COMMENT: Riddick Comics?
from Comingsoon.net (x-posted to Buzz Blog): “It took me five years to make ‘The Chronicles of Riddick,’” says Vin Diesel, “and [I’m] very precious about it. It went through many, many, many writers. Hopefully it won’t take five years for the next one. But when I was in the process of creating this mythology for
LINK: Elsewhere, in the Comics Blogiverse
Traffic’s been up in these parts over the past couple of months, making me feel the need to post something relatively substantial every day, but the 9-to-5 hasn’t been letting up and I’ve been attempting to get to bed before midnight on a regular basis, especially since the Con. Started on a post about making
Buzzscope / PopCultureShock Update
NOTE: We’re slowly making the no-longer-secret shift back to PopCultureShock official, so please update your links and bookmarks accordingly: www.popcultureshock.com/comics. Finally dug out from under the NY Comic-Con/Speakeasy-induced backlog last night and, excepting Comics You Should Own (which will be back on track this Friday), we’re all caught up. A quick recap for those of
INFO: Managing Editor Wanted
Buzzscope is almost ready to officially complete its relaunch as PopCultureShock, and I’m now looking to bring another editor onboard to assist me with copyediting and trafficking of our recurring columns. We’ve seriously ramped up our comics content over the past 5 months, bringing on a wide range of columnists and ongoing features, and I
Speakeasy Shuts Its Doors: A Cautionary Tale
[Originally published by Buzzscope on 2/28/2006, the full text of this post was retrieved via the Wayback Machine and archived here on 11/14/19. No edits were made beyond the removal of images that were no longer accessible.] Several creators still in the dark about their fates It’s been less than 90 days since we first reported on
LINK: NEWSarama on Indie Panel
A. Dave Lewis’ coverage of my indie roundtable, Beyond the Capes and Spandex is up on NEWSarama now! NYCC: BEYOND CAPES AND SPANDEX by A. Dave Lewis The Sunday afternoon “Beyond the Capes and Spandex” panel, hosted by PopCultureShock.com, emphasized the overall diversity of the New York Comic-Con, featuring a wide array of creators for
NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 2
Crazy. Crowded. Lot of fun. After-party was off the hook, exceeding my expectations. Two panels tomorrow with no sleep. Yikes! Sleep now… Packed to the rafters. PopCultureShock booth and back of Senior Games Editor Howard Brown’s head. ((FREQUENCIES)) and Necromancer writer, Joshua Ortega. Elsinore and Monkey vs. Lemur writer, Ken Lillie-Paetz Nostalgia Rampage! Cool Superman
NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 1
I am exhausted. Before I say anything else, I want to get this one thing out of the way. During the Distribution panel this afternoon, a mouse ran into the room, right past where I was sitting, and off towards the stage. It looked like the moderator, ICv2‘s Milton Griep, noticed it, or noticed something,
NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 0
So it all begins tomorrow… 🙂 Actually, it technically began about 3 hours ago as the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference for Professionals is today, a series of panels on the past, present and future of graphic novels. Something I would have loved to attend, but alas, taking off tomorrow from work is about as much
COMMENT: Dawson Ditches Speakeasy
After ending 2005 with a flurry of bad press, fledgling indie publisher, Speakeasy Comics, kicked off 2006 with the first of what was presumably going to be a string of big announcements which would reposition them as a player to be reckoned with in the industry: Rosario Dawson’s Occult Crimes Taskforce (O.C.T.) “Rosario Dawson is