Comic Book Resources





































Comic Book Resources

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Screenshot of CBR main page from May 21, 2008

Type of site
Comic book (wholly owned brand of Valnet Inc.)
Available in English
Owner Valnet Inc.
Created by Jonah Weiland
Website www.cbr.com
Launched 1995 (1995)
Current status Online

Comic Book Resources, also known as CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Comic Book Idol


  • 3 Reception


  • 4 Awards


  • 5 Controversy


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics's then-new mini-series of the same name.[citation needed]


Comic Book Resources features weekly columns written by industry professionals that have included Warren Ellis, Erik Larsen, Steven Grant, Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, Rich Johnston, Scott Shaw, Rob Worley, Rik Offenberger, Keith Giffen and Mark Millar.[citation needed] Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan.[citation needed]


On April 4, 2016, Jonah Weiland announced that Comic Book Resources had been sold to Valnet Inc., a company that is known for its acquisition and ownership of other media properties such as Screen Rant.[1] The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016 with the blogs integrated into the site.[2]


The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 1.3 million subscribers as of September 12, 2018.



Comic Book Idol


Comic Book Idol, also known as CBI, is an amateur comic book art competition created and hosted by comics writer J. Torres, and sponsored by Comic Book Resources and its participating advertisers.[3] Inspired by the singing contest American Idol, CBI is a five-week and five-round competition in which each contestant is given one week to draw a script provided by guest judges. These invited comic book professionals comment on the artists' work in each round. The contestants to move on to subsequent rounds are selected by fans who vote in a weekly poll.[3]




  • Patrick Scherberger won CBI1 and has since worked on a number of Marvel Comics titles like Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, Marvel Adventures: Hulk and GeNext.[4][5]


  • Jonathan Hickman was the runner-up in CBI1 and went on to work for Virgin Comics (Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper and Seven Brothers), Image Comics (Pax Romana, A Red Mass for Mars and Transhuman) and Marvel Comics (Fantastic Four, Astonishing Tales).[6][7]

  • Carlos Rodríguez won CBI2 and went on to work on Shadowhawk for Image and Batman and the Outsiders for DC Comics.[8][9]

  • Billy Penn also competed in CBI2 and went on to work on Savage Dragon.[9][10]

  • Joe Infurnari, another CBI2 contestant, went on a couple of titles from Oni Press, including Wasteland and Borrowed Time, as well as on the back-up feature of Jersey Gods with Mark Waid.[9][11]


  • Dan McDaid, writer and artist on various Doctor Who comics for Panini and IDW and Jersey Gods for Image Comics, as well as strips for DC Comics, competed in CBI3.[citation needed]

  • Nick Pitarra competed in CBI3 and went on to do work for Marvel Comics on books such as Astonishing Tales.[citation needed]

  • Charles Paul Wilson III, artist on The Stuff of Legend, competed in CBI3.[citation needed]



Reception


The University at Buffalo's research library described Comic Book Resources as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web."[12]


In April 2013, comics writer Mark Millar said he read the site every morning after reading the Financial Times.[13]



Awards



  • 1999: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2000: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2001: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[14]

  • 2004: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2005: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2006: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2007: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics Related Website" Eagle Award.[citation needed]

  • 2008: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[15]

  • 2009: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[16]

  • 2010: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[17]

  • 2011: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[18]

  • 2011: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[19]

  • 2013: Won the "Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation" Harvey Award for its Robot 6 blog.[20]

  • 2014: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[21]



Controversy


In 2014, the site found itself at the center of a debate around the harassment of women trying to participate in the online comics community.[22] The debate was sparked by the community's reactions to an article by guest author Janelle Asselin, which criticized the cover of DC Comics's Teen Titans.[23] Following harassment and personal threats against the guest author, the site's main editor issued a statement condemning the way that some community members had reacted and rebooted the community forums in order to establish new ground rules.[24]



References





  1. ^ Rich Johnston (2016-04-04). "How Comic Book Resources Employees Learned Their Site Had Been Sold To Valnet". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2016-06-14..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Heidi MacDonald (2016-08-25). "CBR.com has new design, rebrand, no blogs". The Beat. Retrieved 2017-01-12.


  3. ^ ab Torres, J (September 5, 2007). "Just the FAQs, m'am". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on April 28, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  4. ^ Patrick Scherberger at the Comic Book DB


  5. ^ Cronin, Brian (September 26, 2007). "Idol Thoughts 9/26". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  6. ^ Jonathan Hickman at the Comic Book DB


  7. ^ Cronin, Brain (September 4, 2007). "Jonathan Hickman on "Comic Book Idol… what!?!"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 9, 2017.


  8. ^ Carlos Rodríguez at the Comic Book DB


  9. ^ abc Cronin, Brian (27 May 2009). "Idol Thoughts 10/4". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  10. ^ Billy Penn at the Comic Book DB


  11. ^ Joe Infurnari at the Comic Book DB


  12. ^ "Comic Books: Internet Resources". University of Buffalo Libraries. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  13. ^ "The Third Degree: Mark Millar" Jupiter's Legacy 1: 27 (April 2013), Image Comics


  14. ^ "2001". the Eagle Awards. Wayback Machine. February 6, 2011. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  15. ^ "2008". the Eagle Awards. Wayback Machine. November 30, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  16. ^ "2000s". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  17. ^ "2010". the Eagle Awards. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  18. ^ "2011". the Eagle Awards. Wayback Machine. November 30, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2016.


  19. ^ "2010-Present". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  20. ^ "Your 2013 Harvey Awards Winners". The Comics Reporter. September 8, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2015.


  21. ^ "2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners". Comic-Con International: San Diego. July 26, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2015.


  22. ^ Polo, Susana (2014-05-01). "CBR Overhauls Forums In Wake of Widespread Discussion of Treatment of Women in Comics". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2016-02-27.


  23. ^ Asselin, Janelle (April 11, 2014). "Anatomy of a Bad Cover: DC's New "Teen Titans" #1". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 10, 2017.


  24. ^ CBR Staff (April 30, 2014). "Out With the Old: Introducing the New CBR Community". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 10, 2017.




External links



  • Official website


  • Comic Book Resources's channel on YouTube









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