§ Image gallery for the Y: The Last Party auction. Left, Cameron Stewart.
§ San Diego’s David Glanzer talks to ICv2 about WonderCon, and San Diego.
§ Josh Neufeld promotes AD on the Huffington Post
§ Colleen Doran recalls the ups and downs of the Self-publishing era:
Contrast the solitary, long hours we spent drawing comics in our homes and studios with the swarms of attention and loud parties of the convention scene – I’m surprised we didn’t all end up in the loony bin. We lived like rock stars on the road, and then went back home and, in my case, slept in my only real piece of furniture – a chair. People assumed we were all filthy rich, and while there was money coming in, it went out just as fast, reinvested into new books, inventory, and promotion.
§ A new comics shop is to open in hipster heaven Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
§ Junior comics editor is born.
§ Editors will queue up to work on this book:
Jaime King says she’s a little obsessed with comic books. The 28-year-old actress, who starred in the 2005 film version of the graphic novel “Sin City,” says she’s writing one with Kimberly Cox, girlfriend of “Sin City” writer Frank Miller. “It’s a take on various fairy tales,” said King, who attended the Badgley Mischka and Monique Lhuillier shows at New York Fashion Week. When she was growing up in Omaha, Neb., King said, she could often be found in the library poring over comics — “Calvin and Hobbes” was a particular favorite. “I just find it such a great medium because you can take a character and then spin it off into its own series or whatever. And it helps that my husband is completely obsessed with them,” she said, referring to “Fanboys” director Kyle Newman.
§ Neil Gaiman’s fashion sense analyzed in watch magazine.
>..“It’s a take on various fairy tales,” said King, who attended the Badgley Mischka and Monique Lhuillier shows at New York Fashion Week. >.. Neil Gaiman’s fashion sense analyzed in watch magazine>… Dave Sim’s Glamourpuss >…
Am I seeing a trend here?
It’s tIme for the prescient (or at least the aggressive) to get the marriage of comics and fashion markets together to sell trendy clothes and trendy comics together. Lagerfeld and Liefeld!
And fragrances, such as MusteeComic, and CostumeSweat !
I thumbed through that HR Watch & Luxury thing when I saw it on a magazine rack. God, what a hash! Appallingly written (“Some lifestyles are just simply unique”—GAHHH KILL ME NOW), and lacking even basic fact-checking (e.g., Karen Berger is referred to as “Carol” throughout). Even for a glossy puff-piece, it’s a gaddam disgrace.
A Williamsburg based Comic Shop is long overdue, but Rocketship was the first comic shop I went to in New York and so it shall remain.
“Jaime King says she’s a little obsessed with comic books … and it helps that my husband is completely obsessed with them,” she said, referring to ‘Fanboys’ director Kyle Newman.”
Blech … Celebrities should go back to “writing” romance novels and tell-all biographies.
Someone should show “Jamie” a copy of Fables.
First Chris Ware, now Jaime King. Is there something about Omaha that encourages creativity? The weather? Distance from major metropolitan areas? A mindnumbing conformity which encourages creatives to flee?
Whatever the reason, this Omaha native has springboards to pitch to any interested parties.
I thought Frank Miller was married to Lynn Varley.