TweetLet’s just keep this Art Day here at Stately Beat Manor. Here’s a preview of Marvel’s STRANGE TALES #3, on sale TOMORROW, with an EXCLUSIVE page from Jeffrey Brown and two pages from Paul Hornschemeier’s Nightcrawler tale.
STAPLE! News
10/23/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetSTAPLE! is a one day indie comics event held yearly in Austin which, if the pictues we’ve seen are any indication, is much enjoyed by participants. Chris Nicholas has sent out information on Staple 2010, to be held March 10, which you can read below.
This is the APE that was
10/19/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetSome links and news from APE, the Alternative Press Expo, held this weekend in San Francisco. • Will Dinski’s COVERED IN CONFUSION won the Isotope Award for Minicomics, as reported by JK Parkin at Robot 6. § Parkin also has a Day 1 report. § Fantagraphics photos: Day 1 pics Day 2 pics § NPC [...]
APE debuts and news
10/16/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetThe Alternative Press Expo kicks off this weekend at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Details are in the link but guests can be scanned here; programming, here. Social events have their own post. As for what to expect, here’s a quick rundown via our email: • Buenaventura Press has a lot of new [...]
Indie Month-to-Month Sales: August 2009
10/16/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetBy Matthew Murray [EDITOR'S NOTE: We're giving an indie sales chart a whirl once again. Please let us know what you think!] August was the best month for Archie for a long, long time in the direct market, with the first issue of the “Archie gets married” story line being the best selling non-Marvel/DC title [...]
Announcing the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
10/11/2009 by Leave a Comment
Tweet New York’s already busy fall season got one more show with the official word of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, a new oft-rumored indie-centric show to be run by Desert Island and PictureBox. It’s a specially picked guest list, including Gary Panter, Jillian Tamaki, Charles Burns, Ben Katchor, Kim Deitch, Mark Newgarden, Michael [...]
APE debuts sought
10/10/2009 by Leave a Comment
Tweet Reminder: if you are debuting a book at APE, please send us some info. APE (The Alternative Press Expo), as you may be able to tell from the above flashing banner ads, will be held next weekend, Oct. 17-18, at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Special guests include Jeff Smith, Dean Haspiel, [...]
SPX attendance up 19%; Nerdlinger winners!
09/30/2009 by 5 Comments
TweetAccording to SPX director Karon Flage, it wasn’t just your imagination: there WERE more people at SPX this year. She writes: Paid admissions were 1772 which is a nice increase of 19% over last year. Add to that about 150 free admissions from flyers and coupons we handed out, 500 exhibitors and 150 in staff, [...]
SPX memories…and there are a lot of them
09/29/2009 by 6 Comments
TweetThis is far from a complete link dump, it’s more just things that struck our fancy, ¶ The Critics Panel at SPX was much discussed. You can either read about it, in Johanna Draper Carlson’s precís OR you can LISTEN to it at Sean T. Collins‘ recording! An age of wonders! ¶ Leah’s Stuff has [...]
SPX quick links
09/28/2009 by 9 Comments
TweetWe’re too tuckered out for a long post for now, but here are a few tidbits to tide you over: § Some photos by Scott Edelman and his con report. § Johanna Draper Carlson’s con report. § Tom Neely nicely captured the culture clash between a fancy ministry charity on Saturday and a beauty pageant [...]
2009 Ignatz Award winners
09/27/2009 by 3 Comments
TweetNew host Liz Baillie charmed the audience with haiku, and happy winners danced with their bricks through the legendary chocolate fountain* at the always festive Ignatz Award ceremony. Winners below: Outstanding New Talent: Colleen Frakes for Woman King. Outstanding Online Comic: Cayetano Garza for Year of the Rat. Outstanding Mini-Comic: by Lisa Hanawalt for Stay [...]
SPX Fast Facts
09/25/2009 by Leave a Comment
Tweet The Small Press Expo kicks off tomorrow. Official info Here’s Comicsgirl’s excellent (and much needed) dining guide. And her also excellent Survival Guide. Brian Heater has a guide to some of the new comics debuting. Also excellent, Chris Mautner’s guide at Robot 6. Rob Clough also has a guide. Quick publisher links: Drawn and [...]
Tonight to do: Julia Wertz fundraiser
09/18/2009 by Leave a Comment
Tweet Luckily, America is not a socialist country, and healthcare is TOTALLY not rationed based on how much money you have or whether you are employed or not. What a ludicrous idea that is. Because healthcare in the US is absolutely not the most expensive of any developed nation, Julia Wertz is having a fundraiser [...]
More SPX guests announced
09/18/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetPeter Kuper, Kevin Huizenga, Kate Beaton and Al Columbia have joined the guest list at SPX. They join Gahan Wilson, Paul Karasik, Carol Tyler, Josh Neufeld, John Porcellino, Willy Linthout Jerry Moriarity, R. Sikoryak and Joshua Cotter, so, all in all, it’s gonna be pretty cool. Peter Kuper is a contributor to Time, Newsweek, The New York [...]
TCAF ’10
09/16/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetTooners take note! Chris Butcher has posted a letter about TCAF at Comics212 which states that they are accepting applications for the 2010 show. Previous TCAF’s were invitation only; however, the steering committee is still going to “choose the cartoonists we think would be the best fit for the Festival. TCAF is still (and will [...]
SPX programming announced
09/14/2009 by Leave a Comment
TweetSome great panelists and topics…someone better be recording some of these! SPOTLIGHTS R. Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics For twenty years, stylistic chameleon R. Sikoryak has been producing literary adaptations in comics form that marry the plots of Western literary classics with the stylistic tics and tropes of classic comics. Originally appearing in RAW and numerous other [...]
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