Cartoonist: Cowboys & Aliens infringes on his comic of same name
Cartoonist Steven Busti claims he drew a comic called Cowboys and Aliens back in 1994 and is now suing the…
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First Superman comic book sells for $2 million
The first Action Comics featuring Superman sold at auction for a record $2.16 million. It is reportedly the same comic…
Funds sought to open Jack Kirby museum in NYC
A fund-raiser has started to raise an initial $30,000 to open a museum in New York City for Jack Kirby….
Boom! names artists working on Charlie Brown comic book
Boom! Studios has announced that the following artists will be working on the Charlie Brown comic book: Vicki Scott, Paige…
Angry Birds signs with Diamond for book distribution
From Comics Beat: Diamond has signed with Rovio, maker of the game sensation Angry Birds, to distribute their growing line…
Digital comics study: Most readers won’t pay same price as printed version
Fleen blogger Gary Tyrrell has been helping Mia Wiesner (of the University of Applied Sciences in Liepzig) conduct a study…
DC Comics inks exclusive deal for Amazon Kindle Fire
Last week I linked to an number of news stories regarding tablet computers including Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and how…
CDC to fight HIV with digital comic books
Politico reports that the Centers for Disease Control has contracted with a comic book publisher to create digital motion comics…
Politico looks at Bluewater comic books of politicians
I’ve mentioned before that my impression of Bluewater’s comic books is that they are a supermarket tabloid in graphical form….
Siegel and Shuster Society pushes for Superman license plate
Siegel and Shuster Society is trying to collect signatures to petition the making of a special license plate for Ohio…
Remembering the work of Jack Kirby
Sunday was Jack Kirby’s 94th birthday (he passed away in 1994). A couple of sites have posted some of his…
WB releases first images of new Superman
Faster than a speeding locomotive, news (and photo) is spreading across the internet of the newly released teaser photo of…
Court rules in favor of Marvel in Kirby heirs case
Last week the Southern District Court of New York ruled against heirs of Jack Kirby in their suit to reclaim…
Original Spider-Man #49 expected to fetch $100k+
Heritage Auctions is selling of an original Spider-Man #49 Cover Art by John Romita Sr. and expects to bring $100,000…
Sergio Aragones Funnies #1 hits stores next week
I’m pretty sure I mentioned this before, but Sergio Aragones will have his own monthly title through Matt Groenings’s Bongo…