The Eisner Awards has announced the Hall of Fame nominees. Image by Mort Meskin.
SATURDAY 9 FEB 2013SANTOROCON 2 at COPACETIC7pm to 11pm
Frank Santoro and his band of comics cognoscenti will be on hand to talk shop, share comics legend and lore, expound on comics trends, and generate a bonhomie that can be enjoyed by one and all. And, of course, he will have on hand – and on sale – his eccentric and eclectic collection of comics, which will be supplemented by a special selection from the Copacetic Collection.
Come on up and partake of Pittsburgh’s definitive comics salon.The Copacetic Comics Company3138 Dobson St #3 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
SATURDAY 9 FEB 2013
SANTOROCON 2 at COPACETIC
7pm to 11pm
Frank Santoro and his band of comics cognoscenti will be on hand to talk shop, share comics legend and lore, expound on comics trends, and generate a bonhomie that can be enjoyed by one and all. And, of course, he will have on hand – and on sale – his eccentric and eclectic collection of comics, which will be supplemented by a special selection from the Copacetic Collection.
Come on up and partake of Pittsburgh’s definitive comics salon.
Come on up and partake of Pittsburgh’s definitive comics salon.
The Copacetic Comics Company
3138 Dobson St #3 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
One of the best title logos of all time. Cover by Gray Morrow from Madhouse #95, published by Red Circle Comics Group, September 1974.
“Today we know that a portion of every dollar spent on triple-A military-themed video games flows into the pockets of small arms manufacturers, either directly through licence payments, or indirectly through advertising. These beneficiaries include Barrett in the US and FN in France. They may include other controversial arms dealers, such as Israel Weapon Industries, creator of the TAR-21, which appears in Call of Duty. Such deals politicise video games in tangible yet hidden ways. Consumers have, for the past few years, unwittingly funded arms companies that often have their own military agendas.”
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Simon Parkin’s How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers is beautiful investigative games journalism and an absolute must read for everyone. There’s no hyperbole in that title, btw. This is a well-documented and beautiful research. (via kierongillen)
This is why I always felt uncomfortable selling games like Call of Duty to kids (and I mean kids, under 13), even with their parent’s permission. Not to mention that courtesy of Arizona’s weapon laws, I sold similar titles to people openly wearing guns and knives on the regular - nine times out of ten they were buying a AAA shooter. The fact that not a single gaming company commented is telling.
(via theivorytowercrumbles)
(via theivorytowercrumbles)
The Flying Raven, by Édouard Manet, ex libris for The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875.
Hanker for a Hunka Cheese
