SD09: Radical Comics #3735
Arthur Suydam, David Hines and Gene and Nick Simmons are just a few of the folks signing at the Radical Comics booth.
In its grand return to San Diego Comic-Con International, Radical Publishing is holding...
SD09: Fantagraphics — #1716
You will not go wrong stopping by and purchasing some of these debuts.
Anyone know of anything happening next week? Oh, right. There is a "comic book" convention!
Yes, Fantagraphics will be returning to Comicon, as...
Help John Ostrander keep his eyesight
John Ostrander is a writer who has done an incredible amount of work in this business, and entertained and enlightened readers for more than two decades. Grimjack, Munden's Bar, Star Wars, The Kents...you name...
Marvel does yaoi?
From the Marvel catalog -- cover image tragically not available:
MARVEL BROMANCE #1
If This Be Bromance--! Marvel’s greatest buddies take the spotlight in this one-of-a-kind collection, and it’s male bonding like you’ve never seen —...
GREEN RIVER KILLER roams at Dark Horse
In more upbeat Dark Horse news, a preview of this weekend's Emerald City Con includes news of an intriguing nonfiction graphic novel: an account of the horrific Green River Killer by the son of...
Looking at Diamond’s backlist charts
Oh no, not more charts? Yes! This time it's something we haven't seen much talked about before: Diamond's BACKlist charts. As all publishing watchers know, the backlist is where you live and die; it's...
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair. The show will stay in New York until 2012, and...
Today’s pet peeve
What is it with the comic book reviewers who include this in their reviews?This review was based on a complimentary copy provided by the publisher.I guess it's supposed to be some kind of ethical...
RIP Maddie Blaustein
I am very saddened to learn today of the death of actress/comics writer/friend Maddie Blaustein at age 48. It's being reported that she died in her sleep after a brief illness.
Blaustein started out...
I guess this was a long time ago
This would, I guess, be the latest in an irregular series of posts called "Discovering amazing quotes while reading old magazines." I was digging through some boxes of books looking for reference material and...
Cable woes again
Sorry, kids, the cable went out again. Last time we complained we got a free month of HBO. The moral is to keep complaining.
.....aaaaaand just like that, it comes back up.
Carla and Lance Hoffman badly injured in fire
Blog@Newsarama has a sad story about Carla Hoffman, part-time blogger and employee at Metro Entertainment in Santa Barbara, and her husband, Lance. The two suffered second- and third-degree burns over much of their bodies...
