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Tumblr-gedden as Tumblr removes Disqus and custom code from some sites

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Tumblr users who have been reveling in its ability to share content—and block trolls via the plug-in Disqus—got a rude shock today when due to code problems, users found their custom themes disabled and their comment boards wiped out. Among the missing—DC Women Kicking Ass's lively comments section. DCWKA's Sue took to Twitter to mourn the loss, and just as I write this it looks like she may have found the missing posts, but others were still searching.

New comic of the day: LUMBERJANES #1

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While I don't know what was the book of MoCCA at ECCC it was DEFINITELY Lumberjanes, which launched in a convention exclusive edition. With superstar Noelle Stevenson, and new talents Grace Ellis and Brooke...

David Brothers: “I’ve got to keep banging the drum for more” [Interview]

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David Brothers is one of the most accomplished writers-about-comics around, a blogger who recently moved into the industry himself as a member of the Image Comics staff. Having made a name for himself on...

Nice art: Very early Jack Kirby

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Via. More if you poke around.

It came from Tumblr: Talya Modlin

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Talya Modlin is a Chicago based cartoonist/art type.

New comics website launches: 13th Dimension

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Like a Phoenix from the ashes...in our recent obituary for MTV Geek we noted that the NY Post's Parallel Worlds site also seemed to be gone. And indeed, a NY Post website design claimed its young life. However, undeterred, editor Den Greenfield has teemed up with Asbury Park Comicon's Cliff Galbraith for a NEW SITE, 13th Dimension.

The great blog death of 2013 claims another victim: MTV Geek shuts down –...

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I noticed this morning that they hadn't updated and that, coupled with the recent editor search, sent my Heidi sense tingling and yes indeed, MTV Geek is no more. Friends and fellow geeks — We're...

iFanboy joins the 2013 comics media disruption

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As you probably heard over the holiday, iFanboy is packing in its "day to day" operations, which seemed like a euphemistic way of saying they won't be running a costly and unprofitable daily website...

Tumblr alert: INTRAPANEL

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You have to actually go to the site to experience it, but Matt Maxwell's new tumblr INTRAPANEL includes giant close up macro lens photos of classic comics (as well as references to past "Future...

RIP: Blog@ Newsarama?

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Blog@Newsarama is both a long-running site in itself and the remains of one (The Great Curve) and the father of another (Robot6) blog that will all be remembered when the million selling "History of...

The NY Post is joining the nerd blog fray with Parallel Worlds

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Official launch seems to be tomorrow, but in case you missed the bold-faced names, the NY Post seems to be launching its very own nerd/comics/gaming blog, called Parallel Worlds. The logo features the senseless...

Check it out: Sloane’s Tiny Tiny Stories

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Comics have always been a collaborative medium (though you can dispute the extent of contributors input and editing til the cows come home) but the internet has certainly opened up the concept, allowing it...

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