Whereas the prospect of a Supreme Court ruling against Marvel may have played a role in the comic publisher’s decision to settle with Jack Kirby’s heirs, the other comic publisher DC Comics was handed a victory when the Supreme Court refused to hear the case and allowed a lower court’s decision to stand that allowed […]
From Deadline Hollywood comes news that just days before the US Supreme Court was to take into consideration the legal case between Jack Kirby heirs and Marvel, the two parties have struck “amicably resolved their legal disputes.”Dominic Patten writing for Deadline: All things considered, and with the billions that Marvel/Disney have made off the films […]
I don’t wish I was going to San Diego Comic-Con (I have a natural aversion to large crowds of grown people acting like children. P.S. Get off my lawn.), but this t-shirt by the The National Cartoonists Society makes me wish I was there so I could buy one. Features artwork by Bill Amend, Sergio […]
The Man of Steel – or more specifically the heirs of Superman creator Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – needs a few more allies as they prepare their case for the Supreme Court. You, as a professional artist, can add your name to an amicus brief (friend of the court) supporting the position of creator […]
The late night comedians took up the announced death of Archie.David Letterman used the announced (“What’s next? Dagwood Bumstead chokes on one of those sandwiches?”) to offer the “Top Ten Memorable Moments In Comic Strip History”.Crowd did not react well to the Beetle Bailey joke.Conan O’Brian looks at rejected ways of killing off Archie.
Yesterday, I joked that the new Life With Archie comic in which the title character is killed was a desperate attempt to remain relevant. This morning I read a post over on Comic Chron that tracked the height of Archie’s popularity (spoiler: peaking in 1958) and the long decline since. For those of us who […]
Back in April, it was announced that Archie was going to die heroically in a futuristic story-line “Life With Archie”. Now we learn that heroic manner is to take a bullet for his gay best friend.From WILX.com: Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater says he wants Andrews’ death to be a lesson about gun violence and […]
From Kuwaiti Times:The creator of an Islam inspired popular comic series said that he takes death threats made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaeda seriously. Following their recent call to kill former MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei, ISIL has called for killing psychiatrist Dr Nayef Al-Mutawa, the creator of ?The 99? […]
Dick Ayers, one of the “giants of the Marvel Age of Comics”, has passed at the age of 90. Michael Cavna has a great report on his life:DICK AYERS liked to laugh at the idea of a Marvel ?Bullpen? ? that would-be physical collective of cartoonists that, readers were led to imagine, happily churned out […]
From The Verge:Comixology is replacing its iOS app today with a new version that removes the ability to purchase comics. The new app is solely a comic book reader, which means that you’ll have to visit the company’s website to purchase new comics. You can browse comics in the new app and download free comics […]
Big news from the Verge:Amazon has just announced that it’s acquiring Comixology, the highly successful digital comics platform. “We’ve long admired the passion Comixology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels,” said Amazon VP of content acquisition and digital publishing David Naggar. “We look forward to investing in the […]
Archie will die a hero’s death in July – at least in one of the many comic book series bearing his name.From CNN:CNN: Can you explain the “Life With Archie” series for the uninitiated? Goldwater: “Life With Archie” is Archie’s future — it gives readers a look into what his life would be like after […]
The summer when I was 15 years old, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a really big thing. I purchased a couple of those early comic books and my cousin and I spent way to many hours pretending to be ninja turtles. So I have a soft place in my heart for these pizza eating mutants.
Interesting find. Jack Kirby appeared briefly as a police sketch artist on the 1970’s Incredible Hulk series.
I make more than Peter Parker, but less than Tony Stark. Guess I’m doing okay.Via 9Gag.com