Tag: Top News
UFC and DC team for UFC 181 poster
On December 8th, UFC 181 will take place withThe cover unveiled will be used ahead of UFC 181 as the promotion teams up with...
Sales of print books decrease by age group
Well, this will come as little to no surprise to anyone but....the group of people who buy the most print books are the oldest...
Marvel and Jack Kirby estate settle their disputes
A joint statement has just been released by Marvel and the family of Jack Kirby indicating that a settlement of somekind hs been made:
“Marvel and the family of Jack Kirby have amicably resolved their legal disputes, and are looking forward to advancing their shared goal of honoring Mr. Kirby’s significant role in Marvel’s history.”
Webcomic Alert: The Utopian City That Wasn’t by Eleri Mai Harris
Australian cartoonist/journalist Eleri Mai Harris isn't just an editor at The Nib, Medium's marvelous comics section, run by Matt Bors. She's a trained journalist who turned to comics to tell stories and in today's Nib she has a good one: the story of the abortive designs for Canberra, the capital of Australia. Like a few other planned capital cities—Celebration and Brasilia comes to mind—the structural, utopian approach to city design rarely works out. The story also includes a dandy forgotten woman—Frank Lloyd Wright's associate Marion Mahony Griffin. So sit back and learn some Australian and architectural history.
Starlord’s jacket now available in both men’s and women’s sizes
It's Autumn now, and it's been a long time since we attempted to ride the coattails of Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014's breakout stars....
Crowdwatching: Last Gasp is Kickstarting its fall season
Here we go again: another alternative publisher has turned to crowdfunding to stockpile some scratch for an upcoming list. This time it's Last...
Webcomics alert: Me and the Universe by Anders Nilsen
This Sunday's New York Times will contain what I would guess to be a full page printed version of the comicMe and the Universe by Anders Nilsen, so you may want to wait for that version to put into your scrapbook. But if you don't want to get ink on your fingers, here's a web version of a diagrammatic image of Nilsen's place in the universe.
Willingham and Weldon among those who will be writing on trains for a long...
Fables' Bill Willingham and frequent comics blogger Glen Weldon were among 24 writers selected for the Amtrak Residency Program, which allows writers to get...
To do tonight, San Diego: Scott McCloud and Larry Marder on Banned Books Week
It's Banned Books Week, a n annual event mostly held in libraries which spotlights attempts to remove books. This year's theme is graphic novels,...
To do tonight, NYC: Richard McGuire at the NYPL
AS noted this is actually NEXT WEEK but the exhibit opens tonight!
Graphic novelist opens French bookstore in NYC’s French Embassy
Via PW, word that Antonin Baudry, who wrote the GN Weapons of Mass Diplomacy and happens to be the the cultural counselor of the French Embassy is opening Albertine, a French language bookstore in the building that houses the French consulate in New York, a historic building located across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art designed by the great Stanford White, with the embassy’s cultural services division at 972 Fifth Avenue, across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The store will house "14,000 volumes of fiction, nonfiction, art, graphic novels, and children’s books in both English translation and French."
A week left to get in on the Valiant Humble Bundle
The latest comics themed Humble Bundle is Valiant Comics themed and it has SIX DAYS to go. The bundle includes some 120 comics and charity proceeds on the pay-what-you-want model go to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Hero Initiative, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). For a mere $15 you can get entirely caught up on Valiant's excellent offerings here is the chance.
