Five Things: October 20, 2022
Five things for October 20, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: February 3, 2022
Five things for February 3, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: January 6, 2022
Five things for January 6, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: December 9, 2021
Five things for December 9, 2021. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: October 21, 2021
Five things for October 21, 2021, 2021. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: October 14, 2021
Five things for October 14, 2021, 2021. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: August 19, 2021
Five things for August 19, 2021. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
INTERVIEW: Charlie Huston & Moon Knight | PCS Flashback
Back in 2005, I spent two hours over cold beers talking with Charlie Huston about Moon Knight and the pressure of living up to the hype surrounding his relaunch; what “decompression” and “9-out-of-10 of those single issues sucked!” have in common; and what Doug Moench and Steve Gerber don’t have in common. The resulting interview, originally published at Buzzscope, is my favorite ever.
COMMENT: Who Cares About Journalism?
The response to yesterday’s article reminds me a bit of how minorities often tend to be more accepting of a lesser quality product made by one of their own, simply happy to have something they can relate to. (ie: UPN comedies, Wayans brothers’ movies, Hudlin’s Black Panther, etc.) Because there’s such a lack of real journalism in the comics industry, anything resembling it becomes worthy of praise.
In the Scope: Speakeasy Shakes Things Up
Fledgling independent publisher Speakeasy Comics sent another ripple throughout the industry with their “announcement” of their own internal cutoff policy, raising the bar more than three-and-a-half times Diamond’s 500-copy threshold to 1,750 copies, and, judging from recent sales figures as reported by ICv2, placing the futures of several of their titles in doubt.