| Here are
the latest news items related to comics as supplied
by some of the national news services. Each item is
linked to an article that will give more information
to the reader. I will try to keep this as up-to-date
as I can. In the passage of time, some links may become
obsolete. If you have any news items you would like
to include on this page, please
me.
 JANUARY
2005
| 01/19/05
- Spider-Man
creator wins movie cut. >>ARTICLE<<
A federal judge has
ordered Marvel Enterprises Inc. to pay
the creator of the comic book character
Spider-Man 10 percent of Marvel's profits
from the "Spider-Man" movies,
Marvel said Wednesday.
Source:
CNN.com |
| 01/03/05
- Comic
book legend Will Eisner dead. >>ARTICLE<<
Will Eisner, the artist
who revolutionized comic books with the
popular newspaper supplement "The
Spirit" and taught generations of
soldiers how to maintain their equipment
with the "Joe Dope" series,
has died. He was 87.
Source:
CNN.com |
| 01/02/05
- Mad
magazine, sci-fi artist Freas dead. >>ARTICLE<<
Frank Kelly Freas, an
influential illustrator who produced sleek,
stirring images for science fiction and
fantasy books and helped shape the image
of Mad magazine mascot Alfred E. Newman,
has died. He was 82.
Source:
CNN.com |
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