Monthly Archives: June 2012

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, from which it has already emerged.  Schools are buying fewer textbooks, which has hit the company hard. NewsCorp is splitting its entertainment and publishing properties into separate companies.  Newspaper circulation is in … Continue reading →

Last week a 91-year-old boy died:  his name, Ray Bradbury.  His was a world populated with dinosaur safaris and sinister carnivals, murderous newborns and robot grandmothers.  The obituaries are calling him a science fiction author, but he penned far more … Continue reading →

I found a couple of pictures from this past Halloween that I’d forgotten about.  These are two jack o’lanterns I created last October, the first pumpkins I have carved in the better part of a decade.  The experience was gratifying, … Continue reading →

Here are a couple of infographics that caught my attention recently.  The first breaks down the ongoing digital revolution and separates indie publishing from trade publishing.  I don’t agree with some of the numbers specified, but overall it’s a great overview … Continue reading →

Last year the CDC made news when they used a satirical zombie apocalypse to instuct the public on how to prepare for any widespread emergency.  They even put together an entertaining, instructional comic book, which you can read here. Last … Continue reading →