Review: The Guardian Line
Joe and Max #1 By Jason Medley, Claude St. Aubin & Chris Chuckery Genesis 5 #1 By Lovern Kindzierski, Claude St. Aubin & Chris Chuckery Code #1 By Mike Baron, Lovern Kindzierski, Howard Simpson, Dave Ross & Chris Chuckery (All published by The Guardian line, December 2006) Any sincere attempt by a comics publisher to
Much Ado About Cowboys & Aliens
I knew a lot of people in the comics industry didn’t like Platinum Comics’ Scott Rosenberg, but holy cow! Comics writer A. David Lewis (the excellent The Lone and Level Sands) absolutely flipped his lid last Friday upon seeing Entertainment Weekly‘s sporadic comics sales chart showing Cowboys & Aliens in the top spot, according to
Indie Bookstores Bailing Out; Bad Sign for Comics?
[UPDATED: 9:55 pm] PW Daily has a sobering article about several independent bookstores shutting their doors thanks to increased expenses and competition, and I can’t help but think about how it parallels the current state of the comic book industry, both on the publishing and retailing side, and how it could potentially affect graphic novel
Download Comics Legally
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen some advertising somewhere for Wowio recently, but had no idea what it was until I saw it mentioned in this Newsarama article about Devil’s Due publisher Josh Blaylock’s latest project, Pullbox Online: NRAMA: What effect do you think this will have, a) on your print titles, and b) on your
Help Wanted: Comics Promoters?
Comics Should Be Good offered an essay yesterday by the extremely likeable comics creator Jimmie Robinson that, in his own typically rambling style, makes a good point but lays the “blame” at the wrong doorstop: If you’re reading this, that alone makes you exceptional, makes you care about the medium of comics. You might even
AdWatch: Platinum Studios’ "Babes"
“You may not be able to get into her pants…but you can have her in yours. Platinum Studios Mobile” It’s in Flash format, so I can’t figure out how to save it and display it here, but I came across it on the main page over at The Pulse (of all places) and you can
COMMENT: Under the Covers
Pop quiz: What’s the difference between these three magazine covers? If you said “everything”, you get a no-prize! I purposefully made the images small so the copy would be hard to read and you’d first have to focus on the pictures. On the Teen People cover, Ms. Simpson (good thing she kept her maiden name,
COMMENT: Previews is Your Friend?
Guess it depends on who YOU are? Shopping as I do at Midtown Comics, I’ve never pre-ordered anything before, and as a result, have never had a need to do more than quickly flip through a copy of Previews, Diamond Comics Distributors’ monthly catalog of product being solicited to the direct market. I picked up
On The Shelves: 1/18/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/18/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not,
LINK: Even More on Speakeasy
Chuck Saterlee pulls the curtain back a bit further over on the Bendis Board thread that started it all. I’m quoting it in its entirety as I wouldn’t be surprised if he was asked/made to delete it at some point, as it airs what could charitably be called dirty laundry. My name is Chuck Satterlee