Comics A.M. | The graphic novel market, and webcomic economics
Publishing | Calvin Reid interviews Kuo-Yu Liang, vice president of sales and marketing at Diamond Book Distributors, about the state of graphic novel sales, the international market, manga and more:...
View ArticleReport: Archie Comics sues Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit
Archie Comics has filed a lawsuit against Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit accusing her of bullying and sexually harassing employees, TMZ reports. The company is asking a judge for an injunction preventing...
View ArticleArchie co-CEO accuses company of smear campaign
Archie Comics Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit claims the company’s lawsuit against her is merely “a thinly veneered attempt to smear my name and gain complete corporate control” for her counterpart Jon...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Creators, publishers speak out against SOPA, PIPA
Internet | Sandman co-creator Neil Gaiman joined with Trent Reznor, Aziz Ansari, OK Go and 14 other members of the creative community in signing an open letter to Congress against the PROTECT IP Act...
View ArticleJudge orders Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit ‘not to do anything’ for Archie
Just a week after Archie Comics Co-CEO Jonathan Goldwater sued to remove Nancy Silberkleit as a director and co-CEO, a New York judge has barred her from entering the company’s offices, or performing...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Batmobile covered by copyright; more on Archie feud
Legal | A judge refused to dismiss DC Comics’ lawsuit against Gotham Garage, a manufacturer of custom-made Batmobiles, ruling that the design of Batman’s vehicle is indeed copyrightable. DC sued the...
View ArticleArchie Comics executives settle bitter, bizarre legal battle
The yearlong legal feud for control of Archie Comics has ended with a settlement that restores embattled Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit to her position at the company. However, the confidential agreement...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Blade of the Immortal manga to end after 19 years
Manga | Hiroaki Samura will bring his long-running samurai revenge epic Blade of the Immortal to a close in the February issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine (on stands Dec. 25) after 19...
View ArticleComics A.M. | This weekend, it’s Long Beach, Tucson & Rhode Island comic cons
Conventions | Creators like Neal Adams, Tim Bradstreet, Howard Chaykin, Amanda Conner and Scott Lobdell will headline the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con, held Saturday and Sunday at the Long Beach...
View ArticleJon Goldwater discusses 2012 and what lies ahead for Archie Comics
Archie Comics is old and new at the same time, still churning out comics featuring the Riverdale gang we all grew up with but mixing it up in interesting ways — with graphic novel compilations, the...
View ArticleComics A.M. | JMS on ‘Ten Grand’ and the return of Joe’s Comics
Publishing | J. Michael Straczynski discusses the revival of Joe’s Comics, which returns in May with the Image Comics release of Ten Grand, illustrated by Ben Templesmith. Top Cow was home to the...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Direct market sales climb more than 22% in March
Comics sales | The direct market continued its rise last month, with comics and graphic novel sales up 22.59 percent compared to March 2012, according to Diamond Comic Distributors. Marvel routed DC...
View ArticleComics A.M. | In fight for shelf space, DC edges out Marvel
Publishing | Along with the usual statistics — dollar and unit share, sales rankings, etc. — Diamond Comics Distributors this month began reporting the number of new titles shipped by the top...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Archie’s Silberkleit files sexual harassment suit
Legal | Archie Comics Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit is in court again, this time claiming sexual harassment by former friend Sam Levitin, who was her liaison to Archie after her legal feud with the company...
View ArticleArchie’s Nancy Silberkleit running for mayor of Rye, New York
Nancy Silberkleit, the colorful co-CEO of Archie Comics, has entered the race for mayor of Rye, New York, a city of about 16,000 in Westchester County. News of her candidacy follows a report that she...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Trudeau delays return of daily ‘Doonesbury’
Creators | Garry Trudeau is extending his hiatus from the daily Doonesbury strip until November, although new Sunday strips will begin running this weekend. “I have hit the wall,” Trudeau explained in...
View ArticleReport Card |‘Lazarus,’‘Earth 2′ and more
Welcome to “Report Card,” our week-in-review feature. If “Cheat Sheet” is your guide to the week ahead, “Report Card” is a look back at the top news stories of the previous week, as well as a look at...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Rare Brazilian comics stolen in armed robbery
Crime | Three armed men invaded the home of comics collector Antonio Jose da Silva in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and held him and two employees at gunpoint while they stole more than 7,000 comics from his...
View ArticleComics A.M. |‘Asterix’ family feud continues with Uderzo lawsuit
Legal | Asterix co-creator Albert Uderzo has filed a legal complaint against his daughter Sylvie and her husband Bernard Choisy, claiming “psychological violence.” The dispute began in 2007, when...
View ArticleComics A.M. | In San Diego, ‘comics had a great convention’
Conventions | Image Comics content manager David Brothers explains why this year’s Comic-Con International was a great convention, pointing out that there’s a lot more to the event than movies and...
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