Marvel Comics just suffered a round of brutal layoffs by Disney, and one of the casualties was longtime SVP of sales David Gabriel. He was THE guy responsible for retailer relations and his “getting gone” doesn’t bode well for the future of the publishers. Things are...
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The WGAW (Hollywood Writers Union) is finalizing a studio deal while its own workers have been on strike for weeks and have already lost their healthcare. Sounds like someone needs to get their own house in order first… Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast...
Square Enix just went full AI on manga text — the Final Fantasy crew teamed with Tokyo startup Mantra to roll out their new Mantra Engine that scans raw pages, reads bubbles, and auto-slaps in the perfect font, size, style, and placement while saving editors a ridiculous 3,000 hours...
The animation industry is very broken right now because networks and streamers are cutting WAY back on animated series for kids and they’re mostly greenlighting established IP, not new ideas. The solution, according to industry vets? YouTube first. Show if successful. You know, like...
Age Verification will be the Trojan Horse that allows the government to effectively end anonymity on the internet. It’s being packaged as a way to stop kids from connecting with creeps, but we all know it won’t end there. And both sides of the aisle are giddy at the prospect...
