Tag: recession watch
Show news: BEC canceled; more on Reed moves
Even as Reed Exhibitions was announcing a new comic show for Chicago, they were also announcing that Book Expo Canada, Canada's biggest book...
Recession Watch: Alt-Weekly cartoons
§ Cartoonist Matt Bors sits down with Kevin Allman, editor of The Gambit, an independent alt-weekly out of New Orleans, to talk about...
Tokyopop cancellations
Johanna Draper Carlson notes that you can't buy Kozue Amano's ARIA #4 any more, even though it just came out in December.
Aria Book...
CRICKETS ceases
Sammy Harkham says that CRICKETS, his comics series from D&Q will end its current format; Diamond's new policies is once again the reason....
Recession Watch: MySpace Comic Books division
Nikki Finke reports on layoffs at Fox, including MySpace. The departments cut include the Comics division. We can confirm that marketing manager Sam Humphries,...
Reactions to last week’s doom stories: Diamond, MAD
§ Cartoonist MK Reed shakes her fist at doom with a resource-filled post that includes alternative distributors and other places where you can sell...
Recession Watch: Newsweekly comics meltdown
Yesterday, cartoonist Tom Tomorrow revealed the dire news that his strip, This Modern World, and all other weekly cartoons were being canceled by Village...
Recession Watch: Magazine distribution woes continue
Only the New York Post seems to have picked up on this story, but it's a biggie. Another major magazine distributor has joined...
DC layoffs include Schreck
The Beat has confirmed that DC Senior Editor Bob Schreck was laid off yesterday. Other layoffs, expected in the wake of Warner Brothers' companywide...
Recession Watch: 13 laid off at Diamond
The Beat has confirmed that Diamond laid off 13 employees yesterday, including the managing editor and designer for the recently canceled Diamond Dialog magazine....
Recession Watch: WB cuts, Top Cow cuts
• On Monday, Rich Johnston reported that Top Cow has laid off two of its top people, VP of Sales and Marketing Mel Caylo...
Recession Watch: Imagi Studios
Forbes reports on how the ASTRO BOY movie is squeaking through the tough times as Imagi Studios, the production company, searches for funding...
