Kickstarter alert: Augie and the Green Knight
Well, this crowdfunder hardly needs my help as its already at more than $100K and it made it's $30,000 goal in an hour or...
How To Be A Comics Fan When You Can Barely Afford Them
By Joshua Rivera
Comics are expensive.
It’s something everyone knows about our favorite hobby, but not many people bother to engage. Reviewers may bring it up...
San Diego Comic-Con under fire for its harassment policy, or lack thereof
The issue of harassment at cons isn't going to go away, and seems to get highlighted more each day as women, men, organizers, cosplayers and interne bystanders deal with the growing injection of actual hormonal humans into abstract fan scenarios. When I went to shows as a youngster, I thought of cons as a "safe space" believe it or not. Compared to the rock scene I was involved with, the relatively few women in comics were in a mostly hands off zone, mostly because most congoers were afraid of them, and should anything amiss happen there was a huge crew of friends to back you up. Notice that I just said "COMPARED TO THE ROCK SCENE"; it was far from a paradise of equality, but I felt safer at a comic con than I did at most places.
For some, BookCon was…crap
Although my take on the first BookCon was positive, it was definitely crowded and unorganized, and I'd be remiss if I didn't point...
Graphicly leaves behind a big old mess
As reported by Steve Morris, the shutdown of Graphicly, the once competitive digital comics service, has left a lot of unpaid creators, and confusion over its relationship with POD/self-publishing platform Blurb, which hired six former Graphicly employees including founder Micah Baldwin. While it's clear that Graphicly shut down, whether it actually filed bankruptcy claims isn't as clear. While poking around with legal filings, I did find an older wrongful termination case by former vp of sales Michael Croy. While disgruntled employee rules apply, it does add to a picture of financial woes that were going on as far back as a couple of years ago. I'd appended both Croy's complaint and Graphicly's response.
Rees/Kupperman comic on #yesallwomen deemed unfit to print at NYT
Michael Kupperman and David Rees have been contributing a biweekly comic called "See Something, Say Something" to the New York Times editorial page, but...
Legendary Comics teams with Penguin Random House for three more titles
Legendary Comics, the comics division of Legendary Entertainment, the movie studio owned by comics-loving Thomas Tull, has had an up and down history since...
BookCon showed that readers still love books and authors
So BookCon was, like the very first New York Comic-Con, a raging success that caught everyone by surprise. It may be surprising that so...
Derek Maddalena joins DC Entertainment as SVP, Sales and Business Development
Clearly DC was not taken aback by Bob Wayne's official announcement of his retirement, as the new SVP of Sales and Business Development was...
“But where are the conservative mangas and graphic novels?”
A graphic novel is dropping this week called The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition: A New History of the Great Depression . It's a 320...
Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. opening delayed
On Thursday night, I attended the opening party for The Avenger's S.T.A.T.I.O.N. an ambitious and impressive for display at Discovery Times Square which takes...
Graphicly Folds – Will Creators be Paid What They’re Owed?
This week saw digital comic publisher Graphicly announce that they have been acquired by Blurb, a book publisher who will be subsequently folding the...
