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Voting opens for fourth annual Shel Dorf Awards
The nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Shel Dorf Awards, named in honor of the late Detroit native and founder of Golden State Comic-Con, which grew into Comic-Con International. ROBOT...
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This Charming Charlie in takedown tussle over Smiths lyrics
As Morrissey once wrote, “I know it’s over/And it never really began”: This Charming Charlie, the delightful blog that mashed up Peanuts panels with The Smiths lyrics, has closed (at least for now),...
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MTV Geek calls it a day
The comics and pop culture site MTV Geek came to an abrupt end this afternoon with a short post titled simply “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.” As a contributor to the site, as well as a reader...
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DeviantART secures $10 million investment from Autodesk
The software company Autodesk confirmed it has invested $10.4 million in deviantART, the 13-year-old online art community. Word of the investment first trickled out in late September, but documents...
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Fast-growing Bitstrips gets $3 million injection
Bitstrips, the Toronto-based startup behind those inescapable do-it-yourself avatars and comic strips on Facebook, has secured $3 million in funding from Hong Kong venture capital firm Horizons...
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MarvelKids, Hello Kitty app violate children’s privacy law, group claims
An online-privacy advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate MarvelKids.com and the Hello Kitty Carnival mobile app, which it insists fail to protect children’s personal...
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Mail Order Comics files for bankruptcy, owing Diamond $325,000
Following reports late last month of fulfillment problems, Mail Order Comics has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy, seeking to liquidate the nearly decade-old business. In documents filed last week in...
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Comics A.M. | C2E2 sees growth in attendance, floor space
Conventions | Lance Fensterman, ReedPOP’s global senior vice president, talks about his company’s strategy of focusing on a few big shows, rather than a lot of smaller ones, and gives the numbers for...
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Falcon-Jet scene in ‘Captain America’ #22 sparks calls for Remender’s firing
A social-media firestorm that erupted late last week urging Marvel to fire Captain America writer Rick Remender fizzled out by Sunday as the Twitter hashtag was hijacked and a Tumblr post explaining...
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Quote of the Day | Axel Alonso on #FireRickRemender
“On the Internet, sometimes what appears to be an explosion is really just a fart. The accusations are totally without merit. A handful of people who have it in for Rick started a witch hunt against...
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True Believers Comic Awards announce 2014 winners
Hawkeye and its writer Matt Fraction and Saga and its artist Fiona Staples led the inaugural True Believers Comic Awards, winning in a combined 10 categories. Hawkeye colorist Matt Hollingsworth also...
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Superman is kryptonite for online searches
Aquaman may have been the most toxic superhero in 2013, but this year McAfee has decreed that Superman is kryptonite. Hold your jokes about Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel or the New 52 costume redesign....
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After #FireRickRemender, can we have a real conversation?
Superhero comics deal in extremes: Characters overreact, the world is in constant jeopardy, and the solution almost always involves physical combat. So maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised when the...
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Randy Queen responds to critics with takedown notices, legal threat
Darkchylde creator Randy Queen faces growing online criticism after he filed copyright takedown notices to remove a series of Tumblr posts critical of his work, and then threatened legal action when...
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Randy Queen: ‘I reacted without thinking’ to art critiques
Widely ridiculed this week for filing copyright takedown notices and threatening legal action against a blog that criticized his artwork, Darkchylde creator Randy Queen now acknowledges his response...
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Comics A.M. | Longtime retailer Steve Koch passes away
Passings | Customers and family mourn the passing of Steve Koch, longtime owner of Comic Headquarters in St. Louis, who died Aug. 31 of a suspected heart attack. He was 55. “He knew the true value of...
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Comics A.M. | Driver in ZombieWalk crash will face charges
Legal | Matthew O. Pocci Jr., who in July drove into the crowd of ZombieWalk: San Diego, held annually during Comic-Con International, will be charged with felony reckless driving resulting in serious...
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D’Orazio blasts Sims for past bullying; ‘X-Men ’92’ writer apologizes [Updated]
Chris Sims, announced last week as the writer of Marvel’s X-Men ’92 digital-first series, publicly apologized Tuesday to Valerie D’Orazio after the blogger and former DC Comics editor called him out...
View ArticleAquaman reclaims his crown as Internet’s ‘Most Toxic Superhero’
There's a 20 percent chance an online search for "Aquaman" will lead you to a website that could be harmful to your computer.
View ArticleComics A.M. |‘Tintin’ original art fetches $1.2 million at auction
An original illustration of Tintin by Herge for the 1936 book "The Blue Lotus" sold at auction this week for $1.2 million.
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