More Comics folks take the Ice Bucket Challenge: Haspiel, Fowler, etc.
As reported yesterday, the Ice Bucket Challenge fad is hitting comics and it's spreading like wildfire. The viral fad involves having a bucket of...
Boom!’s Humble Bundle has a few hours to go
These comics-based Humble Bundle's continue to do very well. a Boom! bundle is wrapping up a few hours from when you read this already...
KIbbles ‘n’ Bits 8/20/14: big old catch up
§ It seems a bunch of folks missed out on the Party Central main hotel for SPX. The Comics Reporter has info on the back up hotel. It's true that one of the things that makes SPX so much fun is everyone being in one clubhouse but I think starting the day with a brisk 3/4 mile walk has its benefits as well.
Hard Drive Crash Recovery Continues at Stately Beat Manor
NERD COMPUTER ALERT! I know computer stuff isn't entertaining but I like writing out my experiences just for Google.
I got my laptop back!...
Farel Dalrymple On Crafting ‘The Wrenchies’, Contributing To ‘Prophet’, And His Career Influences
By Harper Harris
Farel Dalrymple, best known for his work on the alternative comics series, Pop Gun War at Dark Horse and his contributions to Brandon...
Frank Miller speaks from the NY Times to Playboy, on sex, violence and masculinity
With Sin City 2 finally opening this weekend, creator and co-director Frank Miller is making the PR rounds, speaking out at length publicly for the first time since The Spirit, which he directed, was extremely poorly received and his incendiary Occupy comments. First up was a very nice front page of the Arts & Leisure piece in the Sinday Times -- which is as close to anointment as a cultural figure as it gets. There was a polite Dave Itzkoff profile (ALERT: I am quoted in the piece):
Report: Hobby games industry hits $700 million
ICv2 has a new report on the size of a market, this time the hobby game market—games like Magic, Warhammer,various card capture games, D&D...
MariNaomi begins Cartoonists of Color Databse
Cartoonist MariNaomi is starting a database of cartoonists of color (COC) and you can upload your details as explained in the link. There's...
New documentary on the DOOMED Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie from 1994
http://youtu.be/mNLcjWIzQHM
Before Marvel became the toast of tinsel town, there were some pretty dreadful Marvel-based movies—and I'm not just talking Howard the Duck. Dolph Lundgren...
Comics stars taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge — UPDATED with Bendis and more
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Unassuming Barber Shop: The Watcher
If you’ve been reading Marvel’s latest summer event series Original Sin, you know that (spoiler alert) the Watcher is dead.
Uatu will no doubt return...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales July 2014: Raucous Raccoon Rockets up the Ranks
This is a pretty standard month. Overall, comics sales were strong this month, and while many ongoing Marvel books followed standard attrition rates, they made up for those losses with several anniversary specials and new debuts that posted strong numbers. The big brand to follow is Guardians of the Galaxy which launches several new spin-off series this month to capitalize on the movie release. Let’s look at a breakdown of this month’s Marvel books.
