Hot Topic steals soap?
It seems that Hot Topic has stated selling a t-shirt which is a dead ringer for one created by cartoonist Jess Fink....
Butler ‘gutted’; Owen reported ‘distraught’
The comics industry was first shocked, then stunned and then just gobsmacked as news leaked out this week of the engagement of The...
RBI for sale
As you may have heard, yesterday Reed Elsevier announced they were selling off RBI, the b2b publishing end of their operation, including Variety, Broadcasting...
The Hero Initiative at WonderCon
We're way behind in our Wondercon news, but we had to post some updates to the plans for The Hero Initiative. Jeph Loeb and...
Marvel’s dark ’09
Remember when Marvel Studios was one of the independent movie studios who signed a separate interim deal with the WGA? It turns out...
300 tops Saturn Award noms
300 the movie may have spawned a dozen catch phrases and its own little pop culture cult, but it's been shut out of the...
The strange world of morning
Running very late as you all can see. Ironically,this is due to our revamped body clock which entails getting up at 9ish and...
HeavyInk: Learning, sharing, shopping
HeavyInk is a new comics e-tailer that offers social networking functionality with its 20% discount. We'll let you parse the press release:
After a period...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in...
Status report
A very slow internet connection has foiled our attempts to stay current. Right now we are racing off in a limo to pick up...
Cartoonist target of “terror plot”
Danish authorities have arrested three people who were allegedly planning to assassinate one of the Mohammed cartoonists. A 40-year-old Dane of Moroccan origin...
