Freeman upped at DC
Via 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. ...
Check it out quickly: Stardust
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.
Modern Tales adds strips
Just the PR from Shaenon Garrity:
Modern Tales one of the Web’s premier webcomics sites, is proud to announce the addition of five new comics to its lineup. The new comics are:
+Alma Mater, by...
John Ridley courts controversy
Screenwriter/novelist turned comics scribe John Ridley has gotten a lot of positive reviews for THE AMERICAN WAY, his Wildstorm mini-series about superheroes, the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement. The collected edition comes...
DC Comics Month-To-Month Sales: December 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics placed six of its releases in the Top 10 in December, including two issues of Justice League of America, three issues of the weekly 52 and the debut of new...
Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards noms
The nominations for Web Cartoonists' Choice Award are up -- you'll have to go to the link for the entire list, but we've copied the top two here. Seriously go to th elink, because...
Perry Bible Fellowship Collection due
Did you know that Dark Horse is putting out a collection of Nick Gurewitchs brilliant webcomick PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP? We didn't!. Says Gurewitch:
I'm taking the rest of January off to finish some work...
Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and his other collaborations with writer Carlos Sampayo.
The other prize...
Pow! Sock! Comics around the world
An Indian comic about a barn owl, nonetheless is pegged as a "Comic book to titillate 'adults only'":
Is it a play? Is it a musical? Or is it a theatre of the absurd? Actually,...
Help The Beat understand DCU
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DC sent out the above image (click for a larger view) this afternoon as a teaser with the headline:
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of...
Meanwhile, in Angoulême…
For the 27th consecutive year, we are missing the Angoulême comics fest, but luckily many folks are on the scene and blogging. Bart Beatty is over at The Comics Reporter with his usual examplary...
News briefs
§ Spike is 2/3rds of the way to pre-selling enough copies to print TEMPLAR, AZ.
Oh MAN, did I have a busy weekend. Sorry I didn't update three times last week, guys, but I was...
