Brian AlveyBrian Alvey Main RSS FeedEZ Street has been nominated for a Harvey Award- June 24, 2008 This is fantastic news: One of our ComicMix titles has been nominated for "Best Online Comic" at this year's Harvey Awards. Among its competition are Perry Bible Fellowship (we interviewed its creator Nicholas Gurewitch) and Penny Arcade. How cool is that If you haven't checked it out, you can read the entire EZ Street run from the beginning -- just keep hitting page down over and over until you're done. Then come back and let me know how you liked it.http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/24/ez-street-has-been-nominated-for-a-harvey-award/ Chinese Democracy reviewed- June 21, 2008 Someone near me at a Starbucks was playing all of these "leaked" downloaded tracks today. Yeah, that's my story. Here is my take on what I heard, track by track: New Song 1 It sounded like a Queensrÿche song. I stopped listening to Queensrÿche a long time ago. I even saw them open for someone last year at Jones Beach and I didn't listen. Not a good omen for the rest of the album. New Song 2 The music here was straight Linkin Park. I heard strings. Okay, I swear Axl got...http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/20/chinese-democracy-reviewed/ Congratulations Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett- June 18, 2008 I'm not usually one to cheer on a Boston sports team, but I enjoyed watching the Celtics trounce the Lakers in the Finals. First, KG deserved a championship. Like he said in his mostly incoherent post game interview, he is now "certified". Second, I love Doc Rivers. I was at MSG for his final game ever as a player. As I recall, he was on the Knicks and he went down under one of the baskets with an injury and they carried him off the court and he never, ever played again. (Wikipedia...http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/17/congratulations-doc-rivers-and-kevin-garnett/ Hulk movie mania- June 12, 2008 I saw in my feed reader that Cinematical picked up our ComicMix article listing all the Hulk comics you should read to get up to speed on the character before seeing the movie that opens tomorrow. When I clicked through I saw that Cinematical had redesigned. Wow, Cinematical looks great! I love the tabs at the top and the comment form now lets you comment as a new member, an existing member or using your AOL screen name. Very slick. Cinematical also has a good review of the Hulk...http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/12/hulk-movie-mania/ Before you go see the Hulk movie- June 11, 2008 ComicMix has a great series where they list all of the comics you should read before seeing a hot new superhero movie. They pick the definitive story arcs in a character's history -- including the ones the movies' plots are likely based on. They started out with 11 Batman Stories to Read Before Watching The Dark Knight and followed it up with 10 Must-Read Stories Before You Watch Iron Man in Theaters. Today they did 10 Must-Read Stories Before You See The Incredible Hulk. I love..http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/11/before-you-go-see-the-hulk-movie/ Executive assistant, ninjas wanted- June 10, 2008 Judith sent this job description around to some of her contacts on LinkedIn. We didn't mention that we don't expect just one person to fill this role. It could easily be two or more people, but here's what we're looking for: Company: Crowd Fusion, Inc. Job Title: Executive Assistant Description: Work with CEO, on-site, 4 or 5 days a week to start. Although this position will be eventually be more 'virtual' it would be best if candidates lived in the NYC, WestchesterNY, GreenwichCT...http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/10/executive-assistant-ninjas-wanted/ ComicMix: Online Comic Book Reader 2.0- June 5, 2008 When we quietly released our new ComicMix comic book reader last Friday, one of our readers quickly wrote me and said, "Congratulations on the new Comics Reader at ComicMix. You've made the best reader around even better. Well done." Thanks! We made the layout something way more useable thanks to input from our creators, our readers and some of the best designers I know -- including some big suggestions from Mike Propst last year. I posted over on ComicMix today about the millions of..http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/06/05/comicmix-online-comic-book-reader-2-0/ |