Update: Tokyopop
Okay as you may have heard by now, while we on the road, Tokyopop announced its split into two divisions: a publishing arm and a movie/multi-media line, called Tokyopop Media. They alaso announced the...
Update: Marvel
Just a few little notes here and there from stuff we picked up on the road over the last few days. Our sushi-sharing pal Matt Maxwell has a fabulous write-up of BEA which...
The NEW Newsarama
It's here. And it's a lot like a giant entertainment website.
But it does look very, very nice. Is it functional? No time to find out now, although we will note that it FINALLY...
Trouble Ahead #3: Platinum
We've had some fun at the expense of DJ Coffman over the years, but he has always been a good sport about it, so it give us no gloating thrill to report that Coffman,...
Trouble Ahead #2: DramaQueen
DramaQueen is one of a number of small manga publishers that has sprung up in the past few years, specializing in boy's love and other female-targeted manga. They've been around since 2005, but haven't...
A little Friday afternoon gossip
* Just got off the phone with a well-known, award winning cartoonist who was advertised as appearing at an upcoming convention. Apparently he was told this week that he had a flight to the...
Breaking news: Comics are expen$ive!
Newsarama adds up the costs of this year's big crossover events and finds they do not come cheaply. For SECRET INVASION, after toting up all the tie-ins and spin-offs and whatnot, comes to this...
ASP restructures; Liao leaves
Archaia Studios Press had a big hit with Mouse Guard, and critical acclaim with The Lone and Level Sands and founder Mark Smylie's Artesia, and recently announced a ton of new titles. But like...
Must reading: “How to get your indie book into comic shops”
Elizabeth Genco, whose graphic novel Blue was recently announced, does a lot of heavy lifting by surveying several indie friendly retailers to find out how on earth to get publicity for a lone...
Fantagraphics goes exclusive with Diamond
Diamond sent out a press release yesterday confirming that Fantagraphics is going exclusive to the comic shop trades with Diamond. You can read the whole thing in the jump. While Norton's exclusive with FBI...
Fantagraphics going with Diamond?
The TCJ board floats the rumor that Fantagraphics is going exclusive with Diamond for the DM -- if true. Norton would continue to be their bookstore distributor, of course. Barry Rodges emails Tony Shenton,...
More on Wizard’s HQ sale
After yesterday's real estate listing for Wizard HQ rocketed through the inboxes and AIM windows of the comics industry like a hot knife through butter, ComicMix called up to get the scoop, or at...
