‘Peanuts’ gang sold to Joe Boxer owner for $175M‏

You’ve got a new owner, Charlie Brown.

Newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps Co. is selling licensing rights for Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang to Iconix Brand Group Inc., the licensing company that owns Joe Boxer and London Fog.

The family of the late “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz will also own part of the business too, giving it more control of and money from the comic strip’s legacy.

Heirs say the deal announced Tuesday for for the 60-year-old comic strip is what the artist would have wanted. Schulz worked for decades to win back the rights to his work, which many other artists like himself sold to appear in print.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100427/ap_en_ot/us_snoopy_sale

MAW PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce that we have sneak preview production shots from the live action version of Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa – Defiance. Check out Toshigawa.com for the sneak peak.

We are also happy to have Michelle Laurent staring as the lead character, Jetta! 

Michelle was born in Langhorn, PA. Growing up in a military family, she had the opportunity to travel the globe and experience other cultures. She studied theatre and European history at Old Dominion University. She also studied Shakespeare in London before graduating.After graduation, Michelle made the move to Los Angeles where she landed roles in independent features such as “Arc Angels,” “Wasteland,” “Purgatory” and most recently “Is It Just Me?” Television credits include “Sexual Consideration” (CBS), “Detective Series” (Discovery Channel), and a recurring role on “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS).

We look forward to seeing Michelle in action as our lead ninja! Drop by her facebook page and show some support. 

As well, join our Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa – Facebook Fan page and let us know what you think.

Produced by LizardBrain Productions and coming soon! 

Check it out!

Well, sort of… PKD Media’s Shawn Pryor and Memphian Jon Carroll (The Oblivion Bar blog) give me and Antone Wade (Jetta:Tales of the Toshigawa) a call to talk about self-publishing comics, distribution, this site, ninjas, M.C. Hammer pants and more!

The PKD Black Box Podcast

You can get it (Episode #3) at http://pkdmedia.com, http://pkdmedia.com/thepkdblackbox, or via iTunes. Since we discussed so much Shawn Pryor split our conversation into two parts.

Lin

“Kim’s Story,” a webcomic based on the pages of the graphic novel “Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa – Defiance” is now online at www.toshigawa.com.  The story is by Janet Wade, art by Sean Isaaks, and colors by Kevin L. Williams.  Be sure to visit the site and see page two! (Page one should appear first, then scroll down).

And a lot of fun!

Here are some pics from October 2nd’s Broad Ave. Art Walk-

Setting up the space.

Entrance to Adam’s studio.

My wall of toon paintings.

One of Adam Shaw’s paintings.

Kevin loves Cookie!

Greg Cravens’ with a couple of his paintings.

A couple more of Greg’s paintings.

Some of Marco’s photos.

Some comic book illustrations by Martheus Antone Wade.

Some Jetta work by Antone and Janet Wade.

Jetta and Bushi Tales banners flank Lana’s Vampy painting.

Penny and Adam work the MSCA merch table.

It was 6pm and people started to show up and check out the show.

It got dark quick outside but more folks continued to fill the space.

Antone and Anakin Wade stop to talk to comic artist Dean Zachary.

Lana works on the MSCA jam piece.

So does Greg.

Dean checks out some of Antone’s comic pages.

Adam talks with some comics fans about his painted Bloodstream comic pages.

Michael and Lana “Vamp” it up.

Marco, Anakin, and Janet take a break from it all.

Penny talks comics with some guests.

Now this is a crowd!

Our hosts- Penny and Adam Shaw.

Freddy Kruger and MSCA president Kevin L. Williams.

Me and Nicki.

Greg and Paula Cravens.

Paula had a show of her own down the street at West Memorials.

She had her photos on display alongside many of West Memorials custom monuments.

All the galleries and studios were jumpin’!

There were demonstrations like this one at Metalworks.

Next show at Adam’s studio will be mine on Oct 23rd.

Scare ya there!
Lin