Jeff Smith’s The Cartoonist wins a regional Emmy
The Cartoonist, the documentary on BONE creator Jeff Smith, won a regional Emmy for best documentary. If you haven’t seen…
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Gene Luen Yang on breaking into graphic novels
Gene Luen Yang is the creator of American Born Chinese – the first graphic novel to win the American Library…
TokyoPop launches tour to promote Manga in US
Manga mania is waning in America and that is not making TokyoPop happy. The Comics Journal reports that founder and…
Craig Schulz on keeping his father’s legacy alive
The Press Democrat has an excellent report on Craig Schulz, Charles Schulz’ son and his work as president and CEO…
Howard Tayler in the local press
Our good friend Howard Tayler received a nice write-up in the local paper regarding his 10 year milestone of producing…
Kurtz returns as emcee, Waid to keynote Harvey Awards
Player vs. Player creator Scott Kurtz will return as this year’s Harvey Awards dinner emcee and Mark Waid will be…
Disney acquires film adaptation of OBLIVION
Announced earlier today: Radical Publishing is proud to announce that Disney has acquired the film adaptation of OBLIVION, based on…
3D Beauty and Beast may not hit theaters after all
Back in June, I reported that a 3D version of Beauty and the Beast was being slated for a 2011…
Babar heading to the silver screen
Proving that Hollywood will make just about anything into a movie we have news that the “Babar” is being adapted…
Malaysian cartoonist gains support after book ban
The Centre for Independent Journalism is throwing its support behind a legal challenge to book banning by the Malaysian government….
Dave Coverly exhibit opens today in Wisconsin
A traveling exhibit of Dave Coverly’s work is opening in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The exhibit is entitled “Speed Bump: The…
Kanye West Tweets paired with New Yorker Cartoons
Paul Sabourin, co-comedian in the musical comedy duo Paul and Storm, has started substituting New Yorker cartoon captions with recent…
Coffee Talk is now out in the wild
Tony Murphy, creator of It’s All About You, has made good on his fund raising promise to publish Coffee Talk…