $1 billion movie, another lawsuit
As THE DARK KNIGHT heads toward $1 billion in worldwide grosses, it was inevitable that lawsuits would be filed as unjustly neglected parties sought...
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.
