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Comics A.M. | Janelle Asselin exits DC; Del Rey’s Betsy Mitchell retires
Publishing | DC Comics associate editor Janelle Asselin has left the company, reportedly for a job with Disney. She clarifies on Twitter that, contrary to a report, she wasn’t escorted from the...
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Comics A.M. | Tom Ziuko health update; women and comics
Creators | The Hero Initiative offers an update from colorist Tom Ziuko, who was hospitalized earlier this year for acute kidney failure and other health conditions, and then returned to the hospital...
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Comics A.M. | Batmobile covered by copyright; more on Archie feud
Legal | A judge refused to dismiss DC Comics’ lawsuit against Gotham Garage, a manufacturer of custom-made Batmobiles, ruling that the design of Batman’s vehicle is indeed copyrightable. DC sued the...
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Comics A.M. | Top Cow reveals Cyber Force retailer incentives
Publishing | Top Cow Productions has announced details of its retailer program for the relaunch of Cyber Force, which is using Kickstarter to raise enough money to make the first five issues of the...
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Comics A.M. | Marvel Comics API launches for fans, developers
Technology | Marvel has launched Marvel Comics API, which “gives developers the tools to create their own Marvel-based apps and digital offerings.” The developer portal comes with a strict terms of...
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Best of 7 |‘Multiversity,’‘Project Superpowers’ and more
Welcome to Best of 7, where we talk about “The best in comics from the last seven days” — which could be anything from an exciting piece of news to a cool publisher’s announcement to an awesome comic...
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Comics A.M. | Carol Corps, and the changing face of fandom
Fandom | Rachel Edidin attends a gathering of the Carol Corps, the group of mostly female Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel fans that has built a community around a shared interest. “It is not a formal...
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Comics A.M. | Relaunched Eagle Awards renamed again
Awards | The awards ceremony for the recently renamed Stan Lee Eagle Awards has disappeared from the program of the London Film and Comic Con, and has been replaced by the True Believers Comic Awards....
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Comics A.M. | In San Diego, ‘comics had a great convention’
Conventions | Image Comics content manager David Brothers explains why this year’s Comic-Con International was a great convention, pointing out that there’s a lot more to the event than movies and...
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Read Chad Sell’s touching comic tribute to ‘The Authority’ #8
In the wake of Comic-Con International, The A.V. Club launched a week-long celebration of comics — called, appropriately enough, Comics Week — that’s included a discussion about diversity by Janelle...
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Comics A.M. | Duo jailed for trying to sell $9,000 in stolen comics
Crime | Two people were arrested Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after police say they tried to sell $9,000 worth of stolen comic books to a local retailer. Marcelo Hernandez, 24, and Stacie...
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Creators weigh in on 2014 and 2015 (Part 5)
Continuing with our annual “Looking Forward, Looking Back,” we asked creators and other industry figures what they liked in 2014, what they’re looking forward to in 2015, and what projects they have...
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Comics A.M. | Archie’s Paul Kaminski joins DC Comics
Publishing | Paul Kaminski, Archie Comics’ executive director of editorial since 2012, has left the publisher to become an associate editor for DC Comics’ Superman Group. Kaminski joined Archie in...
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In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Marvel didn't owe inventor Stephen Kimble additional royalties, because his patent for a toy web blaster had expired.
View ArticleComics A.M. | Neighbors throw young fan his own comic con
A 12-year-old boy experienced unexplained seizures and couldn't attend Tampa Bay Comic Con, so after he was released from the hospital, his neighbors threw him a convention of his own.
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