Precocious Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Tom Spurgeon, for the win: “I’m baffled why it should take anything more than prominent people in the comics industry declaring they’re uncomfortable with a business this year to make folks consider with seriousness and respect the courtesy of a bare-minimum effort to patronize another place until the situation shakes out. Instead, the response from many [...]
fictions (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
A fascinating post from Tom Spurgeon over at the Comics Reporter that I felt deserved a little exposure here as well. 12 comics from the last 12 years worthy of looking at again. There's a few favourites on there ( Paris , Jar of Fools , New Love) but a lot of very interesting books to hunt down and one completely left field choice in US War Machine. But it made me think about what would be...
LinkMachineGo (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
[comics] The Comics Reporter: So Why Were The X-Men Popular? … Tom Spurgeon on why Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne’s run on the Marvel title was so successful … ‘X-Men was solid comic book entertainment that distinguished itself against the comic books of the time in several savvy ways that caught [...]
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
» Editorial cartoon Yahtzees are embarrassing when we navel gazers spot them, but when the general public can point them out, it doesn’t make the profession look that great. » Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon wrote an insightful write up on the current status of the American comic strip. » John Hambrock has posted an early (1992) comic [...]
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | yesterday
That’s the question posed by Dick Hyacinth : My general impression is that it was a pretty terrible decade for superhero books, even (especially') after the worst of the Image excesses had passed. It was a pretty great decade for alternative and non-superhero independent comics, though. He then lists a few titles that caught his eye, like Astro City . Tom Spurgeon provides his own quick list...
Journalista (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
“Comics is an industry built on exploitation. No amount of giving each other awards, or doing work of a noble sort off the books and behind the scenes, or reforming a system so that it becomes in some cases slightly less horrible — none of it changes that basic fact.” - Tom Spurgeon “I understand what Wanted [...]
Precocious Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
I thought Tom Spurgeon had covered the latest Bookscan numbers quite nicely, until I saw the latest responses to Heidi MacDonald’s summary at The Beat: “My headline would simply be ‘DC Comics Triumphant in GN Sales’ rather than using national/area/linguistic categories.” Mine would be “Other media drive Bookscan bestsellers.” (I’m a whore for subdued alliteration.) [...]
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Brooklyn-born Jack Kamen, best known for his work at EC Comics in the 1950s, passed away on August 5th. Cancer was the cause of death. Coming more out of a tradition of accomplished commercial art, Kamen was one of the best of the stable of talented EC artists. Here's Tom Spurgeon: "Scripts that flattered Kamen's ability to draw female characters were created and sent his way; they frequently...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Tom Spurgeon has a four-page preview of Gilbert Shelton’s latest story, which will be serialized in the pages of Mome.
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
§ John Jakala runs into the kind of people who reflexively defend the superhero genre while observing: The superhero comics that do stand out are generally well-written and have something interesting to say about the human condition other than “Wouldn’t it be cool if we brought back a bunch of old characters no one’s seen in a long time?” § Tom Spurgeon has a very lengthy post-bang interview...
SAME HAT! SAME HAT!! (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Quick update, Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter has posted a great review of Tokyo Zombie. In brief, he says (among other things), Hankuma's art is crude and evocative and funny in and of itself, something you might see from an artist angry that his well-rendered work didn't sell and so he's set out to create an entire comic for his own benefit while sitting in the garage high on rubber cement....
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Last week Tom Spurgeon interviewed IDW president Ted Adams, who said IDW is thinking about not exhibiting at the San Diego Comic-Con next year. To quote Adams: I think we’re likely not to be at San Diego next year. There are people that work for me that think that’s not the right decision. I’m trying [...]
adistantsoil.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Because I can. Tom Spurgeon has a very good interview with top dog at IDW about whether or not the company will attend Comic Con in future. Comic Con is huge, it’s expensive, and it doesn’t necessarily return on the investment, which is why I didn’t attend for nearly five years. I can make more money just [...]
LinkMachineGo (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
[comics] Has The Comics Industry Really Done All That Well During Legitimate Recessions? … interesting analysis from Tom Spurgeon … ‘For Miller the key is how comics gets tied into factors of risk. “I’ve said before I think ‘economics is local’ where this is concerned — the prevailing structural conditions in the field often trump [...]
Journalista (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... of the “World of Graphic Novels” panel from the Comic-Con International in San Diego, moderated by Tom Spurgeon and featuring Nick Abadzis, Eddie Campbell, Alex Robinson, Rutu Modan and Adrian Tomine. Grab it before August 31, because we’ll be taking it down to make room for another MP3 panel recording! A reminder: ¡Journalista! will be on hiatus next week , while I take a much-needed vacation....
