SDCC ’14: Fashioning a Response to Cosplay Harassment
Comic-Con hit TMZ after America's Next Top Model winner and media personality Adrianne Curry, dressed as Catwoman, chased down and whip-punched a man who thrust his hands down the tights of another model dressed as Tigra....
SDCC ’14: Werthamania
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Fredric Wertham's influential and notorious Seduction of the Innocent, and Comic Con's programming schedule includes several panels addressing the book and its core themes.
Today (Thursday) at noon,...
The Retailer’s View // The Death of Archie and Selling Comics
by Brandon Schatz
On Monday, the pop culture bereft owner of my shop phoned had asked if I had ordered enough of the “death of Archie thing” that was happening. As with all comics, the...
Is the Clickhole Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Illegal Child Porn?
Clickhole, the Onion's answer to Buzzfeed and Clickhole, has posted an audacious NSFW video parody, "If You Grew Up With 'Calvin and Hobbes,' You Need to Watch This Now." Spoilers below for those of...
The Retailer’s View: On Art, Business, and Brian Wood
by Brandon Schatz
A few weeks ago, Marvel’s August solicitations revealed some alarming news: Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey would be leaving Moon Knight after a short run of six issues. For those who have...
CBR introduces new zero tolerance message boards — who else will follow suit?
People are mad about CBR's forum getting civilized, but it's only the latest move in a long battle over internet discussions. Which side are YOU on?
Guest editorial: Matt Hawkins says “Diversity = Money”
by Matt Hawkins
Why do we need more diversity of creators in comics? The simple answer is money. The only color in business that matters is green and gender-bias only hurts sales. Cut out any...
The 2013 Comics Happy List
I just can’t muster the hubris to do a Top 10 list. Lists are subject to the tastes of the reviewer(s). One person’s top 10 list doesn’t necessarily mean anything. And, you know, Buzzfeed. ...
Darabont sues AMC over The Walking Dead profits
They say failure is an orphan and success is the mother of a million lawsuits—or something like that. AMC's The Walking Dead show is such a huge success that's it's already spawned a now-dismissed suit by original artist Tony Moore; and now original series creator Frank Darabont is suing AMC for unspecified but probably enormous damages, claiming he is being short changed via a form of "Hollywood Accounting."
Alison Bechdel and Hillary Chute Reunite At NYU for a Distinguished Faculty Lecture
It's been more than a year since Alison Bechdel and Hillary Chute publicly convened at 2012's momentous Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference, an event personally significant to both Chute and Bechdel due in part...
How much content should you get for $2.99?
Back in the old days of the mid 2000s, comic fans could pick up any standard comic book issue for $2.99. It was the nailed-down price, and for that money they’d get 22 pages....
Pre-School Bans “Super Hero play” at School
In an image being circulated on social media, with the name of the school and school officials vaguely redacted (you can almost make them out), a flyer distributed at a pre-school bans school-time play...