Archive - May 19, 2003
From the "I Can Write My Name in the Snow" Dept....
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 19, 2003 - 11:08
Ever wonder what's the deal with the boot-legged "Calvin" stickers? Annoying.com has a long feature about the bootlegging of Bill Watterson's comic-strip character in "peeing Calvin" stickers, complete with a gallery of images.
Interview with Scott Kurtz of PVP
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 19, 2003 - 10:46
Digital Webbing's Mike Murphy sat down to talk with Scott Kurtz about PVP. Issue #2 of the Image PVP comic book is coming soon. There is also, apparently the possibility that Kurtz will soon be working on another, yet-to-be-named, big time comic book project:
Michael: You also recently mentioned that you'd been offered your first non-PvP comic book job. I know you can't totally spill the beans on it...but can you at least give us a clue? Does it involve a "treehouse" in any way?
Scott: I don't want to talk about it at all. No hints.
Destinations for Former Adventure Strips Comics
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 19, 2003 - 10:16
Modern Tales publisher Joey Manley has posted some additional information on where Adventure Strips comics are headed after the shutdown of AS.
NY Times Coverage of the Perils of Personal Blogging
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 19, 2003 - 10:14
Every word of this article, it seems to me, applies in many ways to the journal comic phenomonen. Anyone had a dramatic spill-over effect from a journal comic to the rest of real life?
NY Times Coverage of Marvel Comics
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 19, 2003 - 10:13
The NY Times has an article about Marvel Comics' current business strategy including the current slate of Hollywood movies. Marvel makes less than a quarter of its profits from comic books.
