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Do you still love the Zombies? I do.
I get a kick out of them when they’re done well, like when my pal Max Brooks writes about them (World War Z totally scared me) or when I’m reading The Walking Dead, while waiting for the new TV show.
Now it’s October, the month of Halloween, and a great time for Zombies. Especially when their blood, guts and goopy brains are on sale.
My buds at Appy Entertainment, Paul O’Connor and Chris Ulm, are putting Zombies on sale this month. It’s an iPhone app of theirs called “All-In-1 ZombieBox,” a 10-zombie-app for less than one sweet dollar.
Appy’s ZombieBox has 10 apps from 10 different indie developers: Zombie Invasion (Conniption Entertainment); Defcon Z (Monkey Armada); Draw Slasher - Dark Ninja vs. Pirate Monkey Zombies (Mass Creation); Zombie Saw (L*U*K*E); Zombie Pizza (Appy Entertainment); Zombie Nombie (Smudgy Games) Apocalypse Zombie Fish (The Binary Mill); Zombie Karts (Cascadia Games); Zombie Apocalypse Manual (PALIANTech); and my favorite name of all time: Zombie Whale Hole (Cervo e.U.)
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Top 10 Things Overheard @ NYCC 2010
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, DC Comics, Marvel Comics,
The New York Comic Con has come and gone for another year. And while you may not have been fortunate enough to attend, the spies who work for Comix 411 were there, watching, listening and recording. Here’s what they overheard.
10: “I wish DC and Marvel would drop their prices again.”
9: “Sold out?! In your face, San Diego!”
8: “I was promoted to VP of unemployment…”
7: “Is this the line for that Spider-Man musical?”
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As regular readers know, I’m a lover of Craigslist and its many opportunities that sound just like employment. Here are a few recent ones:
Are you an actor who can play “normal” in a superhero world? Mild Mannered is a new live action superhero web series, and they’re casting. “Mild Mannered is a story about a group of normal people attempting to live their lives in the midst of a fantastical comic book world as best they can.”
If you’d like to pursue your acting career on the other coast, there’s a company looking for a male actor to star in a “fantasy website catering to comic book fans.” You’ll be “acting out comic book style stories while dressed in super hero/villain costumes.” But your face’ll be covered up in case you want to keep your involvement a secret. There’s no nudity, but it’s “a very active role where there will be simulated fighting/wrestling choreography” and some “implied sensuality and simulated fighting/wrestling,” during the one day six-hour shoot.
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If you’re looking for a comic book-related job that’s a little off the beaten path, this is your lucky day.
Does your knowledge of the Democratic Republic of Congo stop at, say, Congorilla or Michael Crichton? You might want to read up a bit before considering taking a job there.
The Search For Common Ground is looking for a Country Director in The Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Country Director “manages the overall program in the DRC from a programmatic and operational perspective, as well as leading on fundraising and donor relations.”
So where’s the comic book connection here? “SFCG uses a range of tools to implement conflict transformation and peacebuilding, including radio, television, participatory theatre, mobile cinema, comic books, joint action projects, training, public forums, and arts and culture events, among others.” I wonder what those comic books are, don’t you?
The University of Washington is looking for a Community Outreach Manager who will “serve as the lead in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating health education, outreach, and training interventions for and with American Indians and Alaska Natives in an eight-state region.”
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John Lennon would have been 70 years old today. How many followers do you think he’d have on Twitter had he lived?
(FYI - You can also follow Comix411 on Twitter.)
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A new week, and another couple of jobs popping up at DC Comics in their New York office. Very interesting…
First up, DC’s looking for a Publishing Operations Analyst. You'll be working with the Manager of Publishing Operations to "perform financial analysis and prepare financial reports" and "monitor actual vs. budget sales performance," commonly known as a post-mortem.
Naturally, you'll need that sheepskin. A BA/BS in Finance or Business Administration or equivalent experience is required as is "1-2 years general business experience" and the ability "to perform financial analysis." And there's always my favorite requirement: "Must be able to work overtime as needed."
DC's other office job is Supply Chain Management/Logistics Administrator, also in their New York office, in the Publishing Administration department.
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Comic Book Jobs: Beau Smith Gets Library Card
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, IDW Publishing,
Writer, Marketer and all-around Good Guy Beau Smith has been announced as the new Director of Marketing for IDW’s Library of American Comics imprint. LOAC’s Creative Director is Dean Mullaney and it’s not the first time these two have worked together; Beau was Marketing Director for Dean’s Eclipse Comics back in the 1980s.
The Library of American Comics specializes in archival reprints of some of the best comic strips ever, including Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Rip Kirby, Bringing Up Father, Little Orphan Annie, King Aroo, Bloom County, The Family Circus, Li’l Abner, and Archie. They’ve even won a couple of Eisner Awards for their quality work. I love their Noel Sickles book and I can’t wait for the one on Alex Toth.
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Weekend Reading: Wonder Woman, Alex Toth, NYCC and Star Wars
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, Interviews, Reviews, DC Comics, Independent, Marvel Comics,
Doesn’t everyone who’s not there wish they were at the New York Comic Con this weekend? Or is it just me?
Big announcements all across the board. Marvel and DC are cutting prices which won’t boost sales enough for the Big Two to make the same amount of money. But it’s good news for non-Big Two publishers who can try to tap into the money customers are saving and steer it their way. I’m looking at you Boom!, Dynamite, Moonstone and IDW.
DC’s also cutting the story count down to 20 pages. Since there aren’t that many paid ads anymore, anyone want to wager on when the $2.99 printed comics go from 32 pages down to 24 to further reduce costs?
And in the wake of his supervisor stepping down, Bob Wayne‘s been given a promotion and stays in New York. Well played.
At Project Child Murdering Robot, Ricky Sprague has some thoughts about the new Wonder Woman TV series in development by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal; Boston Legal). His advice: “Please don’t shy away from her glorious bondage past.”
Toasting Toth: Who doesn’t love Alex Toth? John Kricfalusi posts panels from a really nice story and breaks down his love for it.
Toth II: Daniel Best at 20th Century Danny Boy has some great information of Alex Toth and the artist’s time in Australia. Bonus: lots of Toth artwork.
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I met Stan Lee once. (And I tell this story all the time, so if you’ve heard it before, feel free to move along.)
After Marvel Comics bought Malibu Comics, a big dinner was orchestrated at Chinois, a fancy restaurant in Santa Monica. All the big Marvel New York executives – all now long gone – were there, and so was Stan Lee. Malibu was represented by Scott Rosenberg, Dave Olbrich, Chris Ulm and myself.
Stan came over and introduced himself to me and then said, “I always forget, who bought who? I need to know if I have to kiss your ass or you have to kiss mine!” I could not have loved him more.
Since he left active duty at Marvel Comics and became their elder statesman, a media go-to guy, movie cameo expert and starter of other companies, he’s tried to duplicate his prior success at running Marvel. I think he likes to keep busy, has a ton of ideas floating around in his head, and has the ability to find outlets for them, and no trouble finding people who want to work with him. We should all live such a charmed life.
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Steve Rude has been having some financial difficulties. His story has been all over the internets, but in the event that some of you people (gasp) don’t read Tom Spurgeon’s The Comics Reporter or Heidi MacDonald’s The Beat or Robot 6, I’m directing you to Tom’s story.
The Dude’s been auctioning off some of his sweet, sweet Nexus original art on eBay to cover his debt and give him a shot at keeping his home from foreclosure. The prices are nice, but more importantly, this is going to a good cause. Nexus, written by Mike Baron and illustrated by The Dude, was one of the big independent creator-owned comic books to succeed in the growing direct market of the 1980s, and owning a piece of Steve’s fantastic art is like owning a piece of history.
Years ago, at the request of First Comics’ Rick Oliver, I once gave The Dude a ride from the San Diego Comic Con to LAX. We should all live so long to have a 2-hour ride with him in the car. Heidi MacDonald was also with us. Good times!
If you can spare the cash, if you like original art, if you like Nexus, help out the Dude.
[Artwork: Nexus, © Mike Baron and Steve Rude]
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