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The First Valiant Series Announcement (X-O Man of War)
After announcing a book for Free Comic Book Day and a lot of teasing, the relaunched Valiant has announced it's first title. X-O Manowar is launching on May 2nd. That's actually the Wednesday BEFORE Free Comic Book Day.
X-O's high concept is, roughly stated, Conan in Iron Man's suit. [read more]
Christ Pitzer’s art stolen during BCGF
The mostly triumphal (photos to come) Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival was marred for one indie comics stalwart when AdHouse publisher Chris Pitzer's car was broken into and several art items stolen. The complete list is in the link -- as Pitzer notes, it's kind of unlikely that [read more]
Christ Pitzer’s art stolen during BCGF
The mostly triumphal (photos to come) Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival was marred for one indie comics stalwart when AdHouse publisher Chris Pitzer's car was broken into and several art items stolen. The complete list is in the link -- as Pitzer notes, it's kind of unlikely that [read more]
Leela Corman and Tom Hart update
Lauren Weinstein has posted an update from Tom Hart and Leela Corman, who tragically lost their young daughter last week:
Tom and Leela asked me to thank everyone from the bottom of their hearts. “We feel every word, every thought, every intention, and please tell them that their help has enabled us [read more]
NYCC Announcements: Vertigo Goes Simultaneous Print/Digital Release – Or – Get Used To It
Share this link on Facebook!Over on the Vertigo blog, we find an announcement that Vertigo’s titles are starting to be released simultaneously in both print and digital (“day and date” is an insipid phrase, let’s all stop using it).
· SWEET TOOTH starting with issue #26 available now
· SPACEMAN the new [read more]
NYCC Announcements: Yen Press Adapts NYT YA Bestsellers
Share this link on Facebook!Yen Press has announced two manga style adaptations of bestselling YA novels: Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Chronicles of Nick and Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices trilogy. HyeKyung Baek is attached to The Infernal Devices as artist. Both series will initially be serialized online at Yen Plus before graduating to a print [read more]
NYCC Announcements: Sesame Street Comics?
Share this link on Facebook!This is a little premature, but we might be looking at Sesame Street comics in the not-too-distant future. APE Entertainment, which does have some history with younger reader titles like Strawberry Shortcake has announced they’re in negotiations with the Sesame Workshop.
Least you think this is a [read more]
NYCC Announcements: Viz Takes Shohen Jump Digital, Syncs Closer to Japanese Original
Share this link on Facebook!This is interesting. Viz is migrating Shohen Jump to a digital edition that’s only 2 weeks removed from the Japanese original. (And you can probably chalk that up to translation time.) They’re on the library model for this. Full access annual subscription or $0.99 4-week rental. [read more]
Ann Nocenti on Green Arrow – OR – Did a Publisher Just Listen to Its Fans?
Share this link on Facebook!DC announced yesterday that Ann Nocenti will be taking over the writing chores on Green Arrow, as of issue #7. JT Krul was previously (currently, if you’re at the shop) writing Green Arrow.
Nocenti, while having done a small amount of work for DC (a Kid Eternity [read more]
Happy Birthday, Jimmy Palmiotti
A special birthday shout out to Jimmy Palmiotti, the best friend and advisor of almost everyone in comics--The Beat included--and creator or co-creator of comics from The Pro, Monolith, 21 Down, Painkiller Jane, Back to Brooklyn, and of course a long, acclaimed run on Jonah Hex. [read more]
PODCAST: Announcing Top Five
It seems that everyone enjoyed our Major Spoilers Fifth Anniversary series of podcasts so much, that we’ve decided to spin out a new podcast for you to enjoy. Announcing Top Five Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, … Continue rea... [read more]
Xeric Award Winding Down
Trolling the internet while on vacation, I was chilled down to the bone (impressive given the 100+ temperatures in Texas) to see on the announcement on the Center for Cartoon Studies website that the Xeric Award would be no more. Since 1992, Peter Laird of the amazeballs black and white [read more]
Congrats to Domitille and Tunde
If Julia Wertz's photo stream is to be believed Domitille Collardey and Tunde Adebimpe were recently wed, challenging proofreaders everywhere. Bride is a cartoonist/illustrator; groom is a musician/actor and sometime cartoonist. The event looks to have been an exceedingly festive one, as photos of Collardey's Pizza Island studio [read more]
Todd Klein’s new print features art by Steve Rude
Lettering lord Todd Klein has not only won more awards for lettering than any other living human, he's created six striking limited edition prints in collaboration with Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Alex Ross, J.H. Williams III, Mark Buckingham and [read more]
Congrats to Valerie D’Orazio and David Gallaher
Writers Val and David celebrated their wedding day this weekend, and it was a laugh-filled day of friendship and good tidings for the happy couple. It also blossomed into its own hashtag, #weddingcon, because the guest list was so loaded with talent. Good times and all the best to [read more]
Massive Bone 20th Anniversary Color One Volume Edition available later this year
Exciting news: a huge one-volume edition of the full color BONE (long teased) will be available later this year. The book will come in three editions, two of them extremely limited. [read more]
SD11: No more room at the volunteer booth, either
If you were thinking of getting into the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con via volunteering, that window too passed a few weeks ago: [read more]
MoCCA hires new director, registrar
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Following the departure last year of Director Karl Erickson, MoCCA has just announced two new hires; Cartoonist Doug Bratton will fill the role of Museum Manager/Director of Development; and Mell Scalzi will join the museum as Registrar. Both have worked with the museum in the past.
Bratton [read more]
Congratulations, Tony and Tracy Lee
The comics writer and his bride Tracy were wed this weekend/ Tony writes: [read more]