Marvel Orders Pencils Down

Marvel orders pencils down for one third of their artists. “Marvel Entertainment is immediately “pausing” work on – and the release of – approximately one-third of its May and June comic book issues, a spokesperson confirmed for Newsarama. Marvel’s representative said 15 to 20% of its solicited titles would be affected, as some of them […]

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Disney Plus: Fail

There is nothing but bad Disney for the house that Walt built. Any fantasy the executives had about being open by Easter is dashed. The Park Cast-Members have been furloughed (read laid off) And the executives have given themselves pay cuts. And they are now better than $13 billion in debt. Disney is hurt. This […]

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Diamond Update: It’s The End

Diamond has announced that is is with holding payments to the vendors. So now Diamond is cutting off both the shops and the publishers. Bonus, they are hanging on to the money they’ve collected. From the horse’s mouth: Dear Diamond Vendor: “As the world responds to the outbreak of COVID-19, our focus is on protecting […]

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WHO IS THIS FOR?

Melissa de la Cruz is a Young Adult fantasy writer. Reasonably successful as such. And the newest purse-puppy hire for DC Comics. She delights in her utterly abysmal ignorance of comics. In fact she is proud of it. She feels it gives her a fresh perspective – Which is true as such. However, a fresh […]

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The Fools Parade

Historical writer Barbara Tuchman defined folly as: “the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives.” I’m not sure why Barbara limited herself governments in her definition because the same thing is obviously happening within the entertainment industry. It’s happening over and over to our pop-culture and […]

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