Saturday, July 30, 2005
August Books to Check Out:
THE MAXX BOOK FIVE TP
On sale August 31
$19.99
FOLLOWING CEREBUS #5
"Advise & Consent: Editing the Graphic Novel" looks at how various comics
creators have used (or not used) editors to assist them in their work. Dave
Sim, Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Chester Brown, Paul Pope, Craig Thompson, Joe
Matt, and Andy Runton discuss the process.
$3.95
CEREBUS GUIDE TO SELF PUBLISHING
(STAR07445)
$3.95
EMO BOY #2
by Steve Emond
$2.95
BAGHDAD JOURNAL: AN ARTIST IN OCCUPIED IRAQ HC
$34.95
BONE SHARPS, COWBOYS, & THUNDER LIZARDS GN
$22.95
10:46:00 AM
Thursday, July 28, 2005
More online comics, courtesy of McCloud: The Jain's Death, When I Am King, Konfabulator's History and Camouflage Comics.
2:10:00 PM
Here's more on Giant Monster and Steve Niles at Boom!
There's an eight-page preview that looks stunning and an interview with Niles.
It's a two-part prestige format mini-series in full color and is due out in September.
10:16:00 AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Comics to check out:
August:
Salamander Dream
Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards
2020 Visions
September:
SPX Anthology 2005
Moped Army
10:49:00 AM
Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea looks to be a must read.
9:08:00 AM
The Comics Journal has an essay up on yaoi manga. It's a must read for any manga fan.
8:54:00 AM
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Speakeasy Comics has a preview of Bio Boy #1, due out in September.
11:06:00 AM
I'm all signed up for The Great Manga Giveaway.
10:59:00 AM
I completely missed the boat on Scott Pilgrim. Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley talks over at Comic Book Resources.
10:51:00 AM
Monday, July 25, 2005
For my sake.
Please keep all "for Pete's sake" out of stories. Just who is Pete, anyway? Is Pete capitalized or not? And why such an everyday colloquialism anyway? Let Pete sake someone else, please.
8:39:00 PM
The work done by a House committee on a higher education bill will be taken up after the August recess.
The bill is H.R. 609.
9:50:00 AM
This Media Trix by Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf is great.
(Tip McCloud.)
9:46:00 AM
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Some online comics: Hold My Life and bird and moon and bird dreams.
(Tip McCloud.)
11:41:00 AM
These are the reasons why I love drew and natalie dee.
11:34:00 AM
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Small publishers also announced new titles at the San Diego Comic Con.
Highlights:
GIANT MONSTER #1 and #2 (of 2)
"This September, Steve Niles arrives at Boom! with a bang. Steve and I like to joke about Giant Monster -- want to guess what it's about?! But with a more serious face, it's a story about an astronaut, Maggert, who arrives back into earth's re-entry from his first manned space flight, and as he does, he's consumed by a space parasite. Shortly afterwards, he's mutated into a monster, consuming anything he can get his hands on -- sharks, sailors -- and is growing larger by the minute. It's a wicked romp, lots of fun, and that's even before the Nazi robot shows up ..."
Japan
Ponent Mon/Fanfare's Stephen Robson: "From Ponent Mon comes a huge new manga project called appropriately Japan. It looks set to be a veritable monster of a title, combining the works of 17 creators each giving their opinions and views on Japan."
The Times of Botchan
"The Meija Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It marked a time of massive change from the more traditional Tokugawa Era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world."
Fat Boy and Harvey #1
It is written and inked by Howard M. Shum and penciled by E.W. Clayton. The cover is by Sean "Cheeks" Galloway. The comic is social satire and is about a young struggling artist and his kung fu loving cousin from Hong Kong.
Moped Army
11:17:00 AM
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Brian Wood will be a busy man. In addition to his ongoing DMZ Vertigo title, he has plans for a 12-issue series named Local that sounds a lot like Demo.
LOCALwill feature stand alone issues, each focused on normal people in extraordinary, life changing situations. Each issue takes place in a different town, with the town playing as much of a role as the characters themselves. The series will debut in November, and continue on a monthly basis.
9:17:00 AM
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
At the San Diego Con, Brian Wood talked about his new Vertigo book, DMZ.
This ongoing monthly series follows a young photographer who's abandoned in an urban war zone. With no rules, no boss and an open expense account, he dives into an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at a war-zone and the people who live it in. When you think "urban war zone", you might picture some far-off country... but imagine it in New York; Manhattan, to be exact. Gone is the larger than life metropolis, replaced by sometime akin to World War 2-era Stalingrad.
1:27:00 PM
1up has more on the new Prince of Persia and Matrix PS2 games.
11:46:00 AM
Blog Day has been announced. It's an effort by bloggers to try and recommend and read blogs that would be out of your normal realm of interest.
9:51:00 AM
1up has a review of Bone: Out From Boneville. Here's all the screenshots.
(Tip: Joystiq.)
9:23:00 AM
Friday, July 15, 2005
Chris Arrant at Newsarama talks with Brian Scot Johnson, founder of khepri.com, an online comic-book ordering site.
11:34:00 AM
July 4, 2007: The just-released opening date for the live-action Transformers movie. Here's hoping Red Alert gets in.
11:11:00 AM
Thursday, July 14, 2005
The San Diego Comic Con begins today.
10:08:00 AM
Steven Bates at IcV2 calls for standardized guidelines for Free Comic Book Day comics.
(Tip: Neilalien.)
10:01:00 AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
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8:15:00 PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Newsarama reports on the Demo collection due out in December.
8:46:00 PM
Monday, July 11, 2005
How to Spot Arial.
(Tip to A Capital Idea.)
9:52:00 AM
Sunday, July 10, 2005
The final hand in a poker showdown last night:
I had the small blind and was dealt A-3. I called the big blind and the big blind checked. Flop came 2h-2x-3h and I checked it. The big blind bet 40 and I re-raised all-in (about 160 more). He called and flipped over 4h-6h, giving him a straight draw, a flush draw and a straight-flush draw. Turn was a blank, but the river was a heart, sending me to the benches.
12:50:00 PM
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Colleen Mondor recommends Oni Press for people who are interested in reading comics for the first time.
Oni Press was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack, two guys who were thinking so far outside of the box that it's amazing the company survived, let alone thrived. What they wanted to do from the beginning was to publish comics that were "in line with the real mainstream." (Via NeilAlien.)
9:52:00 AM
Well, I was playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas last night, and I finished the game, but the credits didn't load after a cutscene, so I'm going to have to do it all over again. That is maximum frustration.
9:42:00 AM
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
The San Francisco Gate had an interesting story on some protestors last week who were naked to get reaction from passersby. The protestors ("anti-war activists") were members of the Breasts Not Bombs group, which said the war in Iraq, and not their nakedness, is indecent.
The only problem I have with the article is why the editors and reporter decided to include breast sizes of the women. Does it lend credence to their cause?
10:25:00 AM
There's a lot going on recently with the fallout from the Hosty v. Carter decision. The First Amendment Center has background on what the decision means and how it was affected by previous rulings. The Student Press Law Center has reaction from college journalists.
UPDATE: There's reaction from the University of Oregon.
UPDATE II: More reaction, this time from the Northern Star in Illinois.
10:12:00 AM
Friday, July 01, 2005
Inside Higher Ed provides news on a study that suggests that the student loan debt madness is not as bad as some might think.
The study says that although the volume of loans and graduated loan debt has risen, the proportion of bachelor's degree recipients held steady and the median amount they borrowed declined in real terms.
Also, borrowing through private loans has increased.
9:55:00 AM
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