Two weeks ago, I asked Friends of Lulu about the status of their Empowerment Fund, a somewhat notorious project that’s been bedeviled with questions since its start. They weren’t able to provide much concrete information, so I asked two more questions. When do you expect to have the transition completed? Do you expect to release a statement at that time? Until then, what is the status of the funds received? And are you still an official 501c3 organization, because you’re […]

I remember Caliber fondly from when I got back into comics last decade. Now, they’re putting many of their titles online. Press release: Caliber Comics, one of the leading independent publishers of the 1990’s, is making many of their titles available as downloads from drivethrucomics.com. The titles will be available as pdfs which can be used with Acrobat Reader and the majority will sold less than the original cover price. [sic] Caliber, which helped to launch the careers of many […]

I was questioning the status of the Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund, so I sent a query to the Board of Directors of the group. (Actually, I sent an email to the general “info@friends-lulu.org” address listed on their Contact Us page, only to get back a form notice that that address is being “phased out” and to contact board members directly. So I did. I figure their website is overdue for or in the middle of an upgrade, because the […]

I’m not a fan of zombie stories, so I didn’t enjoy Ross Campbell’s The Abandoned as much as I have some of his other works. However, I’m sorry to hear that he had publisher problems (as revealed in the comments at Bill Sherman’s review, link no longer available). i sorta quit Tokyopop after the first book, i had a crummy experience with them (requiring a long rant to explain, heh). but i’m pitching the sequel’s material to another publisher, but […]

Since I’m asking embarrassing historical questions, I’m going to steal one from Lisa Jonte (link no longer available) — whatever happened with the Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund from last April? You remember, the one they kicked off with an auction that included these Sin City whore action figures? The one that raised lots of questions about accountability and organization? Did the legal concerns finally kill it? Most importantly, what money did they raise and what happened to it? I […]