Superman Sold for $130

Episode 10 - Manga and Anime

Welcome to Episode 10! This week we dive into the wonderful world of Manga, and its dwarfing of the US comics market.  This is something that I wasn't familiar with up until a couple of years ago, but my gateway drug was the anime of Attack On Titan, and I am now properly hooked.  I encourage you to do the same! If you prefer a reading experience to an audio one, then we just moved our newsletter to Substack... Please follow this link for more. https://substack.com/@themacroversedispatch/note/p-196897366?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=3nvtor Have a great weekend!

Diamond: One Company To Rule Them All

Small publishers - including ourselves - are still waiting to be paid, and some of us always will be. The rise and spectacular collapse of Diamond Distributors over the last 30 years has been quite the greek tragedy, and we will be feeling the effects of it for years to come...

The European Non-Invasion of Comics

Ridley Scott, George Lucas, and Hayao Miyazaki were all inspired by the same French comic that you've probably never read, so this week we’re looking at the non-invasion of European comics in the seventies that nonetheless influenced a generation of filmmakers. If you'd prefer to read this, you can find it on our Substack page: https://open.substack.com/pub/themacroversedispatch/p/european-comics-non-invasion?r=3nvtor&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true And can access this week's free read (Spectral from Chris Anderson and Dave Accampo) here: https://embed.macroverse.com/portal/019d9d8b-7d9d-707b-b22d-868adf253f37 Enjoy!

Jimmy Palmiotti, 30 Years, and What We're Building

Harley Quinn. Jonah Hex. Painkiller Jane. The Pro. And that's just the start. Jimmy Palmiotti's entire library is coming to Macroverse — and we're kicking it off with two free titles. We're doing things a little differently this episode, and moving away from comics history to dive into an industry legend, and the books that he is bringing to our platform. We're also previewing a couple of books, and giving listeners a way to start reading them for free! For The Pro, please read it on this link: https://embed.macroverse.com/portal/a0e2b599-633d-4b83-a2cd-6162c17fc9fa [https://embed.macroverse.com/portal/a0e2b599-633d-4b83-a2cd-6162c17fc9fa] And for Back to Brooklyn: https://www.macroverse.com/producers/paperfilms/series/back-to-brooklyn [https://www.macroverse.com/producers/paperfilms/series/back-to-brooklyn] Enjoy, and Keep buggering On Adam

Superman Sold for $130

In March 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster signed a contract transferring the rights of their character Superman to Detective Comics, Inc. In return, they received $130 - split between them, so $65 each. Superman went on to become one of the most lucrative fictional characters in history, and Siegel, by the mid-1970s, was working as a typist in the mailroom of the Los Angeles Public Utilities Commission and living in a 1-room flat. This is not an edge case. This is a foundational story of how American comics worked for the first four decades of its existence.. and, in some cases, considerably longer than that.