2007 Glyph Comics Awards nominees
ECBACC has announced the second annual Glyph Comics Awards, honoring the best in black comics and creators. The award will be presented at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in Philadelphia....
Bob Oksner RIP
Bob Oksner, one of the true pillars of comics, died of pneumonia at age 90 yesterday. Mark Evanier has a full obit. Oksner created the comic strip MISS CAIRO JONES, but went on to...
Late again
Well it is a holiday, but we are still suffering from the Black Plague, and instead of spending endless hours scouring the net for news, we spent the weekend watching the first season of...
Twist vs. McFarlane…the final chapter
With a small notice in the St. Louis Post Dispatch one of the epic lawsuits of our time had its final, anti-climactic chapter:
After seeing his first award of $24.5 million tossed out, and a...
Pogo from FBI, designed by Smith
HOORAH!
Fantagraphics Books is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights to publish a comprehensive series comprising Walt Kelly's classic POGO comic strip. The first volume of Fantagraphics' POGO will appear in October,...
The Ormes Society
Cheryl Lynn, a.k.a Digital Femme, isn't just our co-worker at PW COMICS WEEK. She's also one of the smartest voices out there. Now she might just be starting something important.
It seems that...
Ian hangs it up
Ian Brill, whom we once called "our finest young blogger" is hanging up his blogging pants.
Folks, it's been a blast but things are changing. I am on the verge of becoming a college graduate....
RIP Emiko Sugi
Manga-ka Emiko Sugi died on the 10th of stomach cancer at age 47. Although little of her work was translated into English, she was the auther of several popular shojo manga Dirk digs up...
Oh boy, it’s a busy day!
Happy Valentine's day, y'all! Thanks to an influx of nasal steroids, antibiotics and green tea we're finally on the mend. Really, coach, we're ready to go back in. Honest!
For some reason we got a...
Judge: Ellison suit can proceed
Several people emailed us this from Harlan Ellison's forum:
BIG WIN TODAY!
For those of you following my lawsuit against Gary Groth and Fantagraphics, you may relay this to Groth's websites and/or all the other comic...
A new blog returns to familiar themes
Kevin Melrose has relaunched Comics, Covered as his catch-all blog:
Like the previous version, this one will focus on comic-book cover art and design. But here I’ll also post reviews and creator interviews, and write...
