Brill goes BOOM!
Ian Brill makes the jump from blogger/journo to the man who makes the sausage, joining Boom! as Games Workshop editor. Congrats, Ian! We'll miss...
2008 Friend of Lulu Nominees
The 2008 Friends of Lulu Award Nominations have just been announced. (Above image by Hope Larson.)
Kim Yale Award:
MARTINA FUGAZZOTTO (senior designer, gURL.com)
KIKI JONES (gURL...
Al Jaffee wins Reuben
Alan Gardner reports that Mad's Al Jaffee gas this year’s Reuben Award for the Outstanding Cartoonist of the year. Congrats!
A little Friday afternoon gossip
* Just got off the phone with a well-known, award winning cartoonist who was advertised as appearing at an upcoming convention. Apparently he was...
Judge upholds Michael George conviction
A judge has refused to overturn the conviction of Michael George this morning. The defense had attempted to get the jury's guilty conviction vacated...
Breaking news: Comics are expen$ive!
Newsarama adds up the costs of this year's big crossover events and finds they do not come cheaply. For SECRET INVASION, after toting up...
Fighting back!
The long national nightmare is almost over in our household!
Almost.
We've been so busy we forgot entirely about Fleet Week.
Hero Initiative and Marvel team up for Gene Colan
Some really nice news for a change:
Artist Gene Colan has been one of comics' favorites for a staggering seven decades. Now, as Gene is...
Kiel Phegley exits Wizard
News quickly rocketed around last evening that Kiel Phegley has been dismissed from his position at Wizard Magazine. Phegley has been co-writing the Indie...
More on Rory Root
§ Comic Relief, which will continue under long-time manager Todd Martinez, has a "Memories" page up to remember founder Rory Root.
§ Tom...
ASP restructures; Liao leaves
Archaia Studios Press had a big hit with Mouse Guard, and critical acclaim with The Lone and Level Sands and founder Mark Smylie's Artesia,...
A little about Rory
Comics has lost one its great souls in Rory Root. The man seemed timeless and immortal, despite all his health issues, and also ageless,...
