Kang Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 If Marvel cuts down on titles, the line will become even more whiter and more male. They also could also get rid of editors, they already let go of editors years ago. It's expected these day for writers to know the continuity and other junk these days. Marvel stories might also become very more loose with continuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 RIP Al Jaffee, age 102 (just had that birthday recently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Jim Lee promoted https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jim-lee-named-president-dc-1235479090/ In unrelated news bad stuff going on for IDW https://screenrant.com/idw-publishing-cut-staff-nyse-delist-cost/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 17 hours ago, 赤い竜 said: In unrelated news bad stuff going on for IDW https://screenrant.com/idw-publishing-cut-staff-nyse-delist-cost/ yeah that IDW news is scary. i feel for all the employees and hope the writers/artists can all come out ahead. If i was one of the ones that kept my position, i would absolutely be looking at options immediately. i hope any limited series currently getting published have a chance to properly end, and any ongoings get fair warning as well. Unsurprisingly, the loss of Star Wars/GI Joe/Transformers/etc. made a hugely negative impact on the company. i suppose that's always the chance you take with licensed properties, but it still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I learned today that Ollie's is a dangerous place to browse as a comic book reader. Ended up walking out with Absolute Promethea Book 3, Absolute Preacher Vol 3, and the second volume of Mark Waid's Flash run for $70. Just a crazy random assortment of stuff for really cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Maybe some changes for Marvel https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/59-story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 The comic book industry makes money but the amount of readers for single issues are down. Actual sales is unknown these days for single floppy issues. Sometimes inflation is good, inflation is keeping various old media's stay afloat. (Cable tv, print, movies). Me, in the end I expect the other media versions of DC and Marvel Characters from Cartoons, Movies, Video Games to fully supplant the Comic versions in the end. But that's in the next decade. Also when many Golden Age Characters and etc enter the public domain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Mike Carlin retired https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creative-director-mike-carlin-retires-from-dc-comics-after-37-years/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Image Comics to drop Diamond Distributors, Image will switch to Lunar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Changes to CBR https://www.thepopverse.com/cbr-is-going-through-a-major-overhaul-due-to-culture-and-performance-issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 39 minutes ago, 赤い竜 said: Changes to CBR https://www.thepopverse.com/cbr-is-going-through-a-major-overhaul-due-to-culture-and-performance-issues yikes. losing 4 of your top 9 staff in the span of 2 weeks is usually not a positive step. i don't know their corporate culture or anything, but they're definitely one of the big comic/pop culture sites around, so i'll be curious what this morphs into. i'm betting it's less of what interests me, but to be fair, that's the way that site has leaned for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 CBR used to host my website but once Jonah sold it, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 More CBR news https://bleedingcool.com/comics/firings-quittings-and-valnet-fallout-at-comic-book-resources/ Anyway that's the last time I'm posting BC as a link, I just don't like the websites layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 CBR is not great for news, but it is better laid out than BC. honestly, most of the "articles" are garbage. the only reason i check regularly is for well-researched, interesting articles like those written by Brian Cronin (https://www.cbr.com/author/brian-cronin/). i enjoy more of the "Comic Book Legends Revealed" stories than i don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 A whole lot of major companies have told SDCC "no thanks" this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Rent out Hall H for cheaper hotel space 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I don't want to drag down the art work thread so I'm bringing it here: hasn't it been like close to twenty years since Greg Land was revealed to be just tracing his art work with almost no adjustments etc costumes, lifting wholesale from other comic creators, catalogs, magazines, and even porn? Not to mention that thing where he uses like three models for all his characters so they all look alike, and his story telling is nearly non-existent... How the hell is this guy still getting work from Marvel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) I read that he gets books out on time, I dunno if that's true in 2023. He isn't also the only artist that traces. Neal Adams was fine with tracing. Edited June 29, 2023 by 赤い竜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Also, I imagine most consumers don't care or at the very least don't care to not buy a book that he does the art on. Just from the amount of variant covers that he ends up doing I would say that there have to a decent amount of people that are fans of his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Marvel are going to increase their prices, so what was sold at $3.99 will become $4.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Wiki is wrong, Marvel Entertainment, LLC still exists. It contains the comic line. Feige gained more control since Ike's firing. Dan Buckley reports only to Feige now. All the other info seems to be fake news like the folding in. Ike still owns stocks from Disney. https://www.marvel.com/corporate/about, so Marvel Entertainment, LLC still exists unlike the wrong info on wiki saying other wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 There is a new GoFundMe to help William Messner Loebs, who is out of the hospital but he and his wife are facing eviction from their apartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Quote Special Announcement Jeff Smith is recuperating from a cardiac arrest, which he suffered on Sunday. There will be a long road to recovery, so regrettably we must cancel the remainder of his book tour this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 https://twitter.com/waltersimonson/status/1693728865217081427?s=61&t=z_YH0nvzbJIcJ82RcJTqtA RIP inker Dan Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Trademarks can be renewed, so titles, names, slogans, phrases, logo. People forget Trademarks can also protect likeness, so even if the very early version of Superman goes into the public domain in the next decade, DC retains the likeness of Superman via renewing the trademarks they own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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