• The webcomic Bellen! by Box Brown has been dressing up as other webcomics for Halloween. The first week included homages to Pictures for Sad Children, Octopus Pie, Cat and Girl, Diesel Sweeties and American Elf (above).
• A Thomas Weisel Partners analyst upped Marvel’s rating to “overweight,” saying the company’s unexpectedly strong performances have been undervalued.
While Marvel’s stock is doing about as well as any other company’s stock right now, the analyst said the sell-off “discounts its strong movie performance this summer and an improved film distribution deal.” He also said that Marvel Chairman David Maisel has said there will be no disruptions to the company’s 2010 film slate as a result of the crisis in the credit markets.
• Colleen Doran provides a list of agents currently accepting graphic novel submissions.
• A Space Ghost episode is turned into a puppet show. Brilliant.
• Not comics: Rest in peace, Tony Hillerman.
• Hey, look: a free David Heatley comic strip. Via Bully.
• BuddyTV’s John Kubicek chats with Cassidy Freeman, who plays the female Lex Luthor replacement on Smallville.
October 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
For a moment there, until I clicked on the link, I thought “Higgins” had died.