Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/25/15: Duke students object to reading Fun Home
§ Once again, Alison Bechdel's award winning graphic novel Fun Home is at the center of a Carolina college controversy. The book has been assigned...
Studio Ghibli’s ‘Only Yesterday’ to hit theaters in 2016
In the past year or so, I've become quite the fan of Studio Ghibli (of course, just in time for the whole thing to...
Exclusive Preview: “Betty & Veronica’s Cheer Squad” Brings Classic Stories into a New Era
A whole generation, myself included, grew up in an era where Archie Comics were relegated to supermarket newsstands. Recently, however, Archie has found new life in...
New Allie Brosh in 2015: Solutions and Other Problems
Hyperbole and a Half, a book collecting the webcomics of Allie Brosh with new essays, was one of the smash hits of 2014, selling 129,679 copies according to Bookscan, and doubtless more than that in the rest of the world. While it's a text/comics hybrid, the visual component of her storytelling—awkward Paintbrush tableau—is vital to her work, and she was a guest at Comic-Con just a few weeks ago.
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales – July 2015: A Cavalcade of Mini-Wars!
by Xavier Lancel
Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I'm French, and that's why I'm talking funny. Please address your complaints...
Troubled Warners exec finds comfort in watching Batman v Superman over and over again
Last week The Hollywood Reporter ran a succinct piece about Warner Bros. and its current box office woes. Behind a string of flops and...
Ms. Marvel wins Hugo Award amid controversy
The Hugo Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, were presented this weekend surrounded by a nebula of controversy. Amy Wallace has a lengthy...
Exclusive: ‘The Well’ by Jake Wyatt and F. Choo is coming from First Second...
It's been thirteen years since the disappearance of the ogre that attacked the village of Aragon, where a young witch named Lizzy was raised;...
Two arrested in apparent gun threat at the Pokémon World Championships
With cons and fan events growing in popularity, and shooting an almost everyday occurrence here in the US, one wonders if there will ever be an "incident" at a con. Well here's one that MAY have been thwarted. It seems two invited participants in the Pokémon World Championships were arrested after making some online threats and showing up armed to the teeth:
Weekend con reports: Antony Esmond and Warren Ellis on Safari Comics Festival
In the world of social media, no one does in depth con reports any more. Well, not quite true, Down the Tubes Antony Esmond...
This weekend: Safari Festival in London
If I were in London I would DEFINITELY be going to the Safari Festival, the one day CAF run by Breakdown Press and devoted...
Peter Bagge’s Founding Fathers Funnies coming from Dark Horse
Peter Bagge is prolific and hilarious, a very good combination in a cartoonist. He's been running short one page historical comic strips in recent issues of Dark Horse Presents and his own series Apocalypse Nerd, and these will be collected in the one shot Founding Fathers Funnies. Bagge is all over the humor of the great people who founded our great nation, and i'm sure it goes beyond cherry trees, kites and wooden false teeth.
