Reminder: Walt Disney was a sexist Jerk
Yeah yeah, Walt Disney was a genius and a trailblazer and a visionary...but he was also a racist and a horrible sexist. The letter informing a woman applying for a job at the studio informing her that "Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that work is performed entirely by young men. For this reason girls are not considered for the training school." has been floating around for years, but recently a newspaper story by Disney biographer Bob Thomas laying out his ideas of women's capabilities has been unearthed and it's even worse.
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: A. David Lewis Interview
Brought to you by Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons...
Gurewitch is back with a new book on Kickstarter
Return with us to the simpler days of 2007 when Nicholas's Gurewitch's The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, a collection of his...
Master List: The Best Comics of 2014
Trying to keep up with all the end of year Best of lists for comics? Graphic Policy has you covered. . They're not only...
IDW to collect Simonon’s Star Slammers
The other day we mentioned a bunch of reprints coming out from Dover, several of them from the long ago era when Marvel published...
Comic Book Casting Extravaganza: Cumberbatch, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Deadpool, Walking Dead II….
Oh man, everyone in the comic book media game decided to overload the circuits with a flood of casting announcements yesterday! What are YOU...
Nick Spencer Moves ‘Ant-Man’ To Miami And Cassie Lang Makes Her Return
By Kyle Pinion
Today, Marvel resumed their semi-regular "Next Big Thing" conference calls with comics press, focusing this iteration on the upcoming Ant-Man launch in...
A new PRIVATE EYE is here—and the cover may remind you of a body...
Brian K Vaughan writes to inform us of some Panel Syndicate related business:
Hot on the heels of the release of our new series UNIVERSE!...
‘Henshin’ – A Series of Transformative Shorts from Niimura Coming in January
by Zachary Clemente
CHANGE IS THE CONSTANT IN KEN NIIMURA’S HENSHIN -
A short story collection exploring life in modern Tokyo.
I feel like everybody has days that...
ComicsPRO investigates former board member over improper use of funds – UPDATED
Retailer organization ComicsPRO has been a major influence in the industry over the last few years, working with publishers and holding a yearly conference...
She Makes Comics documentary available for sale on December 9
This gets a HYPE ALERT rating since I'm in it, but Marisa Stotter's documentary She Makes Comics will finally be available on December 9th—either...
OH BOY! New Tamaki, Nilsen, Delisle, Seth and more coming next year from Drawn...
D&Q has just firmed up their Winter/Spring titles for 2015 and...well, it's going tobe another great year, in case all these previews we've been publishing...
