Well, my guess was completely wrong: The Friends of Lulu Awards, according to this morning’s press release, will be held at the Long Beach Comic Con in October of this year. Friends of Lulu will also have a booth at the show and host a panel (subject not yet announced — I’d hope it would cover the organization’s future plans and goals). LBCC started last year, set up by former Wizard World staffers as an alternative to Wizard’s cancelled Los […]

The call for help Friends of Lulu President Valerie D’Orazio posted last week worked! An interim Board of Directors has been assembled. (Interestingly, it appears that 2, maybe 3, of the 4 volunteers are male, which I have no problem with — the group needs committed workers right now who believe in the message.) Also, the Friends of Lulu Awards will continue later this year, which I’m thrilled to hear. A particular comic convention has generously offered use of their […]

Over the last three years, Friends of Lulu, the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and increasing the visibility of women in comics, has been mentioned at this site in three contexts: 1. Their Awards program, which is geared to “bring attention to the best, most women-friendly and reader- friendly work in comics and to recognize the work of women comics creators of the past” (which, given how many awards still ignore women, is needed). In 2007, they opened voting to […]

Vertigo recently announced Vertigo Resurrected, a 96-page $8 special due in October that promises to finally print “Shoot”, a story by Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez that was intended to be Hellblazer #141 but was banned by Paul Levitz in the aftermath of the Columbine shootings. Backing it up will be “rarely seen tales exploring the disturbing depths of horror, war, romance, and science fiction by Brian Azzarello, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis and artists Jim Lee, Phil Jimenez, Bernie Wrightson, […]

I suspect no one cares about this story at all, but in the interests of completeness: Thanks to my local paper, who did their own version of the story about some charitable tax exemptions being in danger, I found the IRS Master File, which lists all exempt organizations. Now, I am not an accountant or experienced with these files, but they do come with instructions. (I welcome more informed assistance.) From this I found that Friends of Lulu last filed […]

Just received news that Zuda Comics will be shut down effective today. Instead, DC will be offering select titles through their comiXology online comic app and the PlayStation Network. For 20 pages (I assume a screen is a page?), it’ll cost you 99 cents, with the first issue free. From the press release: The Collective, the Official ZUDA Blog, will continue to be updated at zuda.blog.dccomics.com with information about upcoming releases and behind-the-scenes information. That blog currently has more information […]

The new Life With Archie magazine, following alternate-universe stories with Archie married to either Betty or Veronica, will be carried in the almost-600 US Toys R Us stores, along with some other Archie Comics, beginning in August. Per the press release: Until recently, Toys Я Us carried a limited selection of magazines and comics. Now, through the combined marketing efforts of Kable News and Select Media Services, Archie Comic Publications, Inc. will have a huge presence in ALL 585 US […]

Continuing from In Odd We Trust, the first Odd Thomas graphic novel, Del Rey Books is going to release three more. Odd Thomas, a fry cook who can communicate with the dead, first appeared in four Dean Koontz novels. As part of their press release, Del Rey said that In Odd We Trust is in its sixth printing and “continues to sell strongly”. Odd Is on Our Side will be the next graphic novel. It will be written by Fred […]