Why I’m Taking a Break: Exhibit B
Andrew Foley, who’s always been refreshingly honest about how the collapse of Speakeasy Comics a while back has affected him, reveals the latest plot twist in that sordid little saga: Apparently, Diamond is still distributing copies of PARTING WAYS–they just aren’t going to give any money to me or Scott Mooney. It turns out Adam
COMMENT: Friends & Enemies in the Digital Age
In the midst of the whole Speakeasy dustup two weeks ago, Ed Cunard made an interesting point that I wanted to address on the front end of the blog. Of course, Guy, you’re also friends and coworkers at Pop Culture Shock with some creators that got screwed by Speakeasy. Just saying–it seems like everyone talking
Open letter to Vito Delsante (incogvito)
[Since you have your comments screened, I’m guessing you probably won’t release this one… UPDATE: He’s since unscreened my comment.] Dude, your violin really needs a tuneup. If I was stalking you, I wouldn’t have friended you, I simply would have checked in periodically, or subscribed to your feed. If you didn’t want people reading
COMMENT: Men of Tomorrow, Today?
I’ve had Gerard Jones’ enthralling must-read, MEN OF TOMORROW, on my mind a lot the past few days, thanks as much to the Speakeasy fiasco as my general feelings about the comics industry lately. So much of what I see happening with seemingly naive creators getting screwed over by inept publishers with big plans and
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
COMMENT: Speakeasy Shuts Its Doors
UPDATED…AGAIN! Let the fallout begin… Elk’s Run creator/writer, Joshua Hale Fialkov, confirmed what seemed pretty inevitable earlier this afternoon over on his blog: So, just got off the phone with Adam Fortier, President etc. of Speakeasy Comics. Speakeasy is no more. Due to some payment problems and low sales, it seems, they’ve had to lock
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
COMMENT: Late-night Speakeasy Musings
I haven’t had the time to really follow up on the whole Speakeasy situation myself, but I have been tracking the comics blogosphere which refuses to let the story die, including this rather humorous addition: Speakeasy Comics Archives, wherein a Jonathan Martin is attempting to pull together everything relating to the company’s current woes. (CBR
COMMENT: You Like Drama, Yes?
That’s the only way I can think of to explain why, of the two links to this blog from The Beat earlier this week, way more people clicked over to the ongoing Speakeasy drama than did my bit on the general lack of interest in comics journalism. Like five times more. As I wrote to
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