Explaining TheOdd1sOut To A Non-Fan (by a different non-fan)
BW Media Spotlight takes on a seemingly negative article by Explaining TheOdd1sOut To A Non-Fan (by a different non-fan)
A sample of the comic that led to the web series. Clicking leads to the full strip.
Let me clarify that title before I move on. I have nothing against James Rallison’s comic or video work, nor am I hear to directly talk about said work. This isn’t a review, it’s a response…just one that doesn’t feel harsh enough to give it the BW Vs. title. I did try to watch some of his “storytime” videos but…
SDCF 2020: SPOTLIGHT PANEL - Guest Of Honour Bill Sienkiewicz (San Diego Comic Fest, 6th March 2020)
#SDCF2020: SPOTLIGHT PANEL - Guest Of Honour Bill Sienkiewicz (San Diego Comic Fest, 6th March 2020) @sinKEVitch @sdcomicfest @mattdunford @fatj00 @robsalk
Recorded in the Montgomery Theater of the Four Points by Sheraton, San Diego Comic Fest (Friday 6th March 2020, 3pm) for The Convention Collective by Dan Berry.
Over the weekend of Friday March 6th to Sunday March 8th, the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in San Diego was taken over by a comic convention with a difference – San Diego Comic Festis a small, intimate, deliberately personal and yet…
Ominous signs suggest DC's new parent company is less interested in comics publishing and more interested in turning superheroes into a lifestyle brand.
Earlier this month at San Diego Comic-Con, returning attendees noticed a major change on the show’s massive exhibit floor. The booth for DC Comics, which had been a massive standalone pavilion in the center of the publishers’ area in the center of the hall, was gone. America’s oldest and second-largest comic book publisher had retreated to the far back corner of the hall, where it was incorporated into the multi-level WarnerMedia exhibit, in the shadow of banks of giant monitors previewing upcoming shows and cast appearances.
The subtext of this move could not have been clearer. AT&T—now the parent company of WarnerMedia and its divisions, including DC Comics (previously known as DC Entertainment), HBO, Turner, and Warner Bros.—does not seem terribly interested in being in the comic book publishing business. It’s telling that in a long profile of AT&T CEO John Stankey this morning in Variety, DC was one of the only WarnerMedia brands that was not mentioned. To the extent that DC matters at all in the company’s future, it’s as a source of owned IP for other media channels and as a lifestyle brand to serve as an ambassador to geek culture.
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In recent months, DC has dropped the axe on its prestige imprint Vertigo, the creative engine behind hits like Sandman, Preacher, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol and Fables. On the eve of Comic-Con, the company announced the cancellation of MAD, the venerable humor magazine that changed the face of American satire and has been continuously published since the mid-1950s. Neither of these was a big moneymaker in terms of month-to-month sales, but both brands occupy some valuable real estate in the psyche of fans. Even if the properties built on that land are in disrepair, it seems shortsighted to vacate the premises entirely.
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So where does all that branding leave the publishing business? A generation ago, faced with a similar situation, DC’s then co-President and Publisher Jenette Kahn appealed to Time Warner management that wanted to dramatically cut back on DC’s current publishing in favor of reprints, saying that the company’s new material was the lifeblood of the company, a source of new fans and new IP without which the characters and related merchandise would decline into obscurity. She won that argument and DC, under her stewardship, ended up minting many of the golden coins in which it still trades, including The Dark Knight, Watchmen and Sandman, despite never being a gigantic engine of revenue within the Time Warner corporate umbrella.
Today, DC Comics is in a similar situation. Following a demoralizing mid-decade move from its traditional home in New York to Warner Bros’ headquarters in Burbank, CA, the company has stumbled through various events and line reboots, milking assets like Frank Miller’s once-fresh take on Batman and post-Alan Moore Watchmen for the last dregs of fan appeal and relevance, and relying on high priced milestone thousandth issues of long-running titles like Action Comics and Detective Comics to make up in dollar share what they are losing in unit share of an increasingly crowded comics market.
Talkin' Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego s06e34 (30th June 2019)
#CupOTeaAEISD: Talkin' Con: A Cup O' Tea with... @ICV2's @robsalk, casting his professional eye on SDCC and the pop/com culture landscape! s06e34, 30th June 2019 - 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT
“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.”
Eames, INCEPTION
SEVENTEEN DAYS TO GO!! In less than twenty fours time, we can officially say that San Diego Comic-Con is happening THIS MONTH – and the news and the updates are coming in thick and fast about the biggest and brightest celebration of pop culture.
SDCF 2019: '20 Years Of IDW Publishing' Panel (San Diego Comic Fest, 9th March 2019)
#SDCF2019: '20 Years Of @IDWPublishing' Panel (@sdcomicfest, 9th March 2019) ft @Chris_Ryall @JonathanMaberry @MuchCoffee and @robsalk
The San Diego Comic Fest is the friendly comic convention with a casual atmosphere and an intimate scale that allows fans to mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors. It’s the place where you can indulge your love of comics, science fiction, and films, and meet an outstanding array of professional creators without high-priced tickets, crowding, or long lines.
Where's all the money in comics coming from anyway?
Where’s all the money in comics coming from anyway?
It’s a joke as old as time:
How do you make a small fortune in comics publishing?
Start with a large fortune.
However, as Rob Salkowitz explains in a prescient piece at ICv2, people are just lining up to put their money into comics. In addition to the recent Chinese investment in Dark Horse, there’s DMG and Valiant, Amazon, Tapas, Webtoons, Humanoids’ new ramp up, and even Lion Forge, owner of…
SDCF 2018: 'Spotlight on Karen Berger' Panel, San Diego Comic Fest (21st April 2018)
#SDCF2018: 'Spotlight on @karenpberger' Panel, @sdcomicfest (Saturday 21st April 2018)
Last weekend (20th-22nd April 2018), the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego played host to the sixth year of a convention that has a simple remit: taking the comic convention of the city that has grown into the behemoth that it is back to its core roots, while celebrating the history and legacy of comics and pop culture in a smaller, more intimate surrounding. With San Diego…
Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego s04e46 (2nd July 2017)
#CupOTeaSDCC Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with... @Friendsofcci & @robsalk! s04e46 (2nd July 2017)
Talkin’ Comic-Con: A Cup O’ Tea with An Englishman In San Diego
s04e46 (2nd July 2017)
~ ROB SALKOWITZ INTERVIEW / LATEST SDCC NEWS ~
“What the hell just happened??”
That has been pretty much the response on almost a daily basis this week, as update after update after update came pouring out of every corner, re: SDCC 2017! Official
