ANALYSIS: DISNEY BUYS MARVEL COMICS

apparently, Disney has bought Marvel Comics.







--zak.

Jason T. Miles' "DEAD RINGER" nominated for IGNATZ AWARD!

for "Outstanding Comic"; just announced today.
i've got to say, this is great because i honestly feel (both as a cartoonist myself, and as PUBLISHER of the thing) that DEAD RINGER has not received the amount of attention that it deserves. maybe this'll get it a little more (remember: it's there for the ordering in the La Mano store, right at the top there...). i sure hope so.

my hearty and deserved congrats to Jason.

and, i've got to add... La Mano has released three books that could be considered "comics", and let's see here; John Porcellino's MOSQUITO book won an IGNATZ, and, hmmm....the final issue of RECIDIVIST got nominated for TWO "Eisner"'s, and now with DEAD RINGER getting the nom, that makes...wait, hold on, let me do the math....wait....wait....

EVERY SINGLE BOOK LA MANO BOOK HAS RECEIVED INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINATIONS?!?! REALLY?!?!

WHY, THAT'S 120%!!!!
that makes La Mano the GREATEST COMICS PUBLISHER OF ALL TIME!!!

(yeah, i know La Mano puts out less than a book a year, and awards are kind of goofy but still...)

the award'll be given at this years' Small Press Expo (SPX) the weekend of September 26-27 in Bethesda, MD.
LA MANO will have a table, and i'll be there, as will John P, and maybe hopefully Jason as well.
more details as they arrive.

I'M ON VACATION AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE AUTO RESPONSE EMAIL

in FACT, i just tried to write a nice thing that said "if you just sent me an order it'll be a week before i can get it out to you because i'm away on vacation, sorry about that" that would go out whenever i get an order, like it's SUPPOSED TO, but it somehow SENT THE DAMN THING TO EVERYONE WHO HAS WRITTEN ME AN EMAIL EVER, IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. god i hate these fucking machines. if you got one of those emails and have, you know, ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR STUFF A WEEK OR THREE AGO, please disregard.
for the rest of you...i'm on vaction. will get you orders out asap when i return home. sorry for the delay.
cripes.

MORE AND BETTER

my pal Karl comes through with the classy filmwork from the release show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQls4CaEo5E