Platinum goes very very public
On Monday it was announed that Platinum Studios the nearly 10 year old publishing company that just began publishing about a year ago is...
More cartoon babies
K. Thor Jensen and wife welcome Henry Jared Llewoh Jensen. (Above.) Congrats! (And also the second cartooner-born Henry of the week (below). Coincidence...
Hyde upped to VP at DC
PR:
David Hyde has been promoted to Vice President of Publicity, DC Comics, it was announced today by Paul Levitz, DC Comics President & Publisher....
Henry Leo DeFraction
Laurenn McCubbin reports
Little man was born tonight at 10pm - 7lb, 11oz, and a FOURTEEN INCH HEAD! Mama and baby are doing great, and...
2007 Harvey Award winners
As reported by Beat operative Torsten Adair: Subject to verification. Above, Walter Simonson, Kyle Baker, Dean Haspiel and Jeff Newelt at the ceremony. Photo...
FoL Board Nominations open
LADIES! Here's your chance to change the face of comics! Friends of Lulu is opening up nominations for board members. Nominate a friend! Nominate...
Ellison/Groth: The love is still strong
LIke a hand emerging from a freshly dug grave, enmity has arisen in the once thought settled Harlan Ellison/Fantagraphics lawsuit. The problem: the mediated...
Scream 2007 gives kudos to gore, comics
While any award that recognizes "most memorable mutilation" and includes Michael Bay as best director must be viewed with caution, at least SCREAM 2007...
DC Comics in distro pact with Random House
MEANWHILE, ever since Time Warner sold off its book biz to Hachette, people have been wondering who would be distributing DC's book line. Well...
Having our say
We've been listening to Venetian Snares lately to see if we like them.
We don't.
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Mark Evanier went through...
Back in Black
We apologize for the spotty blogging over the last few weeks, but we had to make hay while the sun shone. The time off...
