The Webcomics killer app?
Joey Manley talks, as he is often wont to do, about the webcomics business model and points out that it still hasn't hit it big:
But think about it: there hasn’t been a YouTube, a...
More imagery borrowing
Only a few days ago we were commenting on the success of designer boutique stores, like Giant Robot and Toy Tokyo. Now the Kelly/Goldman scandal has brought to the forefront the cutthroat nature of...
What’s up at Wizard?
Ever since we found a way to add Wizarduniverse.com to our RSS feed, we've found all sorts of interesting stories there. Like this round up of 52's greatest moments that actually made us want...
Brenner nixes adult comics?
Radio Comix publisher Elin Winkler notes in her blog that Brenner Printing has stopped printing "adults only" material:
This morning, right after I woke up, I was called by our printer (Brenner Printing) and informed...
Fight! Dirk vs Heidi, Round two
A deadline-pressured Dirk takes up his entire post today with the title "Drama Queen Bickering" to respond to my comments yesterday. While my comments are assigned such classic TCJ buzzwords as "gobbledegook", a "screed",...
Civilians in comics shops
MacGuffin looks at the products that are brining civilians into comics shops at an all time record pace: Buffy Season 8, Stephen King's The Gunslinger, and Captain America #25:
Over the long term, I suspect...
FIGHT! Dirk and Heidi
Dirk responds to my needling yesterday by admitting that for one brief shining moment, 300 sold more copies than Naruto.
That said, I have to wonder at Heidi MacDonald’s just-linked post, where she attempts...
300 on Bestseller list
300 has landed at #12 on this week's Hardcover Bestsellers list at Publishers Weekly. While it's not the only listing for a graphic novel on a nationally recognized bestseller list (SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS charted...
Dare you face…COMICHRON????
Spurge leads us to Comichron a site at which polymath (and CBG publisher) John Jackson Miller collates old sales figures of comics from postal statements and the like, as well as historical distributor records....
Snapshot: what America thinks of comics this weekend
Comic books: A force to be reckoned with
Comic books unravel economic principles
Graphic novels explode in popularity
The graphic novel biz is going gangbusters
Nerds gather, mingle at CSU
Seize the day, my children! SEIZE IT!
Publisher launches manga mag for phones
Although the headline says Publisher to launch Japan's first monthly online manga magazine is sounds a bit misleading, because the magazine is actually the first (orone of the first) for mobile phones:
Publisher Shinchosha will...
Stan Lee Media Sues Marvel for $5B
A classic story of intrigue, double crosses, runaway financiers, campaign skullduggery, and Stan Lee got yet another chapter underway when it was announced that Stan Lee Media is suing Marvel for a cool $5B....
