I like rare books and I cannot lie
I like rare books and I cannot lie, but like most of us, I’m too poor to ever own any rare books. But I can window-shop! I can read and dream… Read more »
A satirical DC Comic series depicting Jesus Christ is canceled
We are indeed living in the end of times! The Second Coming, a forthcoming DC Comics series inspired by the life of Jesus Christ, has been cancelled, according to Allison Flood at The… Read more »
A DC Comics editor is fired after female employees report sexual harassment
Here comes another sleazebag ousted for sexual misconduct. We’ve recently written about sexual harassment in the publishing workplace, SHITTY MEDIA MEN, and Harvey Weinstein the Liar. Now, high-profile DC Comics… Read more »
Latinographix, a new comics series from OSU Press, hopes to give voice to Latinx in the US
While the larger literary world is (very) slowly acknowledging the inherently diverse population of its readers, those who write and promote comics and graphic novels are working tirelessly at incorporating the… Read more »
Throwing the book at ’em: publishers in court
Graham Jules, a forty-eight-year-old British entrepreneur, prevailed this week in a two-year-plus intellectual property struggle with Marvel and DC comics. The two publishers, who sued Jules to prevent his self-publishing a book called Business Zero to Superhero on the grounds… Read more »
Hipster Batgirl reboot to feature fixed gear bikes, pour-over coffee, bands you’ve never heard of
DC Comics character Batgirl will be getting a fresh new look in October, Alex Zalben wrote in an exclusive for MTV last week. Gail Simone, who’s written the Batgirl books… Read more »
Watchmen is so iconic it doesn’t need a title
A new cover for the latest paperback iteration of the epic graphic novel, Watchmen, has been released, and words cannot describe it. Literally. There are no words on the front cover.… Read more »
Comic book publishers adapting to the digital age with apps for tablets
Comic-Con International just wrapped up in San Diego over the weekend, and one of the big business stories to emerge from the convention is the comic book industry’s increasing adaptability… Read more »
Mainstream comics’ first transgender character
As Christopher King wrote here on Moby Lives a couple months ago, DC Comics has taken a lot of criticism recently for its decision to hire Orson Scott Card, homophobic nutbar… Read more »
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s … homophobia!
Last summer we reported on the joyous scene in Central Park where Jean-Paul Beaubier married his longtime boyfriend Kyle Jinadu before an audience that included Jinadu’s parents, New York mayor… Read more »