Last month I mentioned that Jake Parker had launched a Kickstarter project to raise money to create a hard cover collection of some of his short stories. The estimated amount he’d need was $6,000. With one day left he’s raised over $77,000. If you haven’t checked out his work, I encourage you to do so. […]
Augusta Chronicle Columnist Steven Uhles looks at the recent success of comic books characters raking it in at the box office and how comic strip characters have struggled to translate on the big screen. He looks at some of the notable attempts with Dick Tracy, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, and Annie. It is, I […]
My college newspaper advisor had saying, “Save now. Save Often.” It’s been my mantra ever since. That and having an external hard drive. Via Scott Johnson
Michael Cavna reports that the Washington Post pulled a recent Zits because it was “mite too graphic and gruesome as breakfast-table fare“. Zits co-creator Jim Borgman wrote on the Zits blog, “sometimes we push the envelope on purpose, but we never saw this one coming.” This Arctic Circle strip by Alex Hallatt was killed by […]
Joe Frankenstein, a comic book by Graham Nolan (illustrator of Rex Morgan, M.D. and his own webcomic Sunshine State) and Chuck Dixon (comic book writer on Batman), has been picked up by IDW. Great news Joe fans! We have found a publisher! The good folks over at IDW Publishing have agreed to help us bring […]