State of the Industry Alert!
A few disparate threads which, taken together, stick a thermometer straight up the rectum of the comics industry. Sales are good, but is the...
Nate Fisher can get on with his life
Confirmation today that Nate Fisher, the teacher in the Guildford High/Eightball #22 case, will not face any charges in what now was clearly just...
FoL board voting open
Voting for the Friends of Lulu Board are open but for MEMBERS only:
Voting for the Board of Directors is one of the privileges of...
Trudeau at CCS, art auction
James Sturm writes to alert us to a worthy donation for a good cause:
Garry Trudeau has generously donated a Doonesbury strip to auction off...
DC layoffs in book trade sales
Much chatter going around today of downsizing in DC's book trade sales division. We have some names but are waiting for more solid information....
World news
Lars Vilks, the man at the center of the Swedish cartoon controversy defends his deliberately provoking Mohammed cartoon
Vilks, who has been a controversial artist...
Michael George to stand trial
Many stories about the Michael George case, including key evidenceregarding a phone call that would place George at the store the night of the...
Michael George hearing
Pittsburgh Comic-Con co-owner Michael George has been arrested in the 17-year-old murder of his wife, and a preliminary hearing was held last week at...
2007 Ignatz winners
The 2007 Ignatz Awards were presented tonight at SPX in a (hopefully) short and peppy ceremony. The awards were completely hijacked when Nicholas Gurewitch...
Sounds more like an X-men fan to us
Killer thought he was Superman, mother says:
When the teenage rapist and killer nicknamed Pyro was an 11-year-old boy, he not only idolized Superman, he...
Layoffs at ADV
ANN is reporting a new round of layoffs at anime company ADV, which just recently started getting back into the manga publishing game:
An...
Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize
Official accounts mention her "sci-fi" period.
Short, stout and a bit hard of hearing, Ms. Lessing was sharp and straightforward in her comments. After a...
