Platinum Studios
Hero By Night Publication Suspended
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 2, 2008 - 09:10
D.J Coffman explains in his blog that he has stopped work on the Platinum published comic book, Hero By Night, because of "financial issues at our publisher". Hero By Night issue #4 apparently is partially done but won't be released on schedule because the colorist, Jason Embury has also stopped work on it. The "financial issues" are not explained but it does appear that Coffman and Embury were not getting paid at all or on time by Platinum for recent work on Hero By Night. Coffman suggests the possibility of taking Hero By Night the full webcomic route but doesn't seem to have made any decisions yet.
While Coffman seems to emphasize a continuing good relationship with Platinum (he seems to indicate future projects to come with the publisher) I can't imagine this news about the 2006 Comic Book Challenge winner will be good for the 2008 Comic Book Challenge contest. Just last week Platinum changed the rules on its contest to allow entrants to pitch via video (instead of making the trip in-person to San Diego, CA) and extended the deadline from May 31st to June 14th.
Webcomic Wire - 5/12/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on May 12, 2008 - 18:47
Drawn from sources all over the inTARwebs…
Leah Hernandez talks about How To Make Webcomcis from Halfpixel.
Italian comic book Dylan Dog from Platinum Studios to be made into a feature film. In other Platinum news the will be partnering with Top Cow to bring Witchblade to the big screen. Sounds like the farming is going well [...]
Gigcast 141, oh so many Links…
Submitted by NightgigTim on May 9, 2008 - 00:37
Scott, Kev, and Myself.. Talk about Stuff. Shallow Thoughts from Christian Ellis and “Bitter” From Woodster!
Links to Stuff Mentioned:
O’Deer, PVP, Scott Kurtz Flicker, Comic Book Challenge , Platinum Studios , I was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space, Zuda, Hanibal Goes to Rome, Drunk Duck, Side B a musical Anthology, Kit White, The [...]
Webcomic Wire - 4/9/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on April 9, 2008 - 14:39
Drawn from sources that are cranky as ‘H’-'E’-double-hockey-sticks…
Barry Smith is returning to webcomics with Inktank.
Keenspot will be discontinuing their premium service as of 5/1/2008.Â
Ice will be on hiatus until June.
Villnard Publishing, a part of the Random House Publishing Group via Ballantine Books, announced that they will be publishing a graphic novel based on Platinum Studios’ [...]
Platinum Studios 2007 Financial Report
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 2, 2008 - 13:22
Journalista! catches the release of Platinum Studios financial report for 2007. Platinum owns major webcomics community DrunkDuck and publishes webcomic-to-comic Hero By Night by DJ Coffman. Platinum reported net revenues of $1.96 million, of which arouund 1.3 million seem to be directly attributable to Hollywood options on Platinum IP. There's more details at Fox Business and a summary of the 10-K report to the SEC at Yahoo Business.
Webcomic Wire - 3/28/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on March 28, 2008 - 14:48
Drawn from sources that found it hard to wake up today…
Cory from BoingBoing.net and Randal Munroe, creator of XKCD will be at 3PiCon in Springfield, MA, Aug. 22-24.
Fleen has the scoop on a panel at NYCC called Webcomics: Menace or Threat? I say, Threat.Â
Platinum Studios named as a finalist for 2007 Foreward Magazine’s book [...]
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Webcomic Wire - 3/14/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on March 14, 2008 - 14:11
Drawn from sources that are glad it’s Friday…
An interview with Jaime Hernandez.
The Knave interviews Zuda Editor Kwanza Johnson.Â
ROK Comics has plans for revamping their site, don’t be afraid to email them and suggest something completely new and exciting.
Platinum Studios is starting up the Comic Book Challenge for 2008. Hopefuls can begin submitting their work from [...]
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Webcomic Wire - 3/14/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on March 14, 2008 - 14:11
Drawn from sources that are glad it’s Friday…
An interview with Jaime Hernandez.
The Knave interviews Zuda Editor Kwanza Johnson.Â
ROK Comics has plans for revamping their site, don’t be afraid to email them and suggest something completely new and exciting.
Platinum Studios is starting up the Comic Book Challenge for 2008. Hopefuls can begin submitting their work from [...]
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COMPLETE HERO BY NIGHT MINI SERIES AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD
Submitted by Coffman on March 6, 2008 - 13:06
The award-winning Hero By Night mini series available as a free download at Wowio.com.
For real?
Submitted by dave_roman on February 7, 2008 - 10:29
After years of questioning its fate, part 1 of ALIEN CIRCUS is finally going to be released as a real book!
This is the graphic novel series I wrote a few years ago for Platinum Studios that was eventually serialized as a webcomic.
