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Sandman makes NY Times Bestseller list!
Sandman: Endless Nights debuts at #20 This is simply amazing. No comic book has ever been on the NYTimes bestseller list. Not even Maus, I take it. Here’s a question: how are so many non-comic readers finding out about this book? What has gone right for this to get a general audience willing to try…
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More on breaking in as a writer
Marv Wolfman’s guest writer, Lee Nordling (who is probably going to see much of the credit for this article go to Wolfman) has a new series of articles on how to sell your pitch. When our own John Wells substituted for Bob Rozakis in his Answer Man column it was similarly poorly labeled, although at…
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Job Wanted site updated
The Job Wanted web site has been redesigned and will feature more content in the coming days.
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Remember to turn off your headlights
Every now and then, we like to just point out cool comic book web sites. so check out these Classic Good Girl and Romance Covers
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Hulk DVD for $3
Get the Hulk DVD for only $3
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Shelob scares me!
It’s my own fault. I’m arachnophobic and I always knew Shelob was coming because I read the Two Towers. I was watching the Two Towers movie, dreading and anticipating the moment that she appears, and then I looked at my watch and realized that the dreaded monster wasn’t going to make it in. So now…
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George Perez still with CrossGen
George Perez has confirmed that he is still with CrossGen. It’s great to see that he is standing by the company…although it’s not that hard to stand by a company that is paying you cash and benefits and not requiring you to do any work. I don’t mean to be snide here, folks; that’s what…
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How to break in as a writer
Yeah, that’s right. I’m linking to a Steven Grant column. Why not? This one is really good and filled with helpful advice. What’s more, it turns out the best way to break in is exactly what we’ve done with Job Wanted: we took some hot artists and put out a book hoping to make a…
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Gary Larson resurfaces…
…only to claim to hate the attention and shyly claim that he’ll never draw again, except for a New Yorker cover that’s coming up.
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On the Captain America suit
I mean lawsuit, not the awesome-looking costume (well, I think it looks awesome; others disagree). Marvel and the character’s co-creator Joe Simon have settled their lawsuit about character rights. Hopefully Joe Simon got a satisfyingly hefty amount just in time to add it to his family’s inheritance. (It is really a shame he didn’t win…