Marvel plans midnight launch for DARK TOWER – update
Remember back in the days when you bought records or CDs? Remember how you would sometimes go down tot he record store at Midnight for the new release of a particular epic album? Well,...
Mainstream comics news and views
§ CBR presents an archival interview with the late Dave Cockrum about his model kit designs:
DC: I did a set of science fiction characters and a time machine that would link them to the...
PGW talks Perseus offer
GalleyCat has interesting reports of recent AMS/PGW news:
Publishers Lunch reports that Publishers Group West clients were explained in a conference call yesterday he details of the offer being formulated by Perseus Books Group, which...
EW explains
We just received this note from Thom Geier, Senior Editor, Entertainment Weekly in re: the comics sales chart.
There seems to be a lot of misinformation circling about the best-seller chart that ran in...
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Because *I* say so.
§ We're not entirely up to speed on this Civil War thing, but it seems Speedball, a lovably goofy Marvel hero, has been turned into Penance, whose name recalls ideas...
Cowboys & Aliens redux
A few more voices have been heard from in the COWBOYS & ALIENS story. The fundamental question in whether you consider this a "scandal" or not is whether you think Platinum's plan to reimburse...
Today’s AMS update
PW reports on today's book distribution maneuvers. Perseus Book Group, another big book distributer, has announced a plan to buy PGW client Avalon, and my be working with PGW to assume distribution for...
The Cowboys & Aliens “scandal”
We're the very last person to link to this, but last week A. David Lewis was up in arms about PLATINUM's first actual book, COWBOYS & ALIENS, being named as the #1 graphic...
Gagnon responds
Our reporting on the Mr. Scootles controversy the other day drew some response from former Open Book publisher Mike Gagnon who sent us the following open letter. We're still recuperating and away from home,...
Weather woes slow CIVIL WAR
The weather gods -- cloned or not -- have spoken, and they have said "Thou shalt not have comics -- if you live on the West Coast. Newsarama rounds up the disaster now unfolding,...
Actionopolis/Komikwerks on AMS/PGW
We've been following the story of the Chapter 11 filing of AMS/PGW closely here, but its announcement on a holiday Friday means everyone was caught flat flooted. Distributor bankruptcies can be devastating, but in...
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Manga Blog interviews KURT HASSLER!
MB: How did your personal tastes affect your choices? KH: I like everything. The way I’m characterized online, I’m the manga guy, but I love comics in general. It’s funny,...
