Cowboys & Aliens redux
A few more voices have been heard from in the COWBOYS & ALIENS story. The fundamental question in whether you consider this a "scandal" or not is whether you think Platinum's plan to reimburse...
Today’s AMS update
PW reports on today's book distribution maneuvers. Perseus Book Group, another big book distributer, has announced a plan to buy PGW client Avalon, and my be working with PGW to assume distribution for...
The Cowboys & Aliens “scandal”
We're the very last person to link to this, but last week A. David Lewis was up in arms about PLATINUM's first actual book, COWBOYS & ALIENS, being named as the #1 graphic...
Gagnon responds
Our reporting on the Mr. Scootles controversy the other day drew some response from former Open Book publisher Mike Gagnon who sent us the following open letter. We're still recuperating and away from home,...
Weather woes slow CIVIL WAR
The weather gods -- cloned or not -- have spoken, and they have said "Thou shalt not have comics -- if you live on the West Coast. Newsarama rounds up the disaster now unfolding,...
Actionopolis/Komikwerks on AMS/PGW
We've been following the story of the Chapter 11 filing of AMS/PGW closely here, but its announcement on a holiday Friday means everyone was caught flat flooted. Distributor bankruptcies can be devastating, but in...
Links of many kinds
Manga Blog interviews KURT HASSLER!
MB: How did your personal tastes affect your choices? KH: I like everything. The way I’m characterized online, I’m the manga guy, but I love comics in general. It’s funny,...
Pullbox offers gift cards
We never had a chance to comment on PULLBOX, the new comics downloading site started by Devil's Due's Josh Blaylock. Basically, you pay a buck to download a comics. Devil's Due, IDW and Jim...
USA Today comics are expensive!
You know what the problem with comics these days is? They are just too expensive! $2.99 for a few pages of story is just too much, let alone $3.50 or $3.95! No kid is...
Peter’s Peter
Several blogs commented yesterday on a retailer panic over SPIDER-MAN REIGN: #1 by Kaare Andrews, which contained a panel of a sad, old Peter Parker thinking about saltines with a sad, shriveled pecker clearly...
What’s to become of Wizard?
With WIZARD magazine seeking a new editor-in-chief -- and presumably a new direction -- after firing the previous head honcho, internet commentators are taking a crack at what THEY would do if they ran...
You Minx, you.
Before I get too far into this, I'll give you the loglines: #1 DC's new girl-focused MINX imprint could just possibly be the most important launch ever by Marvel or DC. #2 I'd read...
