Beat changes blogger’s life
Dear Neil Gorman of The Comicology Comic Book Podcast has just discovered The Beat, and boy is he glad he did!
Today when I was doing a google search form some comic book news I...
So you wanna be a cartoonist, eh?
NOTE: This will be a two-part article, the first part focusing how you will probably fail to make money creating your own comics, the second on more positive aspects of doing so and what...
2007 NCS Division Awards — call for entries
Over at Mike Lynch Cartoons cartoonists are invited to submit work for the NCS Division Award nominations. You need not be an NCS member to enter. Full list of categories and requirements for each...
Olneygate fall-out: UNSCREWED
We have stayed away from what has become known as THE RICK OLNEY MEGA-THREAD, because, well, it's like 10,000 posts long. Maybe if we get snowed in and the lights flicker out. We keep...
Eagle Awards Nominations open
A nomination page is open for The Eagle Awards 2006, the venerable British comics awards.
Nominations are now being solicited for the 2007 Eagle Awards. The winners will be announced at the Bristol International Comic...
2006 Day Prize finalists announced
The finalists for the 2006 Day Awards, a small press award sponsored by SPACE, with nominees and winners chosen by Dave Sim and Gerhard, have been announced. Pictures of all nominees in the link.
While...
Personnel moves
§ Ruwan Jayatilleke has been upped to Vice President of Development, Publishing at Marvel. Congrats, Ruwan.
§ Viz announced a new VP of Content Management, Linda Espinosa.
Espinosa will spearhead the strategy for acquired animation...
ALA lists Best Books for Young Adults
The Final YALSA list of top books for teens for 2007 is up, and there are several graphic novels in the list. We'll let you click and find yourself. We will note that AMERICAN...
DC News & Notes: Minx, FCBD
DC announces a returnability program in the direct sales market for THE PLAIN JANES, the debut book in the MINX launch:
With this month's solicitation of THE PLAIN JANES, the inaugural title from Minx, DC...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales — December 2006
By Paul O'Brien
CIVIL WAR is still going, but with the core title running late (because you demanded it), and many of the crossover arcs having finished, it's started to relinquish its grip on...
Nerd gets six Oscar® noms
The Academy Award noms are in and Guillermo Del Toro will henceforth be known as "Oscar® nominated del Toro" in the halls of Comic-con. PAN'S LABYRINTH received six nominations, including Foreign Language Film,...
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE wins award
Let's face it, 2006 was the year of FUN HOME and AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, both of them smashing through all genre barriers to announce...WIN! KUDO! Comics aren't just for kids anymore. AMERICAN BORN CHINESE...
