Round up of podcast interviews
While I try to keep up with this stuff, a few audio interviews have passed me by unnoticed. Bob Andelman,…
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Will Eisner: A Spirit Life now on Audible.com
Bob Andelman’s 2005 biography on Will Eisner (“Will Eisner: A Spirit Life”) is now available for download through Audible.com narrated…
Get free chapter of Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
I received an email from Nevin Martell the author of the upcoming book, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional…
News Briefs for July 1, 2009
Books » Newsarama reviews Fantagraphics’ collection of Sam’s Strip, a short run comic strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas…
Stephen Silver to host self-publishing seminar
Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books…
Mike Cope pledges percent of sales to Schulz challenge
Mike Cope, cartoonist, illustrator and author of “Last of the Funnies” is making a generous pledge to support the Schulz…
News briefs for June 25, 2009
Books » I believe I mentioned this. There will be a collection of Johnny Hart’s religiously themed B.C. comic strips….
Stephen Silver releases 5th book, “Passion for Life”
Character designer Stephen Silver will release his fifth book, Passion for Life, July 1, 2009, which gives insights into his…
News Briefs for June 17, 2009
Animation The Animation blog reports that Nickelodeon’s “The Penguins of Madagascar” averaged 3.7 million total viewers and ranked as the…
Liberty Meadows Sunday strips collection coming
Image Comics will be releasing the first of two collections of Liberty Meadows Sunday strips on July 1. The collections…
Viral marketing videos to sell comic book collections
Came across this video this morning to hype the release of Stephan Pastis’ 12th Pearls Before Swine comic collection. It’s…
News briefs for June 3, 2009
Collections » Slam Bang #4 vol 3 is now available. The anthology includes the artwork of Adam Wilson, Luisa Russo,…
Jeff Kinney: one of Time’s most influential people
Jeff Kinney, the creator of the “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series has been named as one of Time…
2009 Doug Wright Awards winners announced
This year’s 2009 Doug Wright Awards for the “best and brightest English-language comics and graphic novels” go to: Best Book:…
Tons of Reviews of the Kindle DX
There is no shortage of general news about the Amazon Kindle DX, and the potential for comic distribution has already become a hot topic onto itself.