Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Heidi MacDonald at The Beat caught that Kazuo Koike will be the Dark Horse guest of honor at this year's Comic-Con. That's something special. I'll wait in line for that panel if there's a panel. *...
View ArticleThis 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 ArticleNot Comics: A Book Publishing Consolidation Story Primer
I don't have a sophisticated sense of the book publishing world, but this New York Times article on the state of that industry post Penguin/Random House merger seems like a decent to me -- it would get...
View ArticleAssembled Extra: Matt Bors' Millennials Piece Leads To New Assignment
I'm not sure if editorial cartoonist Matt Bors' Facebook posts are open to the public or not, but he indicates here that his piece for CNN.com on millennials and their media coverage was a big-enough...
View ArticleGo, Read: Rob Salkowitz On Amazon.com's Jet City Comics
I quite liked the writer and consultant Rob Salkowitz's piece on the announcement of a comics line from Amazon.com; I think it's about as good a piece as possible given how early we are in that line's...
View ArticleGo, Read: Rob Tornoe On The State Of Syndicated Cartooning
Rob Tornoe's pieces for newspaper industry bible Editor & Publisher are always full of legitimately hard-won detail, and that's certainly true of this latest on the state of syndication as it...
View ArticleGo, Look: Todd Klein Looks At Old DC Comics Offices
If nothing else, go look at the photos and art assembled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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