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 ...
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...
