Here is a quick post to set a couple of things straight regarding the Warlord of Io mini-series and Diamond Comics decision not to list it in Previews.

First thing is a small issue of semantics. Lot of people are using the word "rejected" when describing what happened with the comic. While this is an easy assumption to make, it is not 100% accurate ( Read more... )

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I often wonder how interested in the behind-the-scenes machinations people who read our comics are. Not behind-the-scenes as in how artists write and draw or what office life is like at SLG Headquarters, but really behind the scenes, the place where we furrow our brows and worry and wonder what's coming next in this industry of ours.

I talked to ( Read more... )

"Oh, hey, Strawman! What've you been up to?"

"Well, Jennifer, funny you should ask -- I've just been put into use to make independent comics publishers and creators look like sniveling idiots by someone at a site called iFanboy."

"Really? That's the guy who named Punk Rock and Trailer Parks the book of the month a while back. Does he think that ( Read more... )

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It being the 21st century and all, we have decided to expand our submissions policy to include digital submissions! Now, not only can you forgo the self-addressed stamped envelope as long as you include an email address, but you can send us your submission through email.

Don't go crazy yet, though. All of our other submission guidelines still apply ( Read more... )

It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm still here at home, puttering around and feeling useless. I wanted to go back to the office today, but my mom and husband were like, "No, you shouldn't! You need to take it easy for a few more days!" Pssshh. I don't know why I listen to them, all concerned about my well-being. I'm actually fine, aside from having ( Read more... )

OK, I think this is pretty funny. A couple of weeks back, I posted an excerpt from a review of Halo and Sprocket: Natural Creatures, but, as I'm wont to do these days since LJ isn't getting along with Firefox 3 when it comes to links, I forgot to post a link to it. (OK, I'm just wont to do that anyway.) When I was searching for new reviews of this ( Read more... )

I have a couple of comics features out there, and if you are so inclined to read them, here they are:

"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is a comic about the idiosyncrasies of working in comics, written by me and drawn by Brian Belew. The third installment, "Hero Worship," is about a memorable afternoon when I had lunch with Neil Gaiman and found ( Read more... )

I'm going to get back to posting SLG news eventually, but there's another issue that's come up that I want to open to discussion. I've seen a number of creative people concerned about the Orphan Works Act, a piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Republican) in 2006. The concern was triggered by an article by Mark Simon at Animation ( Read more... )