Heath Ledger found dead
Oscar nominated actor Heath Ledger, who plays the Joker in this summer's THE DARK KNIGHT was found dead in his Soho apartment this afternoon,...
And the Oscar goes to …
This year's nominees for Best Animated Feature are:
* "Persepolis"
* "Ratatouille"
* "Surf's Up"
This year's nominees for Best Animated Short Film are:
* Même les pigeons...
Noah Berlatsky’s GAY UTOPIA
Frequent comics critic Noah Berlatsky has launched a site called The Gay Utopia a symposium of writing and comics about a theoretical bias and...
Publisher websites criticized
We can't tell if this position paper from Comic Book Bin is a parody of the infamous ComicsPRO position paper (which we'll be getting...
Quebecor’s woes continue
We don't have what we'd call a commanding grasp on the Quebecor story, but after talking to a few people yesterday the pieces are...
To do, 2/8: Y THE LAST PARTY
The CBLDF, MySpace and Meltdown comics are teaming up for a wrap party for Y THE LAST MAN. Creators Brian Vaughan and Pia Guerra...
Strike Update
Speaking of that WGA strike, Variety blogger
Tom McLean explains very clearly why Comic-Con is strike-proof. The comment thread to the post points...
Quebecor bail-out plan
UPDATE: Well, now it's looking like the bail-out never came:
Quebecor World Inc (IQW.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it failed to obtain $125...
AtlasBooks Acquires Biblio
ICv2 reports on the latest in book distribution consolidation, which affects a few indy comics as well:
National Book Distribution has sold its small...
Awards season kicks off for books
The midwinter American Library Association meeting is taking place in Philadelphia this week, and yesterday's session included an avalanche of award announcements. The...
2008 Golden Globes
Ratatouille won for Best Animated Film.
No one cared.
BTW, the WGA strike -- which killed the Golden Globes -- has entered a significant phase...
The Beat named among EW’s 100 Greatest Websites
Thanks to my EW colleagues for the very nice kudo: The Beat pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/ Heidi MacDonald is one of comic-dom's premiere journalists, and this...
