We’re going crazy here at Stately Beat Manor! How crazy? We’re going away and WE’RE NOT TAKING OUR COMPUTER! Totally nuts, right? We’ve got it figured out however. This is going to be so smooth. You’ll see.
In the meantime, we’re really to busy to post today anyway. So let’s just wish everyone a VERY happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday and leave it at that, okay?
Frightening, isn’t it? And that’s in ENGLAND where they have GOOD music.
With Strangers in Paradise wrapped up, Terry Moore is not stopping:
Echo is the story of Julie Martin, a photographer taking pictures in the desert when she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. That’s all I’m going to tell you about the plot at the moment. The Diamond solicitation coming out in January will reveal a bit more. Echo #1 will be in stores March 5th. It will be 24 pages, B&W like SiP. The first printing of issue one, and only the first printing, will feature a silver foil cover. Why? Because that’s not rain, or hail.
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Over the last few days, quite a few stories have been making the rounds that seemed to foretell the death of the pamphlet as a viable form of storytelling. First there was SLG’s Jennifer De Guzman’s blunt declaration that they are not looking to publish new series:
Another tip, but it’s not on the list since it’s not a particular prejudice of mine, just a reflection of the current state of the market: Don’t tell us about “issues.” We’re just not very interested in series right now. If you take a look at what we are currently publishing, there are only two creator-owned comics still being published as a series–Nightmares and Fairy Tales (which is ending at issue #23) and Rex Libris.
Next came the stunning news that Love and Rockets would no longer be published as a comics periodical, but was becoming a big thick annual for Volume 3.
“This new format will allow the Bros. to present longer stories without having to chop them down into bite-size pieces,” said Fantagraphics publisher Gary Groth. “In today’s graphic novel-oriented world, readers (and cartoonists) are increasingly impatient with this sort of serialization, especially in the case of L&R where, because of the split nature of the book, each artist has only 15 pages.”
Throw in retailer carping about delays in Marvel’s new Spider-man story, general bitching about DC’s Countdown-centric offerings, and you have a picture of the pamphlet in decline, right?
Well, not so fast. This month’s sales numbers from ICv2 showed that pamphlet sales were up 20% from last year at this time.
Based on sales of the Top 300 comics, comic sales by Diamond to comic stores in October were up 20% over October 2006. Graphic novels (based on sales of the Top 100) were up a more modest 6%, bringing the total growth rate for the month to 17% vs. October 2006.
The first link attributed this not to a couple of blockbusters at the top of the chart, but core strength in the middle:
For example, Kong, King of Skull Island #0, the #300 title in October 2007, sold more than twice as many copies as the second month sales of Civil War: X-Men #3, the #300 title in October, 2006. In fact, you had to go up 64 ranks, to the #236 title in 2006, to match the sales of the 2007 title. The growth rate halfway up the list, at #150, was not as rapid, but was still a whopping 63%. The effect did not disappear until around the 25th title, where the 2006 title was above the 2007 title.
What the fuck! Comics have been doing Pilates!
§ Todd Allen continues his dispassionate look at the current web comics scene, with ann examination of Marvel’s Online DCU, and just how Zuda and ComicsMix may actually make money. Always worth a read.
§ The Monkey Day site is petitioning web comics for support. What are you waiting for? How do we sign up?
A general call to arms for web comic support of Monkey Day is in progress. Any and all cartoonists are being asked to do their part in promoting monkeys in support of this upcoming Monkey Day. Not familar with Monkey Day? Go here for the Monkey Day FAQ. Read on for the comic submission details…
§ Steve Bissette dreams at Neil Gaiman’s house:
I drift and dream of this and that — at one point wandering backstreets of a large town synthesis of Wilmington, Brattleboro (VT) and Dover (NJ), my old Kubert School digs. Maia and Dan are having a BBQ with crocodiles and three people I don’t know, eating something wrapped in huge leaves; I wander down the street, and at one point cut through someone’s front room to get to the parallel street on the other side. From over a high 15-foot wooden fence, I hear a familiar voice, so I climb up and hang my arms over the top of the wall to chat. Marc Vargas, now thicker (as are we all) but dapper as ever, extols the merits of some new charcoal-based shower system; is he trying to sell me one?
According to this article and Google, the Spanish Ministry of Culture has just presented their first award for comics, to Max for Bardin Superrealist. Awards have been presented in other literary and artistic categories for many years, but this is a first for comics. David Rubin was one of the other finalists. The prize comes with 13,000€.
The funniest discussion of the Simpsons episode guest starring various cartoonists is at the Comics Journal board, natch including this from Jennifer Gonzalez:
[W]e learn that Lisa is a big fan of Ghost World. I wonder if her teacher has given her Eightball #22 yet.
MEANWHILE, Matt Selman who wrote the episode, blogs about it at TIME:
But — OBJECTIVELY — this show is great. There are references in the first act of this thing you never thought you’d see on Adult Swim at three in the morning, let alone on Fox during prime time. Here’s a taste of what you’ll get: the guest voices are Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore, and Dan Clowes. DAN CLOWES? On network TV??? How the Hell did we pull that off? Fox doesn’t want Alan Moore, they want Mandy Moore.
Jacob Covey has the best photoshop job, but we’ll send you over to Flog to see it.
The Millarworld thread on the Dublin City Con confirms that everyone drank an AWFUL lot. This Flickr set from Sabrina Peyton confirms that the Mr. T sweater vest was in the house. Was there ever any doubt?
Call us sentimental, but we’ve been following the story of Von Allan and his graphic novel “the road to god knows…” for sometime. His struggles to launch an unknown graphic novel have revealed valuable lessons for all. Thus, we smiled when it was announced that the story will be serialized at Girlamatic:
Webcomics have, over the past ten years, become a phenomenon and are read by people of all ages. This popularity has greatly increased both the diversity and sheer amount of high quality comics that might not have been able to find an audience in a traditional print format. Coinciding with this growth has been the development of a number of webcomic publishing sites that collect similarly themed webcomics under one roof. One of the most notable is GirlAMatic, primarily due to its focus on comics that would appeal to female readers both young and old. Canadian graphic novelist Von Allan’s original graphic novel the road to god knows… has recently been accepted into GirlAMatic and will launch as a webcomic on December 3rd, 2007. The story will update four times per week (Monday through Thursday).
This weekend’s Big Apple con was pretty well blogged with LOTS of photos from everyone. Including far too many of The Beat doing things like holding up purple pants.
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There’s also this. And this. As far as the latter goes, we can only say you should hear us sing “Bali Hai.”
As the writers’ strike enters day number (something like 21 or so, forgive me it’s late), folks are finding new ways to keep busy.
We saw last week that some of the Daily Show writers were doing their own show on YouTube.
Now, it’s the cast of Saturday Night Live performing on, well, Saturday night, just not on TV.
The NYTimes has an article today about the Not Ready for Prime Time performance, guest-hosted by ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and SUPERBAD star Michael Cera.
Apparently, 30 ROCK will have done the same thing by the time anyone reads this.
Best of all, proceeds from the show (tickets were being scalped like crazy) went to the show’s production staff that were affected by the strike.
Posted by Mark Coale
This Week’s Publishers Weekly spotlights Francoise Mouly’s new Toon Books imprint. Mouly will be publishing a new line of comics for very early readers.
Mouly has announced plans to launch a new line of book format comics called Toon Books, aimed at readers ages four and up, designed to nurture basic reading skills and encourage a love of visual storytelling.
The line will launch with three books in spring 2008 and will be distributed by Diamond Book Distributors. Titles include Benny and Penny by Geoffrey Hayes, Silly Lilly by Agnes Rosenstiehl and Otto’s Orange Day by Frank Cammuso and Jay Lynch. Mouly is providing all the financing and expects to publish six books in 2008, including a Toon Book by Art Spiegelman (called Jack and the Box) that will be part of the second set of releases.
Mouly has been consulting with educators along the way, and the books will be used in at least one pilot reading program in Maryland.
Jill Thompson has a blog, and it’s just as chatty, smart and quirky as the lady herself.
I think the one bit of advice I gave out more than anything else during the 4+ hours of portfolio review was to ditch the pencil, get a ballpoint pen and sit in a cafe and do gesture drawings. I found that the luxury of the eraser doesn’t free up most people’s drawings, it actually limits them. Not every drawing is going to be perfect, especially in school. Skritch out a 3 minute figure and move on to the next one. And draw your friends. Especially their clothes and the folds in fabric. Study body language and gesture and the way clothing moves.
If you want to cheat and look at comics instead of doing the homework-study Jaime Hernandez. Can you get that elegance,body language, flow of clothing, and those subtle facial expressions in the minimal amount of linework? Look at the random doodles of Alex Toth. Pure drawing.
Also included, photos of a tiny owl, and a preview of Magic Trixie, her series of children’s books for Simon & Shuster.
THREE big conventions took place this weekend! Down in Texas, Wizard World Texas made its appointed rounds, although Hero’s mechanical bull fund raiser contributed the expected awkward moments. David Hopkins sent us a link to his Flickr stream from which we stole this picture. Blog@ has lots of coverage as well, and some news crumbs leaked out.
MEANWHILE, in New York, the Big Apple Con excited autograph collectors with appearances by Hayden Panettiere and Kristin Bell, and VIRGIL!!! and had some Valiant news:
Saturday’s Valiant Comics panel at the Big Apple Con ended with the revelation of Valiant Entertainment’s next project: a hardcover collection of “X-O Manowar” with a new story by Bob Layton. Sean Chen will be the cover artist, while the as-yet unnamed interior artist will be inked by Layton.
NY1 has a brief report which even squeezed in some mention of comic books:
“Comic books, artists, celebrities, actors, actresses, it’s great,” said Michael Carbonaro of Big Apple Comic-Con. “There’s lots of stuff going on. Hayden Panettiere from “Heroes,” [was here.] Kristin Bell will be here all day tomorrow, as will Val Kilmer from “Batman.” “[I’m here] comic books,” said one fan. “[My friends are] here for Val Kilmer. That was the only way I could get them here.” “Today and probably tomorrow I’ll be here because I’m going to try out that costumes contest, because me looking like Wolverine, I got the costume for it,” said another.
Mike Cavallero also has a brief report. Mark Evanier has a quick but thorough write-up as well. Evanier makes mention of the bad conditions at the Hotel Pennsylvania, which is sad since it was once a real landmark. The hotel is still slated to be torn down, but, according to the scuttlebutt we heard, not for a couple of years. The sad thing is that the property really has been let go so far that tearing it down would be tons cheaper than restoring it.
Across the pond, there was a convention in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, with Jim Lee, Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch and more as guests. Millarworld has a thread but apparently everyone is still too drunk to post anything coherent about it. A Newsarama poster had some news tidbits (Marvel hopes to hire female artists!) Kieron Gillen posted but admitted he was still to drunk to post properly. And so it goes.
Send us more links to the above shows if you have more to add!
There are a bunch of events and radio appearances to promote the new Shooting War graphic novel this week, and here they are:
NPR’s Bryant Park Show
Monday, November 19, 8:00 AM, EST
WNYC 93.9FM, New York, NY + iTunes
Air America: Rachel Maddow Show
Monday, November 19, 7:30 PM, EST
XM 167 + iTunes
Book Signing Barnes & Noble
Monday, November 19, 7:00 PM
4 Astor Place, New York, NY, 10003
U.S. Book Launch Party
Monday, November 19, 8:00 PM - ?
Sutra Lounge, 16 1st. Avenue (Just above Houston)
No cover, DJ, Drink specials til midnight
Co-sponsored by Smithmag.net and JahFurry.
Tuesday, November 20, 1:00 PM
Midtown Comics
200 W. 40th St., New York, NY, 10018
Tuesday, November 20, 8:00 PM
Comic Book Club @ People’s Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street, New York, NY
§ Matt Tauber started a blog, and so far he visited Milton Caniff’s hometown, Hillsboro, OH, and has an on-site report, complete with pictures of buildings associated with Caniff, and this plaque.
§ NY Anime Festival update with new panelists etc etc.
§ Mark-Oliver Frisch interviews Dark Horses’ sales guy Dirk Wood:
You’ve got the direct market and the book market. The interesting thing to me is that there seems to be sort of a new model in the United States growing, which are direct market stores that are much more focused on the graphic novel than on the original pamphlet. And they’re expanding it by doing really interesting things like galleries, art shows. There’s kind of a third market developing. Like real hip, urban type comic shops. I think what’s happening is the direct market is actually in a growth period and has a chance to grow. It’s just changing.
§ John Fultz was very excited about his piece on THE FIRST KINGDOM, one of the very first books ever printed just for the direct sales market, so he sent everyone the link to the piece.
§ Over at Comics Waiting Room, Matt Maxwell explains why there haven’t been any new breakout characters lately:
Anyways, the thing is that as creators became more and more cognizant of the potential rewards that they were missing out on, the less creating was actually done (for the big two). I’m not criticizing this phenomena, simply observing it. As a creator-guy myself, I think that the creators who come up with the concept ought to see some kind of reward out of it when Stupendous Man gets put on lunchboxes or on a movie screen. And yes, the publisher, as the entity that helped get that character exposure, is entitled to a slice of that pie as well. I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with the publisher taking an ownership stake or shutting the creators out of the equation altogether. Fair is fair, right?
So, we’re looking at a place where creators aren’t going to be rewarded for going all out and coming up with new characters, new places, new things. Add to that a generation or more of creators who are perfectly fine with this. Hell, they’re more than fine, because all they want to do is play with the toys already in the toybox. Those were the characters and villains that they loved as kids and they really haven’t grown out of that phase. Well, they have, kinda, because they like to see superguys ripping limbs off each other and the like. But some writers would be perfectly happy if all we ever got was Batman and the Joker over and over amen. Not to mention some of the fans.
§ The New Yorker boldly tests the effects of introduction of color to humor.
§ Mark Evanier recounts WGA strike history for The New Republic.
As a WGA member since ‘77, I’m presently on my fifth such strike–and I’m a novice compared to some. Last week, I picketed with a guy who’d walked off a job writing for Phil Silvers. One hates to think how many signs he’s carried. Why so many strikes? Some of it may be our very nature. Something about writing for a living may just make you feistier and more contentious and more demanding of respect … but if that’s it, it’s probably a small part. More likely, it’s luck o’ the draw–the timing of when our contracts come up for renegotiation–and maybe some strategizing on the part of the AMPTP. There’s a thing called pattern bargaining, a semi-inviolate concept that says that if one union makes a gain or eats a rollback, the other unions will gain or eat accordingly.
§ A nice piece on the Giant Robot Biennale at the Japanese American National Museum. If we were in LA we’d go to it!
Ejected Wizard Online editor Rick Marshall partook in a widely quoted interview at Comics Reporter last week. Under his stewardship, Wizard started covering webcomics, indies, Fantagraphics, etc etc etc — in short all those things that Wizard isn’t known for covering. The result? Steadily increasing traffic. There’s a certainly a lot of fodder for Wizard-watchers in this classic bridge burner of an interview, but the most interesting part is surely this:
However, the most prominent conflict was always the traffic-vs-political content issue. From the start, my marching orders were always “More Traffic” and “More Readers.” But it became painfully obvious that many people at the company assumed that the most popular stories would always be the stories about the companies who buy the most space at conventions or advertise the most on the site — that we could MAKE a topic popular simply by posting it. It was an ideology framed around the notion that “it’s interesting because we tell you it’s interesting.”
That wasn’t the case, though. I obsessively tracked the traffic for the site, and there was rarely any overlap between the people who were considered “Friends of Wizard” (yes, that was an actual term thrown around) and the types of content and subject matter that generated the most traffic. So, most of the time, we operated under a cycle of unavoidable bridge-burning and tail-chasing, with the people at the higher levels of the company alternating between complaints of “Why didn’t you give my friend/client a front-page story?” and “Why weren’t the numbers as high today as they were yesterday?” It was a Catch-22 situation.
Our takeaway? The transition from print to web ain’t always easy. In conclusion, we wish Marshall the best in his future endeavors. We were frequent comrades in various press room on the circuit, and the legacy of his hard work is still evident at the Wizard site.
This Wall Street Journal profile of Dark Horse VP Anita Nelson does not get off to a promising start:
Anita Nelson is one of only two female executives at a comic-book publisher in the last 10 years. Yet she says the only times in her career when she experienced gender bias was while she was working in telecommunications and cable TV, two industries where more women are present.
Huh? DC alone has half a dozen women on the masthead, with Jenette Kahn (now departed for her own production company) and Terri Cuningham springing to mind. So that’s, like, at least THREE. Granted there aren’t a ton, but there’s more than two.
Then, the next few paragraphs are the kind of odious “Wow! She carries a handbag! And yet she is allowed in the workplace!” that shouldn’t even be an issue in this day and age to a professional newspaper or organization.
At Dark Horse Comics, in Milwaukie, Ore., where she is vice president of sales, marketing and licensing, her gender has never been an issue, Ms. Nelson says.
While working alongside seven male executives and supervising about 20 workers — most of them male — she’s never felt like she’s any less valuable than her male colleagues or less advantaged in any way. The culture there is equally welcome to men and women, she says, and it’s one of the reasons she considers herself lucky.
Yes, and the womenfolk are even allowed to eat at the same table as the men, too! We’re very progressive in the US of A.
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About Comics announces the return of Evanier and Spiegle’s CROSSFIRE, Bill Messner-Loebs; Journey, and Nat Gerter’s own Licensable BearTM in a parfectly timed Sunday night press release complete with lots of art. Why can’t everyone make it this simple?
March will see a flashback on the shelves of your local comic book store with the release of Many Happy Returns. This anthology may be just 32 pages, but in that is packed the first new story of Evanier and Spiegle’s costumed hero Crossfire in over a decade, the first new story of William Messner-Loebs’ Journey to see print in a decade-and-a-half, and the first comic book appearance of Nat Gertler’s Licensable BearTM in a third of a year, plus more.
Happy Harbor Comics, the chain of shops who have served the comic book fans of Alberta, Canada since 1999, is underwriting the creation of this comic as their way of serving fans all over. “As part of hiring Licensable BearTM on as our official spokescritter, we wanted to publish new Licensable BearTM comics stories,” explains Happy Harbor founderJay Bardyla. “It was Licensable BearTM himself who suggested that we celebrate the upcoming opening of our new, third store at 10326 - 81 Avenue in Edmonton with something really special: bringing back some of our favorite comic book features from days gone by. This gives long-time comics fans a new taste of their favorites and introduces younger fans to some great work.”
THE SURROGATES, based on the GN by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, has gained a top line star in Bruce Willis, the trades report. Jonathan Mostow directs. It looks from the story that the film has missed the strike cut-off, assuring this and other websites a steady stream of news items on comics-rekated films in the coming months.
Michael Ferris and John Brancato scripted “The Surrogates” based on a graphic novel from Top Shelf Comix. They collaborated with Mostow on the last film he directed, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.” The scribes also wrote “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,” the Halcyon-financed sequel that McG will direct at Warner Bros.
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Some pretty credible rumors about the casting of the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE movie have leaked out and FirstShowing.net has all the details:
Adam Brody (In the Land of Women, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, “The O.C.”) will play The Flash / Wally West.
Rapper Common (Smokin’ Aces, American Gangster, Wa
nted) will play Green Lantern / John Stewart.
Scott Porter (Music & Lyrics, Speed Racer, TV’s “Friday Night Lights”) will play Superman / Clark Kent.
Teresa Palmer (The Grudge 2, December Boys) will play Talia Al Ghul, the daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul.
That’s Porter pictured above. Looks promising, but let’s see how he fills out those tights!
UPDATED: Porter was at Wizard Wold Texas and he is NOT playing Supes, although this quote does seem to bolster the Brody-as-Flash rumor.
Porter: I haven’t been contacted. When I tested, I tested for the role of The Flash, which I lost to Adam Brody. At this point, Superman is purely rumor and speculation as far as I’m concerned, although I do want to buy a Superman shirt today and wear it to mess with people.
Also, the movie is now in limbo due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike. The script wasn’t finished in time.
Sorry for the brief hiatus. While we’ve been recovering from various birthday related celebrations, the truth is we’re also just too damned busy. We have way too many projects in the works, a bad back, a stiff neck, AND we’re going away for a week starting Wednesday. And WE’RE NOT TAKING OUR LAPTOP. That’s a first but a necessity. (Plus the last time we took it abroad it got stolen, so…)
Anyway, there will be a posting dearth for the next while, and while we’ll try not to be totally derelict in our duties, we just can’t help it. We do have a guest blogger or two lined up for our vacation, however. More on that later.
As for our birthday weekend, we had a get together following yesterday’s Big Apple National. It was a festive gathering that morphed into a Valiant reunion party. We had an entire floor to ourselves, which was good so we didn’t scare too many civilians ith our antics. Also, when we booked the joint, we had no idea that it turned into a karaoke party at 10. So that was either the perfect capper to the evening or the greatest disaster in comics history. Karaoke is a you-had-to-be-there affair, but we really have to call out Steve Bunche for his renditions of “Thunderball” and “From Russia with Love,” Billy Tucci for “Daydream Believer” and Nicky Barrucci for “Sweet Caroline.” Alex Segura, MoCCA’s Matt Murray, Rodney Ramos and Michael Gaydos also stepped into the fray. The show was really stolen by two people: first, the infamous Nelson, who also hosts Arlene’s Live R&R Karaoke, meaning he’s a total ringer. Above you see Nelson and my pal Amy rocking out on “Sister Christian.” The other ringer was MoCCA’s Jennifer Babcock, who not only draws a webcomic, C’est Le Vie, but sang Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” complete with squalls. She is a lady to watch!
The evening was completed with an episode we’ll call “The Purloined Backpack,” starring Laura Hudson and Rich Johnston!
Anyhoo, everyone seemed to have a pretty good time. But now, back to normal, albeit a harried and hard pressed normal. A huge huge thank you to everyone who called or emailed or came out; if I didn’t respond individually, rest assured every message was much appreciated. But now, back to the grindstone!
After many baseball induced delays, the long-awaited episode of the Simpsons starring comics luminaries is to air tonight, Flog reports:
Finally! This Sunday night (8PM/7C) is the long-awaited airing of The Simpsons episode featuring Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore and Jack Black. Reportedly, the episode finds Jack Black’s character opening “Coolsville,” a hipster comic shop that threatens the Comic Book Guy and Android’s Dungeon.
We’ll be making a special TV-themed evening of it.
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