Kodansha sponsors International Manga Competition
Japanese publishing giant Kodansha is apparently sponsoring an International Manga Competition:
Competition entries being accepted now!
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and publishing over 500,000 copies weekly, ‘Morning’ is the biggest and most prominent manga...
RIP Johnny Hart
Famed comic strip artist Johnny Hart died yesterday the AP is reporting.
Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died at his home on Saturday. He...
Cartooner searches for killer!
Opus's Berkeley Breathed is entering Dick Tracy territory as one of his drawings appears on America's Most Wanted to help track down the culprit in a 1979 slaying..
Authorities believe the killer may have...
THE OTHER SIDE art contest
Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart are running a little give away on their My Space page: for their Vertigo book THE OTHER SIDE:
That's right, Cameron Stewart is giving away - totally free - a...
To Do tonight LA: Elk’s Run release party
How wonderful it is that Elk's Run is finally complete. I can't imagine the frustrations experienced by the creative team behind the book as they neared completion of the series only to see it...
¡HYPE ALERT! 28 Days Later: The Aftermath
WARNING! PAID HYPE FOLLOWING!
A few Fox Atomic Comics notes for those behind-the-scenes junkies.
The first Fox Atomic Comics release 28 Days Later: The Aftermath is on sale this week. Please go buys...
Brenner nixes adult comics?
Radio Comix publisher Elin Winkler notes in her blog that Brenner Printing has stopped printing "adults only" material:
This morning, right after I woke up, I was called by our printer (Brenner Printing) and informed...
Spider-Man Week takes over NYC
Despite being a failure compared to Manga, Spider-Man will be the focus of a week of activities and displays throughout all five boroughs of New York City, says the NY Daily News. Check out...
MoCCA programming announced
MoCCA takes place this June 23-24 and as usual, there is a great line-up of panels, although read the first paragraph of the release for the change in venue for panels only.
Please note: While...
Jam finds new place to drink, draw!
Regular readers will recall our grief over the closing of dive bar McCarthy's, home to the monthly House of 12 comics jam. Mastermind Cheese Hasselberger writes to say that a new venue has been...
