Licensing, Fight business news
§ ICv2 checks in on some of the reports announced at the Licensing show:
In a separate report published in April, License Global Magazine ranked...
Reminder: Eisner Award voting closes this Friday!
Via Jackie Estrada:
Reminder: The deadline for voting in the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards is Friday (June 13). Eligible voters can download a...
What’s up at Platinum
Rich Johnston is the recipient of a letter sent by Platinum to its creators from President and Chief Operating Officer, Brian Altounian:
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UPDATE: CBLDF to handle Rory Root donations
Following yesterday's announcement regarding the Rory Root Memorial, there's now some good news:
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has graciously extended an offer...
Howard Cruse and foreign reprint woes
Over on his blog, Howard Cruse reveals that foreign reprints aren't always a cake walk:
Which is more than I can say for Dolmen...
“Disturbed comic fan” stabbing rampage
A crazed truck driver went on a gruesome rampage Sunday in Tokyo's nerd-friendly Akihabara district, killing seven people. The horrible incident has received international...
Rory Root memorial seeks contributions
Press release:
Due to legal concerns regarding Rory Root’s estate Comic Relief cannot fund the memorial celebrations that are scheduled on June 21st.
The two events...
Chris Ware winner VPRO Grand Prix 2008
Chris Ware beat out Dominique Goblet and Naoki Urasawa for this year's VPRO Grand Prix, an award handed out each year at the Stripdagen...
Rumours updates: Kodansha, Tpop, Wizard, etc etc.
§ Japanator weighs in on the Kodansha mystery with a pretty unequivocable Rumor squashed: Kodansha not making a move into the US market, based...
2008 Friends of Lulu Award Winners
Here are your 2008 FoL awards winners, as announced last night at MoCCA at a ceremny MC'd by Emily Flake:
Kim Yale Award:
Martina Fugazzotto...
A sale is a sale
Yesterday's Journalista had some harsh words for my analysis of Marvel's bookstore sales, especially my mention of Marvel having several entries in the PW...
