Selling indie comics at cons
Ben Towle wraps up Heroes Con with a detailed list of observations and he confronts what many people saw as low sales for indies...
More on Rory Root
§ Comic Relief, which will continue under long-time manager Todd Martinez, has a "Memories" page up to remember founder Rory Root.
§ Tom...
A little about Rory
Comics has lost one its great souls in Rory Root. The man seemed timeless and immortal, despite all his health issues, and also ageless,...
Rory Root health update
Word has been spreading like wildfire this afternoon, that Rory Root, owner of Comic Relief in Berkeley, is in a coma following complications from...
Must reading: “How to get your indie book into comic shops”
Elizabeth Genco, whose graphic novel Blue was recently announced, does a lot of heavy lifting by surveying several indie friendly retailers to find...
Free Comic Book Day 2008 round-up
Retailers around the world report that Saturday's Free Comic Book Day was a big success. Lots of kids came in, happy to be getting...
Around the blogosphere
Big BIG report over at The Comics Reporter as Bart Beaty lays smack down on David Hajdu's THE TEN CENT PLAGUE:
I read...
Levitz Vs Jakala round 2
We're been behind on the regular news with all the con stuff going on, but the latest blog entry from Paul Levitz ...
Awards Watch: Diamond Gem Awards
Kevin Melrose has the rundown of this year's Diamond Gem Awards:
Comic Book Publisher of the Year Over 5%DC ComicsComic Book Publisher of the Year...
The SHOCKING TRUTH!!! — Updated
http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf
Yow! You'll never believe it but that Kinsey girl on MySpace was really a Marvel viral video campaign! The final video launched last night...
Columns: Gender, stores, soaps
§ Kristy Valenti has the second part of her Gender and Reading Habits examination up, this time the girls are scrutinized, although more is...
Whom DO you trust?
Rich Johnston sleuths out another Marvel viral marketing plot for SECRET INVASION, this one purportedly the MySpace video blog of a teenaged girl named...
