“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...
MoCCA: Party Poop
Wow we are so slammed by everything going on we haven't even had time to assemble a MoCCA Party Poop guide, although there is...
MoCCA: Prism Comics
Prism Comics, which promotes LGBT creators and their comics, will participate with a booth and creator signings at the MoCCA Art Festival, a two-day...
Tokyopop layoff update
We're hearing that editorial cuts at Tokyopop include Rob Tokar, Luis Reyes, Paul Morrissey, Hope Donovan and Tim Beedle. Which means the two editors...
Update: Tokyopop
Okay as you may have heard by now, while we on the road, Tokyopop announced its split into two divisions: a publishing arm and...
Schmidt Joins IDW
Former Marvel editor Andy Schmidt has joined the ranks at IDW. PR:
IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the addition of the newest member...
