Rocket Raccoon #1’s Initial Orders Inflated By Single Source
by Brandon Schatz
A few days before the book’s final order cut-off with retailers, Marvel let it slip that their upcoming Rocket Raccoon series had...
TCAF news: 2015 dates, 2014 attendance drew 22,000
Director Chris Butcher has a wrap-up post for the 2014 TCAF that has many thanks and observations. Also the news that next year's fest...
What’s up at SLG Publishing? A 35% off sale and…?
SLG Publishing, also known as Slave Labor, is having a 35% off sale at their website. The site is a bit hard to navigate but you can find comics listed by creator hereincluding books by Jhonen Vasquez, Andy Ristaino, Ben Towle, Gene Yang,Aaron Alexovitch, Andi Watson, James Turner and lots of other fine cartoonists.
Massively excited Spider-Man statue removed from children’s playground
Apparently for a year a statue of Spider-Man that proved he is a MAN loomed over a playground at the Lotte Shopping Center in...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/12/14: There is this thing called the World Cup…
§ I guess I need to update this post.
§ What makes this cartoon by Peter Arno perfect? Paul Karasik explains.
When the stars...
Review: ‘Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present’ paints a worldly picture
by Alexa Dickman
Funny story: A few weeks ago, I got a message on Facebook from an old friend from college. He asked me if...
Eisner Awards voting ends Friday, June 13th!
Just a reminder, voting ends this Friday for the 2014 Eisner Awards. Get in there and vote!
Photo parade: Daniel Clowes exhibit opening at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Here's a pretty awesome photo gallery of the Dan Clowes art show opening at the Wexner Center for the Arts All photos including the...
The Retailer’s View: On Rocket Raccoon Orders Topping 300,000
by Brandon Schatz
When Marvel first announced the Rocket Raccoon book, I was fairly excited. Pairing the character with Skottie Young just as interest would...
Crowd-watch: Paul Hornschemeier’s animated film, Giant Sloth, Paul Giamatti
The first is already funded, but Paul Hornschemeier is trying to Kickstarter a second short animated film. The first is called Giant Sloth...
Boom reveals Adventure Time: Banana Guard Academy covers
Next month, Boom offers a mini series called ADVENTURE TIME: BANANA GUARD ACADEMY, written by Kent Osborne, the head writer of the Adventure Time show, and drawn...
INTERVIEW: Dylan Todd on Designing Monkeybrain, Creating Covers, and Art Direction in Comics
Comics design is something everybody appreciates whenever they walk into a store - in many cases, it's one of the central reasons why they...
