Archive for March 13th, 1999

View Askew NewsBites™

March 13th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Robert Getz & Jason Baldwin

  • Get those DareDevil books ready, West Coasters! Kevin, Joe & Jimmy are scheduled to appear at Golden Apple Comics on Thursday, April 15th, from 7-9 PM, to celebrate the success of the great Marvel Knights series. Surf on over HERE for more details.
  • Jay and Silent Bob make an appearance in the latest issue of Batman: Gotham Adventures — #12. If anyone’s got a scan, please send it!
  • Has Bob Schreck, Oni’s founder, left the company? Here’s the story:
Oni The Lonely

Bob Schreck has been offered Archie Goodwin’s vacant position at DC Comics and has left Oni Comics, the company he set up, to take it.

Schreck was allegedly offered an editorial job by DC when he left Dark Horse, but Schreck’s recent track record at Oni have convinced DC that a higher position would suit his talents more. A prominent DC employee wouldn’t confirm or deny this story, but said simply “Rich, no one can replace Archie Goodwin”. Indeed. Another industry source states that DC are looking for a Schreck-like figure. And a phone call to Oni Press confirmed that Schreck has been offered the position but “that’s it right now.”

Anyway the rumour is that Schreck now seems convinced that DC is the place to go. And surely DC employees aren’t allowed to own half of another comic book company? Look for some strange things happening at Oni shortly.

Schreck, Heidi McDonald and Matt Idelson, all in one week. Is this another part of DC’s attempt to own the universe? And if the Marvel thing doesn’t work out, could they find room for Jim Shooter? [RICH’S RAMBLINGS]

Catch ya next time…

NewsCam Debuts…

March 13th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Alright, it was only a matter of time before we couldn’t resist trying this out anymore…So click here to check out our very own NewsCam. Yep, that’s right, I got a great deal on a camera that I couldn’t pass up and, dammit, I wanna use the thing for something…So now, NewsCam will take a live shot from the room here every 5 minutes and automatically post the sucker up at the site. I wouldn’t expect to see much, except one of us in front of the PC working on the page or whatever, but it’s at least a simple way to see if we’re around or not. Oh, and I can already see that my nose looks even bigger on camera. Lovely. Anyway, check it out and let us know what you think…The NewsCam will run at random times, and probably point at random things in the room here. No digital camera yet, unless we get a generous benefactor that wants to make a donation…They’re just too damned expensive! This’ll just hafta do for now. Enjoy the silly cam, folks.

Commentary…

March 13th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • A bit late with the update, we realize, but the Harrisburg bar scene beckoned last night, so….Anyway, as promised, we’re starting to debut some of the new features of the site — Today it’s the NewsCam. See below for details. Oh, and on a different note, Ming’s working on View Askew’s stash gala wrap page, which should contain a much fuller variety of photos since he took a ton of shots from inside the Stash as well, where cameras from everyone else were forbidden. We’ll let you know when it’s up and how to get there. Plus, we’ve got just a few news tidbits today, but nothing to really write home about. Jay’s been hitting the View Askew board a TON lately (he’s finally got hooked on the web like the rest of us), so if you surf over there you may be able to ask the guy a question or two. Oh, and on a TOTALLY different topic, has everyone been reading up on the Alien series coming to DVD in June? WOW! Man, is it a GREAT time to own a DVD player. Alright, here we go: