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Capes and tights save publishing

Spider-Man has already saved incoming president Barack Obama; he's now poised to save the entire publishing industry. In the midst of the gigantic economic clusterfuck global financial meltdown at the end of 2008, one segment ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Watching Watchmen

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier this week, in New York, filmmaker Zack Snyder presented the first lengthy sneak preview of Watchmen, his adaptation of Alan Moore's landmark graphic novel. The preview was organized for a select group of media ... Read More »

October 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Your friendly neighbourhood … Stephen Colbert?

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Stephen Colbert is running for president - in the Marvel Universe. Signs proclaiming "Colbert for President" have been appearing recently in the background of various Marvel comics, and now Marvel has announced that Colbert will ... Read More »

September 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Orwell, the blogger (Time) Hugo Awards awarded “ Chabon wins the big one (The Hugo Awards) China's publishing industry shuts down during Olympics (The New York Times) A pair of Canadians (including ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Get yer free comics!!

By Scott MacDonald

In case you hadn't heard, tomorrow (May 3) is the seventh annual Free Comic Book Day, and comic book shops across the country will be handing out gratis goodies to all comers. Torontoist has a ... Read More »

May 2, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Bookmarks: critic saves Nabokov novel, senator saves writer’s home, but nothing could save Duddy Kravitz musical

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov's last novel from the flames? (Slate) Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa's childhood home (CBC.ca) Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

The boy who would be Tintin

By Scott MacDonald

It looks as if Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's planned series of Tintin films is one step closer to reaching fruition. According to the Guardian, a young man named Thomas Sangster has been selected to ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Superman needs tights, says Michael Chabon

By Nathan Whitlock

Michael Chabon has a long essay in The New Yorker on the meaning of superhero costumes. He writes: In theory, the costume forms part of the strategy of concealment. But in fact the superhero's costume ... Read More »

March 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Thou shalt not kill (except on Earth 2 and Earth 5-C)

By Scott MacDonald

The comics world is abuzz with rumours that current Astonishing X-Men writer Joss Whedon plans to kill off fan favourite character Kitty Pryde at the end of his run. This has got Brian Cronin, a ... Read More »

January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

America’s top bachelor: Spider-Man

By Stuart Woods

Spider-Man fans are scratching their heads in disbelief after a plot twist in a recent installment reversed one of the series' longstanding narrative pillars: Peter Parker's 21-year marriage with Mary Jane Watson. According to the ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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