Comic World News | Headlines

April 22, 2008:
CWN and the Grand Finale! -

February 4, 2008:
In Conclusion - David ends his CWN run with Tezuka's MW from Vertical

February 2, 2008:
Acting Like You Have Nothing to Prove -

February 2, 2008:
The Shoegazer Returns - A New Year Begins, And Our Narrator Makes A Pledge

January 30, 2008:
Tim's Reviews -

September 13, 2007:
Wizard World Chicago Loot, Part One - Stykman, Empty Chamber, the Ztarian Saga, and yes, Little Bunny Foo Foo

February 15, 2007:
I Come Not to Bury Nick Cage... - But to mourn the death of my punchline

November 20, 2006:
The End - Rich's last Chicks & Romance

November 8, 2006:
Joann Sfar's Klezmer - And a Front Racks Hiatus

October 4, 2006:
This Month's Guest: Dave Gibbons - From the pages of Elephantmen!

September 18, 2006:
Back in Berlin - or How I spent my summer

July 29, 2006:
KICKING UP A STORM - An interview with David Lloyd

June 19, 2006:
You Ain't Never Had A Friend Like Me. - Graeme looks at Spidey's "genies"

December 18, 2005:
Disappointed - Sad news for fans of Busiek's CONAN, Stephen King, and others

December 13, 2004:
JUSTICE UNPLUGGED 2 at last !!! - By Fabrice Sapolsky & Xavier Fournier

December 2, 2004:
THE TWELFTH AND FINAL STEP - Say it ain't so, Dan.

November 23, 2004:
The importance of editing -

September 29, 2004:
Mystery and Conundrum indeed! - Where in the world is Jason Pomerantz?

September 13, 2004:
Hello and Goodbye and Hello Again - Change is in the air at CWN and it smells sweet.

August 12, 2004:
The Rise of the Web Toon - New Business Model or Dumb Luck?

July 30, 2004:
The Name Says it All... - Spin Doctors revamp Boomerang.

July 27, 2004:
Bigger Isn't Always Better -

June 8, 2004:
Pre-emptive Strike: MoCCA Arts Festival - Looking forward to the con, rather than looking back at it

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Closing time

You don't have to go home...

Word's already gotten out and that's okay, because honestly I meant to announce this earlier. Comic World News is closing down.

I held off for a couple of reasons, but the biggest one is the same reason I waited far longer than I should have to turn in my resignation as Editor in Chief of the place. I love this site and it's hard to let it go.

When I stepped into the EiC role a few years ago, I had big plans for CWN and I'm pleased that a lot of them came to fruition. We've had some killer columnists over the years and we were able to provide front page coverage for some worthy comics that get lost on the larger sites. And though I don't think we were afraid to say when something displeased us in the comics world, we mostly tried to focus on stuff we liked.

I'd like to take credit for all the successes, but I had way too much help to do that. Shawn Hoke has been indispensable in not only helping me recruit new columnists and editing the ones whe already had, but also in providing moral support. He's been a fantastic sounding board. Thanks, Shawn!

Not that our columnists needed a lot of editing. We've had so many great ones over the years and I'll post again on Friday to talk about some of them, but our current regulars: David Welsh, Tim Janson, and Jennifer de Guzman have all been especially interesting to read, great to work with, and unbelievably faithful. Thank you, all.

And of course I can't talk about the site's successes without mentioning one of the first things that I always hear about from folks: how amazing it looks. That's all thanks to our webmaster JG Roshell, Rich Starkings, and the other ComiCraft folks. Thanks to you guys, too.

But for all the help I had with the successes, some of my other plans for the site were never realized and that's all on me. I'm not beating myself up here, but it became obvious to me towards the end of last year that I didn't have time and was running out of energy to make all the improvements that I felt CWN needed and deserved. That had been true for a lot longer than I was aware of it, but my noticing it ultimately led to my decision to resign.

I'd hoped that another Editor in Chief would be able to take over and carry the site to the next level, but unfortunately, we weren't able to find anyone with the desire to take on the role. So, we've decided to close down the site.

It'll likely stay up until September when the registration expires, but I'll do a final update to this section on Friday with some links to where the forums are and where else you can find our contributors, etc. And that'll be it.

See you Friday.