On Soliciting Reviews, Entitlement and Reaction Sheets
“You get what you get, and you don’t get upset.” –Isaac D. Gonzalez, 6 years old An interesting debate broke out over the weekend at Johanna Draper Carlson’s blog, Comics Worth Reading, in response to a post entitled, Stupid Publisher Tricks: Review Copies and Guilt Trips (and its follow-up, Another Argument Against Review Copies), that
On the Shelves: 2/14/07
Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! In honor of Valentine’s Day, my weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/14/07 is all about the love. No snark; no bad reviews; just the good, might-be-good and hope-it’s-good stuff. As a result, it’s a pretty light read, too!
Marketing Monday: A Simple Plan, Part II
Last week I covered the first three steps of Kevin Stirtz’ “Smart Marketing System”, focusing on a marketing plan’s Goals, Market and Message, and this week I’ll take a look at the final two pieces of this simple but apparently often confounding puzzle: 1. The GOALS or objectives you want to accomplish 2. The MARKET
On the Web: Comic Book Movie Round-Up
It’s quite likely that Spider-Man 3 will end up being the best superhero movie ever — an honor currently shared, IMO, by Unbreakable and Batman — and this clip from National CineMedia doesn’t do anything to suggest otherwise.I think Ghost Rider is going to surpass expectations and turn out to be a pretty good movie,
5 Good Reasons Against Opening a Comic Book Store
1) “Bookshops’ latest sad plot twist” THIS is the paradox of modern bookselling. Even in an entertainment-saturated age, people still buy books. But the casual reader has many other places to get bestsellers and topical books, from warehouse stores to the mall. Meanwhile, book nuts — the ones who simply must buy several volumes a
Strip Club: Lust & Marriage
Opening Lines, Pinky Probes, and L-Bombs: The Girls & Sports Dating and Relationship Playbook By Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein (Santa Monica Press, 2006; $14.95) While I was vaugely familiar with the Girls & Sports comic strip from the Daily News, thanks to the main crossword puzzle appearing in the comics section, it was never
On the Shelves: 2/7/07
Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/7/07. The full shipping list, as always, is 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
Make the F***ing Comics
Cheryl Lynn of Digital Femme, frustrated by the state of the comics union, nails the solution: “I can see that I am going to have to make the fucking comics. …right now I’m doing the second easiest thing. And that is to not-so-politely bitch. Because I suppose I’m still hoping that someone else will make
Marketing Monday: A Simple Plan, Part I
Before I go any further with this, I want to establish the three basic principles that will represent the foundation for the Marketing Monday series of columns: 1) Publishing comics is a business, not a hobby; 2) Proftability within 3-5 years, if not sooner, is the goal. 3) The ultimate goal of marketing is to
Tidbits: Movies, Retail and Writing Aspirations
ITEM UPDATE: Wonder Woman Spec Script Review Latino Review’s El Mayimbe has a preview/review of the Wonder Woman spec script that seemingly helped get Joss Whedon axed from the movie. Overall, a very great read. The writers did their homework. As a comic book character origin movie – it is just as good as Batman