It’s going to be sensory overload for die-hard Pearls Before Swine fans now that animated versions of the strip start appearing on comics. com today. For anyone who’s ever wondered what the Crocs’ accent sounds like or how Pig withstands Rat’s physical punishment, they will have to “tune in” to find out. “Now others can […]
The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) profiles Pickles creator Brian Crane who will be visiting Salt Lake City this Saturday for a book signing promoting his fifth comic collection, “How Come I Always Get Blamed For the Things I Do? A Pickles Collection” The book also comes as Brian crosses the 20 year milestone […]
Remember back in December I highlighted Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis’ video promotion of his new book with Universal Uclick editor John Glynn as being an example of how to promote your book in a social media/viral environment. Stephan has posted a follow up video – the outtakes.
Is Chicago becoming ‘center of comic universe’? – that’s what the Museum of Contemporary Art is trying to promote – along with their new exhibit “New Chicago Comics.” The exhibit focuses on Chicago artist Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carré, Paul Hornschemeier, and Anders Nilsen. From the Sun Times: Chicago’s relative affordability, prominent art school and expanding […]
The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN) reports the new Dick Tracy team: Joe Staton and Mike Curtis who both have TN roots. “In comics, like on the Internet, everybody knows everybody,” he said. “I’ve drawn thousands of comics. I’ve drawn detectives and funny comics. Whenever I’ve answered the question, ‘What is your dream project?’ ‘Dick Tracy’ […]
The Comics Code Authority was created in 1954 after public and congressional concern over violence in comics. Think of it as an early MPAA rating – making sure every comic publisher who wanted to sell a comic with the stamp of approval had to refrain from certain content. Newsarama reports that Archie Comics and DC […]