Lauren Sankovitch is editing the CBLDF’s 2014 Liberty Annual
When Marvel's Lauren Sankovitch left Marvel to pursue West Coast job ops, we were all sad to be losing a fine comics editor. Happily she is still keeping a toe in the game, as this release from the CBLDF reveals that she'll be editing this year's Liberty Annual, a fund-raising anthology published by the fund each year. So yay for Lauren! WE may hear her karaoke yet again!
First SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR trailer released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RIFqHn_Ul0M
Nine years after the first SIN CITY created a whole new look for the movies, the first trailer for the sequel has been released....
SHE MAKES COMICS documentary funded
I'm happy to report that Sequart's SHE MAKES COMICS documentary has been fully funded and reached a first stretch goal of making a special...
Big Agents of SHIELD comeback had lowest ratings yet
I know everyone is tired of the dumping on Agents of SHIELD but Tuesday's big episode had the lowest ratings yet for the show....
Fun times with Abe Vigoda and Drew Friedman at the Society of Illustrators
It is not every day you see Fantagraphics associate publisher Eric Reynolds and legend Abe Vigoda in the same place (as seen on Reynolds'...
Singapore cosplayer finds room for all his mecha parts in amazing Ikea ad
Okay this is an ad for Ikea, but it is also a fantasy for most of us. Like, a Sex in the City/Axe ad level fantasy.
Comixology hacked; change your password
In a letter to users this morning, ComiXology announced they have suffered a security breach, as stated in a letter that went out to...
Interview: Jeff McComsey on FUBAR: Mother Russia Post-Kickstarter
By Matt O'Keefe
Since 2008 Jeff McComsey has been immersed in all things FUBAR. The New York Times best selling zombie series has consisted of three...
Alarm over Marvel’s future digital plans
GoodEReader is site that often has interesting digital news, but it just posted an alarmist article called Marvel Phasing out Retail Comic Distribution to Focus on Digital, which frankly is just wacky.
Comics retailers forming a new group called COBRA
Dennis Barger Jr. of Wonderworld Comics in Detroit is known as one of the more...idiosyncratic comics retailers out there. He's still resolutely anti-digital for...
Course alert: Social Issues Through Comic Books
It's a booming time for more scholarly looks at comics, and Ball State doctoral candidate Christina Blanch is one of the most important figures in this movement. last year she held a MOOC (massive online open course) on Gender in Comics that drew some 7,000 participants, and she's at it again with Social Issues Through Comic Books a six month online course that will examine "current social issues through comic books while understanding how popular culture is shaped by it's surroundings." Guests include Denny O'Neill, Shaenon Garrity, Scott Snyder, Gene Yang, Warren Ellis, Jonathan Hickman, Mark Waid... the list goes on. NOW how much would you pay? Well, it's FREE. Yep.
