This Isn't A Library: Notable Releases To The Comics Direct Market
Here are the books that make an impression on me staring at this week's no-doubt largely accurate list of books shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. to comic book and hobby shops across...
View ArticleJudges Rescue Cartoonist From Over-Zealous Court Official
Botswana Gazette cartoonist Albert Lekgaba was apparently in the process of seeing his cartoons confiscated and his person removed from the court during a trial last week, when the judges presiding...
View ArticleSri Lankan Protests Today And Yesterday Linked To Cartoonist
There were protests in Colombo, Sri Lanka today and yesterday connected to the second anniversary of the disappearance of cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda right before a crucial election....
View ArticleHonors To Cartoonists Mike Peyton, Mario Miranda
* one of my favorite cartoonists in the world just by virtue of his specific focus, yachting cartoonist Mike Peyton, is to be honored by the Royal Cruising Club on March 1 for his services to the...
View ArticleHow I Voted For The Eisners Hall Of Fame This Year And Why
I urge everyone to take the time to vote for the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. This is available for you to do now, long in advance of the voting for the rest of the awards this Spring. If you don't...
View ArticleGeoffrey Hook Receives Medal Of The Order Of Australia
The cartoonist Geoffrey Hook is making the media rounds in Australia after being awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. The Tasmanian-born cartoonist began his career in 1961, becoming firmly...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events
By Tom Spurgeon * it's really pretty much all Angouleme right now, and deservedly so. Bart Beaty's festival preview should be at the top of the blog by the time the cycle of news runs its course this...
View ArticleNotes On Recent, Rolling Discussions Of Piracy And Economics
* Tim Hodler drives our attention to this post by Heidi MacDonald that links up a bunch of recent Internet discussion and activity on the subject of general comic-book industry economics, with piracy...
View ArticleConversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty In Angouleme 01
By Bart Beaty Dateline: Angouleme For the 39th time, the last Thursday in January brings the world of comics to a city on a hill in western France. This year, more than any in a decade, it is an...
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