NextPlanetOver.com for sale
http://npo.com/
Next Planet Over was an online retailer that was going to be the Amazon.com of comic book sales. Now you can bid on their URLs. How the mighty have fallen. Personally, I use MarsImport.com for my online comic buying needs.
DC announces rush Y: The Last Man collection
http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?
ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=00...
The trade paperback collecting the first five issues is being rush solicited for release December 18, the same day issue #6 comes out. Price will be $12.95.
New Entertainment Weekly editor's cover goof
http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm
Covers are apparently more important than I imagined. When the new Entertainment Weekly editor decided to change the magazine's cover look and feature Avril Lavigne, the result was what may be the second-worst-selling issue this year. Another glimpse at how editors are treated inside AOL Time Warner.
Entertainment Weekly covers Marvel's The Truth
http://www.ew.com/r0/ew/PackageNextBottomClik/in?/ew/
report/0,6115,39... -2-2~5 351112 1~marvelimaginesdarkerorigins,00.html
Just what it says.
New Warner Bros. Theatrical Cartoons
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/news1/spotlight/
e17cartoon1.htm
The first item on this page is the relevant one: Warner Bros. is going to be releasing new theatrical cartoons, shown with their movies. Who's working on them? Chuck Jones(http://www.cartoon-factory.com/c_jones.html) and Kyle Baker(http://www.kylebaker.com/www/bio/bio.htm).
Comictastic Software Builds a Daily Online Comic Page
http://www.spiny.com/comictastic/
Comictastic software consolidates over 150 online comic strips, including my must-read, This Modern World. Build your own comic page daily. (For Macintosh 10.2 only)
Road Runner/AOL Broadband Conflicts
http://www.msnbc.com/news/838002.asp?0si=-&cp1=1
Fans often ask why DC Comics doesn't take advantage of being part of a bigger media conglomerate, AOL Time Warner. This story, about competition between two other parts of the company, may give some hints as to why. The various pieces rarely play well together, it seems. Road Runner, like DC, has also traditionally kept a low profile.
