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Update: DeviantArt’s statement on SDCC Artist Alley
As we reported the other day, the art sharing site/social network DeviantArt pulled out of sponsoring Artists' Alley at the Sn Diego Comic-Con this...
Some notes on making money, exhibiting, and throwing Comic Cons
With all the comic cons and comic arts festivals going on, creators and exhibitors are becoming increasingly picky about what shows they go to. A lot of it is scheduling, but more and more what makes a good show is whether it's profitable or not. You may recall the the Devastator and The Beat did a survey to get an idea of how and how much money people are making at shows. And of course there have been various arguments over whether cosplay, celebrities or hot dogs on a stick have more effect on poor sales at shows.
SDCC ’15: DeviantArt pulls out as Artists’ Alley sponsor — UPDATED
UPDATE: DeviantArt's Advisor in Chief Josh Wattles has issues a statement on the matter here, stating that the company has a busy schedule and could...
Marvel is coming to SDCC ’15…but not quite the way you expected
As posted by Torsten earlier, the floor map for SDCC is up....OMG IT'S SO SOON. Seriously I barely got my seedlings for Arbor day and we're planning Hall H already?
You can compare the floor map to one from 2011 in this post. I never throw out a pdf! Pretty much the same.
D+Q to publish Laura Park’s Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream
Ignatz winner, Eisner-nominee Laura Park is a cartoonist who veers into "national treasure" territory for me. Her classically styled linework and delicate coloring mix with an ineffable, inspired mix of sadness and tenderness. Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream, her mini comic, is a small classic, released in small numbers. But hooray, D+Q will be publishing a collected edition of her comics under the Waking Dream title.
SelfMadeHero discovers a new level of rip-off for The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow is a) Robert W. Chambers famed horror story about a play that dooms all who read it to madness b) a new graphic novel adaptation of the same by INJ Culbard published by SelfMadeHero. (See a preview here.)
It's also c) a sneaky ripoff by someone on CreateSpace who used the cover to the Culbard book for their own self-published reprint of the prose book. The SelfMadeHero blog has all the details and how to spot the sneaky fake.
DC’s Convergence-related material to be collected in nine volumes
DC's Convergence event is over, the world is safe, DC is on the West Coast, and collected editions are coming in October. The entire...
New Image Exop guests: Nicola Scott, Jason Aaron, Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, and Nick...
Image Expo has just announced five more guests, pretty much ensuring that these five will have new IMage titles: Nicola Scott, Jason Aaron, Kyle...
Great French Comics I Want To Read In English!
Recently, right before BookExpo America commenced, the French Embassy sponsored an invitation-only symposium on French comics, the American market, and how both can benefit...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/10/15: Here’s what happens when a man dumps his comics on...
§ Zainab Akhtar's essential Comics & Cola site now has a Patreon. You know what to do and you'd better do it.
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First Look at the New Powerpuff Girls
The City of Townsville is....getting a preview! Cartoon Network has released some info on the new Powerpuff Girls cartoon which comes out last...
CAKE Chicago report: perhaps 5000 people attended
It's a little hard to find concrete reports from indie shows these days unless Secret Acres or Robyn Chapman post reports, from the social media, looks like CAKE Chicago this weekend was a successful indie show. I've heard mixed reports on sales in past years, but based on the "haul photos" I've seen, a lot of comics were purchased. I dug up a few more concrete reports:
