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Tweet§ The Nook app has just launched a whole new Comics section with 8000+ graphic novels! To celebrate the arrival of NOOK Comics on the NOOK for iOS app, customers can receive a free DC Comics 2013 Superman Sampler, which includes excerpts from Superman: Last Son of Krypton, Superman: For Tomorrow, Superman: Earth One, and [...]
From Japanese bondage comics to why Jim Lee was crying, here’s what happened this weekend.
TweetI have a whole week of links for you in case, like me, you have been too brain dead to keep up with the goings on: § Some old news I had kicking around: AMC has renewed both Talking Dead and Comic Book Men. In addition, they’re developing All-Star Celebrity Bowling, a spin off from [...]
We’re heading off to Chicago for the Diamond Retailer Summit, so things will be a little sparse here for a bit, but I’m sure the kids can take care of things.
Tweet§ Amazon has released the Kindle Comic Creator—pretty much you just dump in your comics and Bam! Out comes something you can load onto a Kindle. § Image’s Eric Stephenson reveals some metrics on just how good their year was: Our first quarter in 2013 is right around double our first quarter in 2012, both [...]
§ It’s been kind of hard to concentrate on comics with all the horrible things going on in Boston. Fleen blogger Gary Tyrell is also a trained EMT, and he gives some emergency basics in this post. Worth a read, and keep sending good thoughts out for a better, saner world.
Instead of Kibbles ‘n’ bits, we present a bunch of things I had tagged that I never got to write up in all the excitement. The news never sleeps!
Random news bits that accumulated over the last week or so.
Tweet§ Steve Bissette has begun writing a a history of WaP!, a pros-only newsletter from the ’80s—spearheaded by Steven Grant and Frank Miller—that created quite a stir at the time. The history is tied up with much of the creator unrest of the era. The first chapter is much concerned with Dave Sim, Diamond and [...]
Tweet§ J. Caleb Mozzocco looks at the remains of WildStorm in the New 52 with a focus on Stormwatch, and he has some sharp words for the overall art style: What I found most interesting in this portion of the book is how many artists were involved with these designs: Hamner (Jenny, Adam, Apollo, Midnighter, [...]
Making a living at Random House, saving a statue, listening to Al Jaffee
Tweet§ Well, THIS is obscure and mysterious. A mere 34 miles north of San Diego lies the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, a 1500-seat amphitheater, conference center and museum. Apparently they just nailed down a budget and want to ramp up their events including a comics exhibit to draw hipsters crowd during Comic-Con: Center [...]
Tweet§ Wired talks to Shannon Wheeler and Jake Parker about comiXology’s new Submit program, where indie creators can submit their work to be carried on the app for a 50/50 revenue share. GeekDad: For both of you, how does this compare to traditional print publishing of your comics? Jake, I know Missile Mouse was published [...]
Let’s start out with Dylan Horrock’s drawing of Alan Moore. Because you can never have too much Alan Moore. Via Lulu Bonanza and Forbidden Planet
§ Now this is what I call marketing a graphic novel. Rep. John Lewis, who is co-authoring March, the history of his actions in the civil rights rights movement will be appearing at Book Expo America at an authors breakfast along with “Bridget Jones” author Helen Fielding and “Outlander” author Diana Gabaldon, and moderator Chris Matthews.
§ Graphic Classics is still turning out themed comics anthologies, and their new one is Native American Classics: Graphic Classics Volume 24, for which they hired as many actual Native American creators as possible:
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