Tag: Indies
Around the sales charts: Death Note gets a bump
Every so often I take a little snapshot of what's selling ion Amazon, iBooks and elsewhere. It's only a moment in time for most of these, but trends emerge. For more detailed analysis I...
Is Valiant an Indie? Shamdasani and Simons Discuss
What is an indie comics publisher? NO one seems to have the definitive answer!
Help Wanted: Humanoids is hiring a Director of Sales and Marketing
Humanoids, the LA-based arm of the French publisher, is hiring, and here's the job listing - if you like Jorodowsk, MOebius and Manara and other European comics greats...this is for you!
Weekend reading and preview: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer is a dark, thought provoking...
Fans of Vertigo Comics and Image Comics recent turn to intelligent SF, here's another comic you should be checking out: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer.
Ganzeer is an Egyptian muralist and graphic designer who...
Disney is rebooting The Rocketeer as a black female character
No scrap of IP goes wasted at Disney and they've dusted off The Rocketeer, Dave Stevens' classic pulp-inspired character, with a projected reboot that will star a black female heroine. Max Winkler and...
CXC announces programming with Trudeau, Telegemeier, Smith and more
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) has announced the programming for its second edition, to be held October 13-16. Expanding from its inaugural 2-day outing, the 2016 show will offer 75 hours of programming. Highights include:
• an...
Warren Ellis and Phil Hester explore a strange ‘Shipwreck’ for AfterShock
All we know about Shipwreck, the new AfterShock book from Warren Ellis and Phil Hester is that is concerns "a very unusual and very secret shipwreck.
Which, given the work of Warren Ellis is enough...
Cerebus returns in collage comic Cerebus in Hell #0
Cerebus, the controversial comics masterpiece by Dave Sim, is returning in a one shot that, perhaps inspired by Mike Mignola's latest Hellboy saga, shows us how the earth pig will be doing in Hell....
Ignatz Awards submissions close on June 7th
More awards! The Ignatz awards, presented at the Small Press Expo to outstanding indie comics, are now accepting submissions, with a June 7th deadline. More info here but the basics are below:
Categories are:
• Outstanding...
SPX/Nickelodeon collab puts Wittert’s ‘Best Baddies’ into production
Last year, SPX (The small Press Expo) announced it was joining with Nickelodeon to allow attendees to pitch animated shows to the net. The announcement met with a mixed response–some saw it as a...
Ganges #5 is coming from Kevin Huizenga
On his blog Kevin Huizenga reports that Ganges #5 is available for preorder from What Things Do.
Books ship in a week or so. It costs you a bit extra but I get more...
More digital comics: now there is an app for Comicker
Boutique apps for digital comics aren't the big thing they once were, but they are still out there. Comicker, a website that was introduced earlier this year with five comics series, just launched...
