Regarding Platinum, WOWIO and Late Payments

By now, a few sites have posted the news about WOWIO (which was acquired by Platinum on July 15) being late on payments to publishers.
Strangely, I had started working on a story about the merger for Publishers Weekly Comics Week well before this came up. The WOWIO second quarter payments were due Aug. 15, and [...]

Supermen (or My Gratuitous ‘Vote Obama’ Post)

Since we’re all too busy watching the Democratic Convention to talk about comics (right? Aren’t all comics folks on the left? Well, aside from Frank Miller?) here’s some fun imagery for you:

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Care to join me, Sen. Obama and Superman in a “Yes we can!” chant?

See Me and Top Shelf Comix at the Decatur Book Festival

This news goes out to all the Georgia residents who were crushed at the news that apparent heartthrob Ty Pennington canceled on his appearance at this weekend’s Decatur Book Festival.
Instead of ogling Pennington, you can come to the Festival and hang out with me!
And if that’s not enough, I’ll be hanging out with Rob Venditti, [...]

Where in the World is Van Jensen

Hey everyone.
I’ve been off the comics grid for a few weeks, so apologies to anyone and everyone wondering what’s going on. I spent some time back home in western Nebraska, where I had no cell phone and plodding Internet (which made for a great, stress-free trip).
And then the past week I was in Hilton Head [...]