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Bob Fingerman, Forty Years Of Living In Comics, In One Hardcover
Bob Fingerman is the creator of the slice-of-cartoonist-life comic book Minimum Wage, which ran from 1995 until 1999, published by Fantagraphics The series came to a conclusion in an open-ended way, and so in 2013, when Image Comics collected the 10 issues of the comic in remastered form, he also brought back the comic for[...]
Californian Comic Shop Posts It Pays $16.30 Minimum Wage, Goes Viral
Yesterday, comic book retailer Ryan Higgins of Comics Conspiracy of Sunnyvale, California posted the following tweet, adding to the debate about the US minimum wage levels He wrote; Want to see a store with a $16.30 minimum wage? It's my store Get the f-ck out of here that billion-dollar corporations can't afford $15. With the following photo[...]
Either Make Minimum Wage Into A TV Show, Or Elect Trump As President
We know that DC Comics/Vertigo has been asking for comic books that can be more easily translated into relatively lower budget television programmes. But if that's the market, there's one comic book that's just sitting there, waiting to make that journey. Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage has been published on and off over the last decade and change, most[...]
A New Minimum Wage From Bob Fingerman At Image Comics For 2016
In the most recent issue of Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage, we get the news of a third Minimum Wage series for 2016. It was at the end of a colourful departure for the series, usually in black-and-white with a blue wash, telling the day-to-day awkward life of a cartoonist trapped working in porn, and measuring the[...]
San Francisco Comic Store Launches Subscription Box To Beat $15 Minimum Wage Impact
His store in San Francisco isn't the biggest, but as a figure, he launched a class action suit on behalf of comic retailers against Marvel Comics, beat them, and ended up causing the current FOC system at Diamond Comic Distributors. And that's just for starters. But where the direct market didn't beat him, it's possible that the[...]
Will Minimum Wage Legislation Threaten Comic Book Store Survival?
On February 2nd, the blog for Borderlands Book Store in San Francisco posted In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018  Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that[...]
Bleeding Cool's Best Publisher Of 2014
Month after month, they launched quality comics such as Deadly Class, Minimum Wage, Egos, The Fuse, Undertow, Revenger, Apocalypse Al, Mercenary Sea, One Hit Wonder, Real Heroes, Sovereign, Starlight, Noah, Tales Of Honor, Southern Bastards, The Field, Shutter, Dream Police, Self Obsessed, Genesis, Shotgun Wedding, MPH, C.O.W.L., Madame Frankenstein, Nailbiter, Rise Of The Magi, Trees, Outcast,[...]
45 Thoughts About 45 Comics – Original Sin, X-Men, Red Sonja, Regular Show, The Last Broadcast, Witcher, Lone Ranger, Aphrodite XI, Witchfinder, Batman And Ra's Al Ghul, Futures End, MPH, Alex + Ada, Minimum Wage, Batwoman, Wolverine And The X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man, Clive Barker's Next Testament, Sex Criminals, Wonder Woman, Auteur, Kill Shakespeare, Doodle Jump, Winter World, Magnus, Eye Of Newt, Axecop, Brainboy, Buffy, BPRD, Star Wars, Turtles x2, Star Trek, Samurai Jack, The Wicked And The Divine, Powerpuff Girls, My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop, Unity, Harbinger, Adventure Time, Loki, Thomas Alsop And Translucid
Anyone care to draw it? Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage channels a number of artists this week, including Richard Corben and Moebius, as our hero tries to distract himself from the attraction of women by transforming his world into that of underground or European comics artists With disasterous results. From Batwoman, there Actually I think Batman is constantly[...]
31 Thoughts About 31 Comics – Avengers Undercover, Secret Avengers, Returning, Rust, First Born, Wraith, All New X-Men, Bee & Puppy Cat, Batman Eternal, Uber, Royals Masters Of War, Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu, Batgirl, JLU, TMNT, Deceivers, Lumberjanes, Next Testament, Sons Of Anarchy, Judge Dredd, Miss Fury, Transformers, Star Trek, GI Joe, Ash And The Army Of Darkness, Tales From The Con, Shutter, Minimum Wage, Starlight, Shadow, Think Tank
Watch the neverending reflection in this cat's eyes… Starlight keeps its finger on the pulse… While Bob Fingerman looks at the comic book artist's ancient dilemma in Minimum Wage One that Bob Monkhouse suffered from it seems. Whereas The Shadow is struggling with his own moral dilemmas… And Think Tank gives us the weaponised concept of the decade[...]
Live From The Comic Shop – Loki: Agent of Asgard, Ms. Marvel, Five Ghosts, Minimum Wage, The Fox, Grindhouse: Bride of Blood
Also look out for the preview of Doc Unknown included in this issue—it's a very interesting and energetic pulp-noir comic that's gaining confidence and readership, worthy of consideration. Minimum Wage from Image returns this week for its second issue, the much-demanded time-lapse continuation of Bob Fingerman's reality-is-a-bitch-and-we-know-that, humorous and highly detailed comic Minimum Wage from the[...]
Forty-Three Thoughts About Forty-Three Comics – Forever Evil, Ms Marvel, Punisher, Iron Man, Invincible Universe, Earth 2, New Avengers, Captain America, Minimum Wage, Rover Red Charlie, God Is Dead, Gate Way, Archer And Armstrong, Jennifer Blood, Turok, Vampirella, Juice Squeezers, Terminator, Catalyst, Lobster Johnson, Robocop, Judge Dredd, Transformers, Illegitimates, Revelations, God Is Dead, Regular Show, Aliens Vs Parker, Baltimore, GI Joe, Mega City 2, My Little Pony, Indestructable, Arkham War, The Movement, Suicide Risk, Sinister Dexter, Lazarus, Painkiller Jane,  Garfield, Victories, Secret, Green/Red Lantern, Superior Carnage, Superior Foes.
And revulsion at the food being served, due to its fatty content. While Minimum Wage, my utter book of the week, does the same But this is a real world problem, how does the rest of comic books tackle such issues? Thank you Gate Way #2 for seeing the bigger picture and not dismissing the impossibles.  Archer And[...]
Thirty-Seven Thoughts About Thirty-Six Comics – X-Files, Avengers World, Ultimate Spider-Man, Cataclysm, Batwing, Point One, Walking Dead, God Is Dead, A+X, AI, Batman/Superman, Regular Show, Savage Wolverine, Wolverine, Cryptozoic Man, Red Rover Charlie, Forever Evil: Asylum, Protocol Orphans, Robocop Last Stand, Gravel, Stitched, Adventure Time, Suicide Risk, Minimum Wage, Crossed Badlands, Revolutionary War, Black Widow, TMNT, Green Arrow, The Movement, Phantom Stranger, X-Factor, Aphrodite IX, Shadowman, Bloodshot, Sex Criminals And Khan
So how could you really surprise people? You'd have thought that this method from Suicide Risk might do the trick but no, apparently they still know you're coming. Talking of which… Minimum Wage returns, after all his struggles to get with his perfect partner in the original series, with the news that our hero is now a young[...]
Things to Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics
All proceeds directly support DP's mission and artists.) Wednesday, January 8th At Forbidden Planet NYC, a triple-play of signings: After 15 years, Bob Fingerman brings his classic be-loved series Minimum Wage back! Bob will be at Forbidden Planet NYC to sign the brand new issue number one on the day of it's release at 7PM Forbidden Planet NYC[...]
Four Image First Pages – Drumhellar, Five Ghosts, Minimum Wage and Rocket Girl
On the fourth day of Christmas, Bleeding Cool gave to me, Four first pages from Ghosts Of Image Comics Future, Drumhellar #3, Five Ghosts #8, Minimum Wage #1 and Rocket Girl #3 On the fourth day of Christmas, Bleeding Cool gave to me, Four first pages from Ghosts Of Image Comics Future, Drumhellar #3, Five Ghosts #8,[...]