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A Saturday Seasoning

Published Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:25:37 -0500

Last updated Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:45:37 -0500

Spending the day out with the good lady wife, kids at their grandparents, you may have to do without me for much of today… though I have a couple of items scheduled later.

The Guardian looks at the history of kids comics, as it begins giving away a classic British comic with every edition of the newspaper this week, as Johnny Davis talks to Paul Gravett and Lew Stringer.

Tyrese Gibson sells Mayhem #1 as part of an iTunes album package, along with an exclusive track, and a whole load of behind-the-scenes gubbins. This coincides with the release of Mayhem #2 this week, and could well be a new way to sell a batch of mixed media content at once, for a little more money. It's just, you know, Mayhem…

Susan Shapiro in the NY Times on getting a geek to give away his comics in return for sex. It's only Superman and Batman comics though. And in the same paper, Tim Gunn pre-signing a few copies of Models Inc #1 at Midtown.

Thanks to Bleeding Cool and Dave Elliott, we have solved the Swamp Thing licensing penciller artist mystery, it is indeed Paris Cullins who says;

I worked on many toy style guides for lots of companies and enjoyed every moment of it, especially working with master inkers like Tony Dezungia, Frank Giacoia, Alfredo Alcala. Tom Sutton, garcia lopez, Bob layton ,bob smith,these are just a few but wow wha what a rush.

Tampa Bay journalist can't quite work out the difference between Marvel and DC Comics…

Marvel controls Lee's Spiderman and other action heroes, and this huge sale puts an end to the curse of Superman, which netted its creators a mere $130 about 70 years ago…

It was Siegel who actually signed over rights to Detective Comics (DC Comics), never dreaming of the comic's long-term possibilities in that Depression era…

The pair eventually got small annuities but never shared in any real wealth, which was reaped by Marvel and others from licensing, publishing, movies and television…

There's more to find…

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