Tag: Top Cow

In a comment on his post regarding DC's allocation of their Villains month promotion, veteran retailer Brian Hibbs mentioned that he had quit the retailer organization, ComicsPRO. I’ve, uh, decided to stop my membership...

A South Carolina watchdog group has criticized the College of Charleston (CofC) in Charleston, South Carolina for choosing Alison Bechdel's award-winning FUN HOME as recommended reading for freshmen. The book was chosen as a...

The kibbles have gotten totally out of hand. § First off, I had this site bookmarked for a while: Work Made For Hire, clearing house of information on contracts, negotiation and much more stuff...

§ By now you must have seen Tom Spurgeon's incredible obituary for Kim Thompson. It's history not only of a man but a company, a legacy, and much more. As has been noted, most...

Okay we told you ComiXology has a lot of stuff going on at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Not only are they co-sponsoring the Eisners and teaming with the CBLDF, they are also putting...

I had about 20 posts in various stages on gender issues this week...let's put them all into one big roil, complete with shocking personal confessions: § Villain Month is for boys: When the New 52...

§ While our own Hannah Means Sherman had full coverage of the Denver Comic Con, the Denver Post covers the biggest headline of all: a huge crowd of more than 48,000 people: About 6,000 fans...

We hope you're enjoying our cornucopia of webcomics from our big 24 Hours of Webcomics event. If you're in New York City and want to pick up some print versions of these comics—or even some non webcomics—the store once known as "Hanley's" is now called JHU Comic Books is having a sale.

¶ In a review of Donald Duck; The Old Castle's Secret, K.C. Carlson explains a bit about why the work of Carl Barks has such staying power: I’ve read this story before, so I’m not...

Following in the steps of a recent micro-trend, another comics shop has opened, the Spider's Web at 887A Yonkers Ave in Yonkers, NY. According to this earlier story, its run by Paul Borrero, a longtime collector and Spder-Man fan who felt the area needed a place for kids and adults to collect comics.

These graphic novels have been chosen because they were all released in the past 6 months and equally combine qualities of well-crafted concepts and remarkable artwork to create solid visual narratives. They aren’t the...

As if everything crazy going on in the last hell week wasn't enough, life keeps kicking the ass of good people. All time nice guy, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai writes that his wife...