EW: Comic-Con preview issue — UPDATE
That's right, the premier magazine about entertainment has its first ever San Diego Comic-Con preview issues and the WATCHMEN get the cover treatment:
Over many months, and many meetings, Snyder persuaded Warner Bros. to abandon...
Platinum buys Wowio — Updated
According to these SEC filings Platinum has completed its purchase of Wowio, using shares valued at .15 cents.
The sales agreement has also been filed and includes this little nugget:
TERMINATED CONTRACTS
All WOWIO contracts in...
San Diego’s economy…again
We're interrupting our ongoing attempt to sort through our San Diego-related email to note something rather curious.
You see, The Beat and Future Mr. Beat are staying on Monday night in San Diego to chill...
HYPE: Platinum, Flagg!, BPA in PWCW
We often forget to talk about each PW Comics Week's newsletter -- you have all subscribed, right, because it's free? -- but this week's issue turned out pretty good, especially considering we had to...
HELLBOY II is #1
Another comic book movie has landed at #1 at the box office, as HELLBOY II led the way:
Hellboy II: The Golden Army stormed onto approximately 4,400 screens at 3,204 theaters and grossed an estimated...
Manga moments
§ ICv2 finds out more about Viz's original manga initiative:
Are you looking for manga-style properties?If by "manga" you mean what is generally considered manga in the United States (fantasy and romance aimed at teenagers),...
AMERICAN GODS sampling report
Over on his blog, Neil Gaiman reports on the results of Harper Collins' read American Gods for free online promotion:
The Browse Inside Full Access promotion of American Gods drove 85 thousand visitors to...
Wal-Mart bans Mexican comic
Wal-Mart has pulled copies of a Spanish-language comic starring Mexican comics mainstay Memin Pinguin CNN reports on charges the character is racist:
For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures of "Memin Pinguin."...
Kodansha rumbles
Lets and lots of feedback on the Kodansha bombshell out there. Dallas Middaugh confirms its not curtains for Del Rey manga:
Well, it’s business as usual at Del Rey Manga. We’re continuing to license manga...
Why we fight
There's been a bit of back and forth here in the comments about what's the best way to get your foot in the door, and whether WFH is good or bad or whether...
Kodansha in the US confirmed
ICv@ reports a Japanese report that confirms all those rumors about Kodansha entering the US market.
Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting that Kodansha has set up a U.S. subsidiary “to publish...
Wizard World updates
ICv2 reports that it's all so new at Wizard World Chicago:
Shamus described himself as “totally out” at the IFL, and “back at Wizard.” “It’s actually very exciting,” he said. “I have a renewed energy....
