More on ComicMix; Greenberger comments — UPDATED
Rattlings about changes at ComicMix continue. We've confirmed that both publicist Martha Thomases has been laid off and and vp Glenn Hauman have been laid off has elected not to take a salary. At...
Marvel’s earnings results; $10 mil investment in online
Frankly, we're a little too bleary with joy over the idea of a US President who believes in habeas corpus to really think about things like Marvel's financials, but they released a very...
ComicMix cutbacks?
Looks like ComicMix is downsizing in the widespread economic slowdown. First, all the columns have ended -- Michael Davis and Martha Thomases did farewell columns -- and one of their programmers Twittered about his...
Holidays looking grim for bookstores
Barnes & Noble is planning for a "terrible" holiday season, and Borders is on life support, meaning declining orders for graphic novels, ICv2 reports:
The nation’s largest book chains are feeling the pain of the...
Set aside some time to read these
¶ Spurge has 30 talking points about comics and the recession -- no resolution is reached but it could get gloomy:
Recent comic book series from mainstream publishers designed to appeal to older readers haven't...
Agents who handle graphic novels
Once again, Colleen Doran does the hard work and digs up a list of book agents who handle graphic novels.
Here are just a few of the contacts I found who are accepting graphic...
New York Times snubbing graphic novels?
You'd think with the WATCHMEN graphic novel selling 10K+ copies a week on and off since July that it would have cracked a major print bestseller list (NYT, PW) by now, wouldn't you? Well,...
Two links for the day
§ Steven Grant looks at the 20 most important comics ever published, chronologically:
1) FAMOUS FUNNIES #1 (Eastern Color, 1934)Max Gaines' brainchild, the one that started it all, collecting reprints of popular comic strips in...
Scream Awards tap superhero zeitgeist
Spike TV's Scream Awards, taped last night, is the biggest nerdlebrity gathering of the year this side of San Diego. The LA Times's Geoff Boucher explains it all, in a very insightful and well...
News and notes from all over the place
§ MANHUNTER canceled:
Writer Marc Andreyko confirmed in a Facebook posting that “Manhunter,” his critically acclaimed superhero series from DC Comics, has been canceled. “Anyone up for a third letter-writing campaign ('specially retailers)?” Andreyko wrote,...
Platinum’s new advisory board
In our endless wanderings, we came across a press release announcing that Platinum Studios has a new advisory board, comprised of folks like former studio head Mark Canton, producer Gale Anne Hurd, and other...
The wit and wisdom of Mike Richardson
ICV2 sits down with Dark Horse big wampum Mike Richardson for the annual gabfest. The always voluble Richardson is without question the very first publisher we ever heard volunteer to call periodicals "pamphlets" ......
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