Good morning friends. This is my first time writing one of these for a while so please be gentle with me as I stumble through this week’s news with you.
Previously on Comics: There Be Layoffs and Strikes, and Some Fashion
Good morning, citizens of Earth! It’s your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor writing to you—although I’m not feeling the friendliest right now. This has been a tough news week for the world of entertainment. We’ve been getting more details about the IDW layoffs, including this rather bizarre statement about how “engaged and stable” IDW leadership is…
Seven Seas Pubwatch April 2023
Welcome, April! Between a new strain of COVID-19 that has a threatening name (Arcturus!? But also I missed the Kraken strain??) and my springtime allergies have given me more than enough to worry about. You know other than the rising incident of gun violence over in the U.S. and the banning of anything and everything…
Previously on Comics: Social Dynamics
Good morning folks! It’s been a few months since we’ve been doing Previously regularly, and in that time, we’ve been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes updates. Our new interns, Quinn and Sabrina, have been absolutely fantastic, and the updates we have coming down the pipe are going to be a great step into the future…
From the Desk of WWAC’s New Publisher…
In December of 2022 WWAC’s beloved publisher, Wendy Browne, passed me the baton, and I became the fourth publisher at WWAC. This is a title previously held by founders Megan Purdy and Claire Napier before the amazing Wendy took it on in May of 2018. Many readers and contributors have only known WWAC as it…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: February/March 2023
This is the strange season that is not quite winter, but not quite yet spring – – warm one day, then a snowstorm the next. Comics, however, have no season – they’re good year round! This month, we catch up on the two series we looked at last month while adding in a new one:…
ECCC 2023: Authentic and Effective Social Media Marketing for Creators
As I stated in my coverage of the Building Your Own Themyscira panel, ECCC’s Pro Track of panels is a series of panels focused on the industry behind comics. I find topics like this fascinating, because comics don’t just magically appear out of thin air, they take work. It’s great to see a convention focusing hard…
ECCC 2023: Building Your Own Themyscira
One of the big focuses of this year’s Emerald City Comic Con is what’s called the Pro Track of panels; that is, panels about the industry around comics, about the business of making, promoting, or writing about them. One such panel is Building Your Own Themyscira, moderated by Jordan Dené Ellis, owner of Jordandené, a…
The New Creative Team for Wonder Woman is… ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, AGAIN?!
Dawn of DC is upon us! With great fresh starts to books like Superman and Titans, it’s nice to see several franchises get a nice shot in the arm to boost them back up. The latest slew of announcements included Si Spurrier on The Flash, and actor Michael Dorn returning the character of Steel (who he voiced in Superman:…
ECCC 2023: An Interview With Steenz About That Washington Post Gig
Between my turning in a draft for last week’s Previously and the article’s running, Scott Adam’s fall from grace escalated, with Andrews McMeel Syndication dropping the creator entirely. Subsequently came the announcement that the vacated position formerly occupied by Dilbert at the Washington Post would be filled instead by Heart of the City, the strip created…
February 2023 Seven Seas Pubwatch
Happy Black History Month! Remember this month is not the only month out of the year where you can support black creatives and business and take time to learn about the history of folks of the African Diaspora. But if you can’t do any of that, please just don’t aggravate Black folks this month. Also…
Previously on Comics: Dils and Don’ts
Good morning! Next week is Emerald City Comic Con, and yours truly is looking forward to once again being on the ground to take it in. In the meantime, let’s talk about the past week’s news! Firstly, after the news of layoffs once again hitting the company hard just before last year’s SDCC, Oni-Lion Forge…