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TweetTwo years ago I wrote a piece called “It Takes a Nation of 10,000 Dopes to Hold Us Back,” looking back on the comics industry in 2004, and the trends that emerged and are still, to a great degreee, shaping the business. The title was based on the phenomenon of POWERS by Brian Bendis and [...]
TweetWe came across this too late to put in yesterday’s events listing: On Thursday, February 1st at 7pm, join Russ Turk, Rhino, Craig Bostick, J. Brett Hopkins, Tony Arena, Contributors to The Book of Boy Trouble comics anthology, and Abby Denson- creator of Tough Love at the LGBT Center (208 West 13th Street) in New [...]
Tweet Dave Roman reveals the incredible line-up of comics talent in the new issue of Nickelodeon magazine, including Czekaj , Kochalka, Travis Nichols and Patrick Morgan. But our heart was stolen by the gag from Karen Sneider we posted above. Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Tweet Reminds us a bit of Pelléas et Mélisande…
TweetJust a few more Angoulême links. Comic Book Resources has a thorough write up with a more complete list of prize winners than we’ve previously seen. Andi Watson links to this Flickr site. Alison Bechdel had a busy time. Meanwhile, the Forbidden Planet blog reveals that there may be new CORTO MALTESE volumes on their [...]
TweetMuch to see! The all-new official home page for artist Will Eisner and Will Eisner Studios, Inc. has launched at http://willeisner.com . Besides a revamp of the existing design and content, the site has been expanded and includes new features like The Will Eisner Forums and the Will Eisner Wiki (or online Eisnerpedia). The Forums [...]
TweetHey what were we just saying…Guests below, panels in the link, and the big news that everyone alreayd knows should break around 7:30 on Friday. * Jason Aaron (SCALPED, THE OTHER SIDE) * Tony Akins (JACK OF FABLES) * Jonathan Ames (THE ALCOHOLIC) * Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, LOVELESS, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED) * Al [...]
TweetVia the PR: DC Comics announces that Michael Freeman has been promoted to Administrator – Direct Sales. “This is a wonderful opportunity for me, and a great chance to expand my skill sets,” says Freeman. “I’d like to thank everyone who believed in me here at DC and in the retail community. I hope to [...]
TweetIf you volunteer for three days at WonderCon, you might end up with Aragorn or even Boromir, coutesy of Sideshow Collectibles and the fine LORD OF THE RINGS statues. We’d be itching for Glorfindel and Prince Imrahil ourselves…or maybe….hm….EOMER. “We’ve been very lucky to have a dedicated group of volunteers at each of our shows,” [...]
TweetNews is finally leaking out about the upcoming Whiteout movie. Dominic Sena (Swordfish & Gone in Sixty Seconds) has been named as director, according to Production Weekly. Kate Beckinsale is still being rumored to play the lead, but this is not confirmed.
TweetYes, it’s today! Sadly, we don’t actually own a gorilla suit. We have some stuffed monkeys, but that’s about it. If we did have a gorilla suit we would put it on and surely–well what would we do? Maybe we would just sit down and watch some DVDs. That could be fun. Yesterday was notable [...]
TweetIt is the return of the Tiny Intern! Here are your comic events for the week: Thursday, February 1st Atlanta, GA Design at Play: The High Design and Low-Brow Humor of Cartoon Network The Museum of Design Atlanta opens its Cartoon Network exhibit today. It is a multi-media exhibit featuring advertising and marketing materials, storyboards, [...]
Tweet Neil Gaiman has put up a not quite legit (although we’re bettinghe won’t get prosecuted) version of the STARDUST movie site up at his own site.
Tweet UPDATE via Manga Blog: This blogger says how to make manga mavan Christopher Hart is also doing an OEL/OGM/americmanga for Del Rey. Christopher Hart is drawing/writing The Reformed. http://www.artstudiollc.com/ here’s his site, wherein he hints at this project here http://www.artstudiollc.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.html At his website, Hart says: Not allowed to talk about the specifics yet, but [...]
TweetThe Writers Guild of America will present Jules Feiffer with its lifetime achievement award for Animation Writing Variety reports. Feiffer will be feted at the Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 11 at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles and simultaneously at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York. Feiffer’s film credits include “Little Murders” and [...]
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