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The Industry Reacts to News of Stan Lee’s Passing
When news of comics legend Stan Lee’s passing hit social media, the reactions came from all over the world.
Facebook: Passmore’s “Your Black Friend” Cartoon Taken Down “in error”
Facebook has often been criticized for what some consider to be confusing community standards, guidelines, and the manner in which these standards are applied. Video depictions of breastfeeding were banned, a policy Facebook has since reversed, while videos depicting bullying and harassment remain an ongoing and painful problem. Questions were raised yet again on Friday, January 26, […]
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Up and Early for Social Fandom for Geek Properties
Bright and early on a Sunday morning, collected in San Diego Comic Fest’s make shift “Kirby Café” panelists Jenny Stiven, Jonathan Tavss (working in digital and social fandoms for over 20 years), Anina Bennett (once editor at First Comics and co-author and co-creator of Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel and the science fiction series Heartbreakers), and […]
A year of free comics: “Your Comment Here” by Boulet, a modern horror story
You could do a whole year of nothing but comics by French webcomic master Boulet. Using the web format itself as a storytelling device – or many devices – his comics range from sharply observed slice of life comedies to fantastic tales (his astonsihing 24 hour comic, Darkness.). In “Your Comment Here,” inspired by real events, Boulet […]
NYCC ’15: “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” Liveblog
We’re live at the “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” panel. Our panelists include Ghost Rider writer Felipe Smith, My Little Pony artist Katie Cook, and The Wicked + the Divine writer Kieron Gillen. You can even submit questions to their blog [but not anymore…the past has passed…-ed.]. General Information If someone steals content you originally posted […]
Demo-Graphics: LOTS more info on who buys comics
Brett Schenker is pressing onwards with his Facebook research into comics likers, who they are what they buy and what they do. While his gender based research continues to be a benchmark, this time out he has a lot of trends on education, employment and so on.
Free Comic Book Day Promotes ‘Alien’ Metal Dildo Doubling as a Bottle Opener
I think the money makers at Diamond Select Toys are secretly testing the market for an upcoming adult toy line. The Free Comic Book Day Facebook page posted a typical a nerd baiting question with no possible answer: who would win in fight between Spider-Man’s most popular nemesis Venom or the cult classic 80’s extraterrestrial nightmare Xenomorph? […]
Demo-Graphics: Perespolis, Fun Home and Blankets Popular With Women
How does gender break down for some of the more popular “indie” graphic novels versus mainstream graphic novels vs the average? And it’s clear, there’s a difference. Taking 17 various graphic novels (and if folks add suggestions in comments, I’ll be happy to add upon this) I looked at men and women who were fans in the United States. I tried to stick to actual graphic novels, or books that have been long out of print and thus a complete graphic novel is how it’s now consumed.
Market Research Says 46.67% of Comic Fans are Female
While we don’t have any market research, the eyes don’t lie. If you go to conventions and comic book stores, more and more female readers are emerging. They are starved for content and looking for content they can relate to. – Axel Alonso, Marvel’s editor-in-chief While making the rounds promoting Marvel’s new series Ms. Marvel, […]