SDCC ’14: Is Cosplayer Harassment a Real Problem?
How do we solve the problem of cosplayer harassment? Is it even a problem at all, or are we simply dealing with a few...
The Beat Podcasts! – Mike Dawson interview
Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The...
Correction: July 2014 was a HUUUUGE month with $53.6 million in sales
Okay I stand corrected. When I saw the double digit rises in sales for July 2014 vs July 2013 I assumed it had to...
Sales Charts: Rocket Raccoon #1 tops July
As expected, although still shockingly, Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young was the #1 comics periodical for July, according to Diamond's just released stats. As reported earlier, RR #1 sold some 300,000 copies—100,000 of them through a single order from bulk seller Loot Crate. Even so, 200,000 copies is a high water mark for a character viewed as a minor oddity a few months ago. As usual, and perhaps comfortingly, Batman #33 took the second spot, but Harley Quinn #8 was also in the top 10, another sign of the audience diversity that is beginning to take hold.
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SDCC ’14: First time diary: the time of her life
[Ed. note: Chandler Banks is a 17-year-old cosplayer/journalist who went to Comic-Con for the first time this year, and agreed to share her experiences with us. Although folks in the comics business have our own dread and anxiety about The Big Show, it's important to remember that for many people, it's a magical experience. I'm sure you'll be as fought up in Chandler's enthusiasm as I was.]
Before SDCC this year, I was a long-time nerd that had never been to a convention. And man, did I pick a hell of a con to start with. As a 17-year-old girl bound to a dinky little knee scooter for the weekend thanks to a recent ankle surgery (if you're reading this and you were there, yeah, that was me), I knew I had a weekend ahead of me that was as exciting as it was daunting. I had a general idea of what SDCC is about, but in the end it was bigger and better than I had imagined in just about every way.
Thought for the day: Choose your own adventure
I totally stole this from the blog of Marie Javins, a long time editor (most recently at DC) and colorist and adventurer:
More on Mike Dawson and finding an audience
There's been a lot o' talk this week about Mike Dawson's essay on his perceived failure to find an audience. Dawson followed up on...
Cartoonists and Quiznos raise money for schools
whata great event! helped raise over $10k for local san diego schools @sanfordgreene #sdcc #quiznos #QanvasbyQuiznos http://t.co/avW93mvE1R— bernard chang (@thebernardchang) August 6, 2014
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Randy Queen is sorry so let’s move on to other things now
The other day we told you about artist Randy Queen going postal on a Tumblr that was mocking his art a wee bit. In...
News and notes — Brimpception, Potted Groot, A Brony Tale
A missed a lot of things in my inbox, but here are some of the best!
§ Brimpception. If you don't know, never mind....
Movie Wars! Batman v Superman gets release date and so do 9 other Unknown...
When Marvel and WB both picked May 6, 2916 as a release date—Marvel aggressively moving Captain America 3 to the same date as the...
Announcing Comic Arts Los Angeles on December 6.
As the indie show/CAF circuit gets more popular, one market seems to be without its own show and that's Los Angeles. It's always Los Angeles. They have book fairs and Comickaze but indie shows tend to founder there. Well, a new kid just hit the block and it's called Comic Arts Los Angeles. Like the best CAFs it has an acryonmic name that makes shandy shortcut: CALA.
