The Sorry Entertainer newspaper anthology

Well. I have been VERY slack in updating the site recently. For this I apologise unreservedly and welcome your resigned acceptance with a cheeky smile. Anyway, back to business; Simon 'Smoo' Moreton is fundraising to get The Sorry Entertainer up and running. This comic will be ... Read More

L’Association Strike announcement

One of the main stories from this year's Angouleme festival was L'Association's current strike action. I couldn't find a translation of the strike announcement, so I've run it through Google Translate and cleaned up the tenses a bit, so this isn't a perfect translation, ... Read More

Andrew Salmond Interview

If you like comics and have ever been to London, the chances are that you already know of Gosh Comics. Andrew Salmond, manager of Gosh agreed to answer some questions for the Snapshot Interviews 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? Well, I’m ... Read More

Kenny Penman Interview

Next to be interviewed is Kenny Penman; 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? I'm Kenny Penman, I'm the publisher at Blank Slate Books. On the book publishing side I'm only finding my feet but i've been a part of UK comics retail for 25 (oh God!) years now as one of ... Read More

Are Sales Dropping?

Head over to Bleedin Cool to read a short article on Diamond's sales figures for the last financial year. This April, it is estimated that Diamond Comics Distributors sold 5,567,648 of the top 300 comic books to American comic stores. The previous April, it is estimated they sold 6,733,040 of the top 300 comic books. That’s ... Read More

Marvel App on the iPad

I'll be posting up a more detailed roundup of some of the talk surrounding the imminent arrival in the UK of Apple's iPad soon, but for the time being, head over to BoingBoing to read their hands-on review of Marvel's iPad app; First impression: ... Read More

Digital Comics and Conventions

Comic Book Resources have an interesting post on the rise of digital comics and how they may affect traditional comics business. The theoretical rise of digital comics changes the game, but doesn't kill it. The first point brought up in the podcast was about publicizing the comics convention, much of which is done today ... Read More

So You Want To Work In Comics Retail

Nevs Coleman over at Bleeding Cool writes up an enlightening article on working in comics retail. Solid advice. Honestly, I can’t say this enough, read EVERYTHING. Try and at least skim-read every comic that comes in every week when you get a chance. It’s entirely possible that Sophie Howard will want to come in anddiscuss ... Read More