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
On The Shelves: 3/1/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 3/1/06. 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,
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
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 3
Go elsewhere if you want pointless snark-for-snark’s sake or ill-informed whining from people who didn’t attend the show, because while there were definitely many things that went wrong this weekend, the final result was undeniable: NY Comic-Con was a huge victory for the industry. Not just the usual suspects, either, as I believe Reed’s success
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