RIP Will Elder
Journalista is reporting the death of legendary MAD artist Will Elder at age 86. The Bronx-born Elder went to school at the Manhattan...
Must reading: “How to get your indie book into comic shops”
Elizabeth Genco, whose graphic novel Blue was recently announced, does a lot of heavy lifting by surveying several indie friendly retailers to find...
Fantagraphics goes exclusive with Diamond
Diamond sent out a press release yesterday confirming that Fantagraphics is going exclusive to the comic shop trades with Diamond. You can read the...
Gene Colan benefit update
Over at his blog, Clifford Meth continues to enlist aid for a benefit to help defray the medical costs of Gene Colan's recent...
Superman drawings removed from auction
Several people sent us think link to a Boing Boing post about a children's cancer charity benefit being shut down because of unauthoized...
The Eagle Awards anounced at last
The Eagle Awards winners have been posted. We're told a 17-year-old girl has been put in charge of the awards for next year; which...
RIP Robert Rauschenberg
Legendary Abstract Expressionist Robert Rauschenberg has died at age 82.
A painter, photographer, printmaker, choreographer, onstage performer, set designer and, in later years, even...
Fantagraphics going with Diamond?
The TCJ board floats the rumor that Fantagraphics is going exclusive with Diamond for the DM -- if true. Norton would continue to be...
Thanks, Bristol!
While the Eagle award winners still haven't been put online, more informal awards called the 2008 Golden Champagne Glass Awardshave been announced. They...
Friends of Lulu Awards — NOMINATE
As mentioned here before, nominations for the 2008 Lulu Awards are open. Anyone can nominate. These are the categories:
The Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame...
Gene Colan ill
Over the weekend news spread quickly that Gentleman Gene Colan is suffering from liver failure. Gene's wife Adrienne sentr out a letter, reproduced ...
