Ten Most Powerful people in manga
Yesterday, ICv2 published a list of the Top Ten Most Powerful people in Manga, gleaned from interviews with other industry figures. Here's the...
Fantagraphics storefront!
Fantagraphics is taking the unheard of step for an indie comics publisher of opening their own store! And it opens this Saturday. The announcement...
Breaking: people like free comics
A diamond news release reports a post Free Comic Book Day retailer survey indicates new customers and increased sales -- apparently this free sampling...
Wal-Mart thinks its OWN comics are just fine!
Getting into Wal-Mart has long been seen as a Holy Grail for getting comics in front of a wider audience, but encroachments have been...
Ambrosia Publishing debuts
There's a new publisher in town, and their name begins with "A" so they have a small chance of escaping end of the catalog...
Gordon Lee back in court
Georgia retailer Gordon Lee is back in court for a hearing with two motions to dismiss today. The case has been in the court...
FREAK SHOW comics
Kevin Merose at the Blog@ had a post yesterday all about FREAK SHOW, the new David Cross-created cartoon now airing on Comedy Central. We...
Slave Labor publishes first digital comic
First it was just a few renegades like Phil Foglio and Carla Speed McNeill. Now it's even publishers like Slave Labor who are ditching...
Where will you be when the robots arrive?
This link has been making thr rounds, but it definitely qualifies as MUST-READING: MIT's Henry Jenkins interviews Todd Allen about micropayments. Now we admit,...
Wayne Talks FoC
Meanwhile over at Newsarama, Bob Wayne discusses DC's implementation of the FoC system. You'll recall that this system--which Marvel has been using for some...
Changes in the market
Last Friday Brian Hibbs had one of his usual thought provoking columns at Newsarama, and this one looked at a very interesting trend: comics...
Diamond to distribute HOUSE OF SUGAR
Some good news to start off the weekend. Hope Larson writes to say that Diamond will carry HOUSE OF SUGAR by Rebecca Kraatz after...
