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One Fan’s Opinion
Posted in Comic Book Views
Erik never suffers from writer's block. In fact he suffers from entirely the opposite problem - too many ideas! Erik talks about the problems of sorting through all those ideas, trying to find the best one for his stories and how to keep readers on their toes.
The Buy Pile
Posted in Comic Book Views
An undistinguished week of comics with smart journalism, two doses of T'Challa, one of the best robot fight scenes in recent memory and more gun-toting fun from Tony Montana.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Posted in Comic Book Industry News
Nothing Better, Superman loves Black Canary, and why Garfield's not funny
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by Jennifer de Guzman
Posted in Comic Book Views
An Indie Editor's Work Is Never Done -
Bye-bye to the Jetpack
Posted in Comic Book Events
Comic shops that host 24 Hour Comics Day events tend to be dedicated, energetic places, really throwing themselves into it. Even so, however, the comics business is a volatile one, and with the large number of comic shops involved, every year we lose one or more of our past event hosts when they close down.
Sadly, Gemini Jetpack is closing.
(Link via The Comics Reporter.)
Meanwhile, the day has been filled with hectic news surrounding the first day of the book’s release. Finding out that a bookstore distributor had placed an huge order that would have eaten up all of our extra copies, leaving no more for the comic shops… and then discovering that the order was a mistake. Finding out that one of the shops that has been most supportive of 24 Hour Comics Day opened their order to discover that instead of the Highlights book, they’d been shipped episode guides for the TV series 24. But hey, the book is getting a lot of media attention… in Portugal!
Around Comics Ep. 084 - The Return of Ed Brubaker
Posted in Comic Book Podcasts
The Return of Ed Brubaker. Around Comic welcomes the man who killed Captain America. Or did he? Ed Brubaker discusses what has happened since the release of Captain America #25. Listen in as we cover the media attention, the fan reaction, how to kill an icon and where the series goes from here. After a long talk about Cap, we cover other Brubaker projects including The Immortal Iron Fist, Daredevil and Criminal.
The Pipeline Podcast #114 - 28 March 2007
Posted in Comic Book Podcasts
Finally, a top ten list. This one includes Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Zapt 2, Houdini Handcuff King, Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man, second printings galore, Superman Confidential, and a few more. Plus, more of the usual brand of gibberish from Augie.