SDCC: Active Images
The debut of ELEPHANTMENT and the return of KAFKA are highlights of the Active Images booth at SD,
with Richard Starkings, Tim Sale ad JG Roshell around. Ask them about lettering!
Active Images -- publishers...
BREAKING: Narwain kaput – UPDATE
We haven't actually been putting too much energy into a cadaver derby here at SBM, but chances are, in any random polling, the frontrunner for the next comics company to fold would have been...
PAINKILLER JANE series a go; Edlund at SciFi
The SciFi Channel has announced their upcoming TV slate with new shows from Mark Burnett and Lynda Obst, but of most interest to comical types will be the news that the PAINKILLER JANE tv...
Humanoids production deal, Cassaday to direct
The Hollywood Reporter has a story this morning about how SUPERMAN producer Pierre Spengler has a 12-picture option on titles drawn from the library of Humanoides, starting with I AM LEGION, by Fabien Nury...
A Lost Princess of Mars?
A while ago, on the Old Beat we told you about a new comics series to be published by IDW based on Edgar Rice Burroughs A PRINCESS OF MARS, to be written by...
Watch The Amazing Screw-On Head!
Dear God, this is cool. The SciFi Channel has put the entire first episode of Mike Mignola's THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD cartoon online. We'll let SF describe it:
In this hilarious send-up of Lovecraftian...
New EC Comics reprints this fall
EC Crypt and Gemstone are teaming up for a new full-color reprinting of the classic in deluxe hardcovers. WE WANT OURS!
Once unjustly maligned as a cause of escalating teen delinquency during the â50s, the...
Woo and Ennis team, blood to flow
Virgin Comics released the official PR on their upcoming John Woo/Garth Ennis collaboration, SEVEN BROTHERS. Yoshitaka Amano will paint the covers. Details and PR:
Newly formed Virgin Comics is collaborating with Tiger Hill Entertainment, film-maker...
Vancouver cartoonists in the news
The Vancouver Westender looks at the local underground scene, including Drippytown, with an art exhibit, and a cover feature.
Hey Folks, Guess What? Comics Arenât Just For Kids Anymore!â? screams the title of an...
News: Virgin and Panini pact
Virgin Comics continues its generally sound expansion plans with a licensing deal for European distribution via Panini.
The Panini Group is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Virgin Comics L.L.C.,...
SDCC: Chuck D in the house
You thought we were going to say hizzouse, didn't you? According to American Mule Entertainment Chuck D will be at this year's San Diego to promote the new PUBLIC ENEMY comic. Chuck joins Snoop...
FC Brandt’s INDEPENDENTS trailer up
Cartooner FC Brandt has been working on a documentary about indie comics entitled IDEPENDENTS. The trailer is up in Low Bandwdith and High Bandwidth versions. From the trailer, this looks pretty bearable, with interesting...
