London, Ontario’s TING Festival unveils Jesse Jacobs poster
The Ting Comic and Graphic Arts Festival in London Ontario is yet another of the comic arts festivals (CAFs) springing up around the world....
Steve Ellis on The Only Living Boy: “He’s a Classic Hero” [Interview]
A year or two ago I spoke to the creative team of The Only Living Boy about their project, a successful Kickstarter which led...
Dynamite books sells 115,000 copies
Okay it isn't a comic, it's kindle ebook. And it sells for only $2.99. But SEAL TEAM SIX: NO MORE #1: by...
Felix Comic Art offers rare Scott Pilgrim art
Felix Lu writes to tell us he's just opened Felix Comic Art, as art rep for Garry Brown, Nick Dragotta, Chris Mooneyham, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Nick Pitarra, Riley Rossmo, Cody Schibi,...
Comic Arts Brooklyn announces date with bonus City of Glass video
It's not too soon to start planning: Comic Arts Brooklyn has just announced its 2014 dates: November 8th Mt. Carmel church and a few...
New Comic Shop Day: Thirty-Eight Year Old Comics Shop Reopens One Month After Devastating...
As we reported a month ago, the Dragon's Lair in Omaha, Nebraska, had occupied the same building since 1976, until a recent fire elsewhere...
REVIEW: NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette by Nathan W. Pyle
NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
Nathan W. Pyle
William Morrow/HarperCollins
$10, 144 pages
ISBN 978-0-06-230311-0
I kept expecting this book of cartoon tips to be funny and it wasn’t. Then I realized it wasn’t meant to be funny. It was meant to be what the title says: tips and etiquette.
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: February 2014—Forever Evil Slows The Pack
It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
Once again DC takes the top two slots on the Diamond sales charts. But February is a down month overall for the Diamond NA comics market, and DC follows suit. Forever Evil returns with a new issue in February, but both Sandman Overture and Superman Unchained are still MIA. When retailers tie up their order volume with large orders for comics that don't ship, that means fewer potential sales across the board.
Kanigher, Mantlo and Mendelsohn win the Finger Award for 2014
In a break with tradition, two living authors have been given the 2014 Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing for 2014,...
Danica Novgorodoff on The Undertaking of Lily Chen: “I Had to Go On Quite...
Out today from First Second is the latest project from writer/artist Danica Novgorodoff, whose previous works included Slow Storm and Late Freeze. A slight...
First look at The Rock starring in the film version of Steve Moore’s Hercules
I hope you have all read Padraig's incredibly remembrance of writer Steve Moore. Coincidentally, a movie is being made of the Hercules comic...
There’s a movie about Bryan Talbot…and here’s the trailer
There is to be a documentary about Bryan Talbot, the creator of he Tale of One Bad Rat, Luther Arkwright, Dotter of Her Father's...
