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The Four Color Media Monitor
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The idea of this blog is to study how the mainstream press writes its coverage of comic books, and what's being done right or wrong in how they discuss them.
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Recent Posts
Manga series on wine continues to make waves
An article on Japan Today about the manga series about wine production called Kami no Shizuku (Drops of God), which is still quite successful after 5 years....
British Museum debuts special manga exhibition
An article in the English section of the Asahi Shimbun about the British Museum's premiere of a special manga exhibit, topped by a series called Professor Munakata....
Steve Ditko\'s "The Ever Unreachable"
A writer at Big Hollywood presents another essay written by famous artist Steve Ditko on the comic book world and philosophy....
Boulder Daily Camera is also sugarcoating sales
The Boulder Daily Camera of Colorado follows the example set by the Boston Globe, and provides their own local fluff-coated coverage of store sales:In the comic industry, superheroes are saving stores from the economic downturn. With a leap and a bou...
Flash Rebirth 5: finally, an explanation
The fifth issue of Flash: Rebirth has finally, after 3 months of delay, gone to press, and they belatedly give us an explanation for why the retcon: as the following review on Speed Force tells:We now know that Professor Zoom went back in time, kille...
October\'s double digit decline
Further signs that the industry is sadly weakening: ICV2 reports sales have dropped 14 percent since last year, and:Sales on the top 100 graphic novels dropped 30% vs. October 2008, producing an over-all decline for the top 300 comics and top 100 gra...
