Virgin ups discount
This may not seem like a big deal, but for comics retailers, Virgin allowing a more generous discount means retailers may feel more inclined...
Full FCBD details
Newsarama has ALL the books for this year's Free Comic Book Day, and there are many things of interest to many people...Spider-man! Lynda Barry!...
JahFurry speaks
Mysterious nexus/enabler and comics editor Jeff Newelt is interviewed at Gothamist talking of rasta, his work for Samsung the comics for SMITH magazine...
Marvel announces FCBD comics
Comics fare for young and old -- and Phil Jimenez at Marvel -- highlight Marvels Free Comic Book Day offerings:
Spider-Man 3 won't be the...
DC News & Notes: Minx, FCBD
DC announces a returnability program in the direct sales market for THE PLAIN JANES, the debut book in the MINX launch:
With this month's solicitation...
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...
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...
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...
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...
More unconnected links
Because *I* say so.
§ We're not entirely up to speed on this Civil War thing, but it seems Speedball, a lovably goofy Marvel...
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"...
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,...
