Webcomics ’07
If there was one big story bubbling under all the hoopla at the New York show it was digital distribution. Webcomics are going to be where it's at in the emerging economy. Newwsarama had...
Pow Sock! No comics for kids!
A much quoted story from the San Jose Mercury News takes the opportunity for a puff piece previewing WonderCon and turns it into a fretful look at the dearth of comics for kids:
Almost no...
Things that go on in comics shops
With kids:
That is, until a kid comes in with his dad looking for an Iron Man comic. One of the other guys takes them under his wing and shows off our spiffy ‘kid friendly’...
ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference Report
The whirlwind of New York Comic-Con kicked off yesterday with the ICv2 graphic novel conference. Attendance was up from last year, according to organizer Milton Griepp, with a mix of cartoonists, publishers, librarians, retailers,...
NYCC teams with MySpace!
As you may have heard, MySpace has launched a comic book...area, I guess you could call it. Friend up, Cowboy! MySpace is also sponsoring the New York Comic-con, and we'll have to leave...
NYCC: Todd Allen and his $4 million revenue stream
Todd Allen is one of the more vocal proponents of making money through webcomics, and he'll be introducing a new book on the topic at New York Comic-Con even as he starts making all...
More on Bookscan
Much continuing comment around the web on the Bookscan 2006 Graphic Novel sales chart as revealed by Brian Hibbs. Dirk has a roundup of links. The Engine thread includes the link to this very...
Randy Lander buys a comics shop
Former Fourth Rail critic Randy Lander reveals his new Secret Project:
I bought a comic book store.More specifically, I bought the comic book store I've been co-managing for about six years now. Dave and I,...
The year in sales
Brian Hibbs has done the lord's work yet again by getting hold of the year-end Bookscan report and leaking it so everyone can draw their own conclusions. You can read Brian's analysis ...
DreamHaven break-in
DreamHaven is a bookstore in Minneapolis that is a haven for fantasy, SF and comics, and has served as a great friend to many creators. Now, Neil Gaiman reports it needs a little support...
Fialkov and Tuazon’s THREE RIVERS debuts
ELK'S RUN creators Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon should be pretty happy -- the graphic novel version of the book is out from Random House/Villard next month. But to set it off...
Naruto: bigger than Spider-Man?
Brigid points us to The Halifax Slasher, a blog by someone who works in a comics shop, and he or she has an insightful analysis of why manga is winning:
The other day a customer...
