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Very sad news Harvey Pekar, Who Chronicled Ordinary Lives in ‘American Splendor’ Comics, Dies – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com July 12, 2010, 11:51 am Harvey Pekar, Who Chronicled Ordinary Lives in ‘American Splendor’ Comics, DiesBy DAVE ITZKOFF Harvey Pekar, the irascible writer who spun the mundane details of his own life and the quotidian existences […]

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Ask Cryptic: July 9, 2010 | Star Trek Online Official Site Welcome to the latest installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put your questions to the devs. This edition is specific to Season Two: Ancient Enemies, so read on to see what’s coming in Star Trek Online. Q: Obsidius: Will there be any additional items […]

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The three most hated words of any comic book fan: "bold new direction" # @btpcast bad idea # @petergkrause they usually go together lol in reply to petergkrause # @VanetaRogers didn't see this coming in reply to VanetaRogers # I'm ok with the Wonder Woman costume, but the rest CRAP! # @batmansgirl I think its […]

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Thinking of doing my own podcast. Any thoughts? # @acomicbookgirl our Vizio tv is awesome! in reply to acomicbookgirl # Powered by Twitter Tools Related posts:Twitter Updates for 2010-06-30 Twitter Updates for 2010-05-26 Twitter Updates for 2010-02-24

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Whomever was the first to announce royalty payments to creators aside, looks like DC is ahead of the curve of actually implementing it.  Lots of fluff and “working on it” is all I see here. So it really looks like DC took so long to get in the game because they were getting all the […]

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Another great article by Vaneta Rogers Newsarama.com : So… Who IS COMIXOLOGY, The Digital Comics Leader? So… Who IS COMIXOLOGY, The Digital Comics Leader?By Vaneta Rogersposted: 24 June 2010 05:31 pm ET One year makes all the difference. When ComiXology launched its “Comics by ComiXology” iPhone app in July 2009, the company appeared to be […]

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‘Nuff said.  Put up or shut up Marvel!! Quote of the day | Christine Valada, on digital royalties for creators | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Quote of the day | Christine Valada, on digital royalties for creators * Posted on June 24, 2010 – 04:00 PM […]

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So the truth comes out, DC pays people a LOT better than Marvel DC digital fallout: Royalty war | The Beat DC digital fallout: Royalty war 13 Comments POSTED ON Jun 24 2010 AT 4:25 pm BY The Beat Lots of reaction and ripples from yesterday’s announcement that DC was at long last joining the digital world […]

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Read the rest of the article at the link below… Newsarama.com : Comics Creators Respond to DC DIGITAL COMICS Plans UPDATED: Comic Creators Respond to DC DIGITAL COMICS Plans By Vaneta Rogers posted: 23 June 2010 02:33 pm ET With the announcement today that DC Comics has entered the digital comics marketplace, one of the […]

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Newsarama.com : Comic Book Retailers React to DC DIGITAL Comic Book Retailers React to DC DIGITAL By Vaneta Rogers posted: 24 June 2010 10:59 am ET After DC Comics’ announcement Wednesday morning, digital comics may be the talk of the industry. But what role they play in the future of comic book retailing is the […]

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