Building Stories

Industry professionals new and old gathered last night for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards at Comic-Con International in San Diego, and it proved to be a big night for Chris Ware, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Ware's Building Stories took home four awards, including Best Writer/Artist and Best Publication Design, while Vaughan and Staples' Saga swept its three categories: Best Con

Comics pros eligible to vote in the 2013 Harvey Awards now have a full list of final nominees to consider, and have until August 19 to cast their votes online. Marvel's Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction, David Aja and others, and Image's Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples and others, tied for the most nominations with seven each, including best writer, best artist and best single issue. Both books a

The nominees for the 2013 Eisner Awards were announced this afternoon, and it is a varied and impressive list. In terms of publishers, Fantagraphics leads the pack with a robust 24 nominations, followed by Image Comics with 17 (and one shared) and IDW with eight (also with one shared...

Fashion: Nike teams up with Calvin Johnson for a very stylish collection honoring the Transformers villain Megatron. Fashion: One Piece's Straw Hats rock Armani in a new Japanese A|X ad campaign. Interviews: Chris Ware's MSNBC interview on The Cycle makes a very solid case for checking out Building Stories (which I still can't find a place for on my bookshelf, but dig nonetheless)... Read Mor

Gaming: Green Arrow will be a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us when the DC fighting game arrives. Industry: Dark Horse has officially promoted Scott Allie to Editor in Chief. Fan Films: The first episode of the fan film web series, Batgirl: Spoiled, is now online...

Movies: G.I. Joe: Retaliation won't be coming out on June 29 as originally planned. Paramount is moving its opening to March 29, 2013. You know, for the 3D that the kids like. Sing it with me, "G.I. Noooooooooo!" Theme Parks: China's forthcoming One Piece theme park is totally unsanctioned, in true pirate form...