World Awards: Tezuka announced, Eagles MIA — UPDATE
§ 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners have been revealed:
Masayuki Ishikawa won the 2-million-yen (about US$20,000) Manga Grand Prize for his Moyashimon medical comedy...
The Comic Book Murder!
DATELINE covered the Michael George case on Friday and a complete transcript and video excerpt are up.
Lenora Ward:...
George case on NBC this Friday
According to a tipster, this Friday's Dateline NBC will cover the Michael George case, as long rumored:
The promo I just saw for this Friday's...
Two suspects nabbed in Pirkola case
Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting of comics retailer David Pirkola local papers are reporting The two are teenagers, while a third...
Liberty Comics
Scott Dunbier alerts us to Liberty , an all star CBLDF benefit book he edited:
Stories by:Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips provide a CRIMINAL taleGarth...
This time we mean it
If you've been noticing the paucity of Beat posting of late, you're not imagining it. We said we were busy and we meant it,...
More on Wizard’s HQ sale
After yesterday's real estate listing for Wizard HQ rocketed through the inboxes and AIM windows of the comics industry like a hot knife through...
More Marvel financials
You can read Marvels' entire press release on their Q1 results here. Here's the relevant portion on publishing:
Marvel’s Publishing Segment net sales declined...
Wizard moving office?
This property listing would seem to indicate so.
Owner would prefer to deliver building vacant but would be agreeable to a lease back 60-100%...
Free Comic Book Day 2008 round-up
Retailers around the world report that Saturday's Free Comic Book Day was a big success. Lots of kids came in, happy to be getting...
Rome, GA humor
Even the Rome News - Tribune cartoonist is getting in on the act of making sport of DA Leigh Patterson, who prosecuted the Gordon...
