Jonah weiland, the owner of comic book resources, where asselins article was published, announced that, in response to the abuse asselin. Cbr, known as comic book resources until august 2016, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic bookrelated news and discussion history. Jonah weiland created the popular comic book website comic book resources in 1995, as a way to continue the success of his kingdom come message board, created to discuss and dissect the mark waid. Founder jonah weiland sold the site to a media website company. Cbr, known as comic book resources until august 2016, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book related news and discussion history. Mar 02, 2020 comic book resources shuts down forums after rape threats were starting from scratch, providing everyone with the opportunity to build a new community, together. Jonah weiland introduces the new cbr community, an inclusive and. The two had a wideranging discussion that covered many topics, including the modernization of classic riverdale characters, the seminal death continue reading. On april 4, 2016, jonah weiland announced that comic book resources had been sold to valnet inc. Cbrs headquarters is located in north hollywood, california, usa 91601. Jul 25, 2008 melody mooney, mahalo vlog idol contestant and mahalo daily correspondent and parttime superhero hygena.
Comic book resources acquired by media conglomerate. Aug 06, 2019 at 4am my time, 8pm his time, jonah weiland, my former boss and former owner at comic book resources confirmed the bleeding cool story, that he was returning to comics to be dcs new vp of. Following the sale of comic book resources, which i founded and ran for 21 years, my lifes direction. Comic book resources columnists go elsewhere in april of this year, the longrunning founded 1995 industry site comic book resources changed ownership. After hearing from a number of sources this afternoon, i understand that jonah weiland, former owner of comic book resources now better. It was jonah weiland of comic book resources who first paid me for writing my silly bits of nonsense about comic books, for my column lying in the gutters skip to content toggle navigation. Comic book resources executive producer jonah weiland takes a moment to look back on 2010 and ahead to 2011, which starts this sunday in earnest with robot 6s 2 year anniversary celebration. Created by jonah weiland and launched in 1996, the sites media kit reports that they receive more than 24 million pageviews per month from over 6 million unique visitors. Covering comics, movies, tv like no other in the world. In april of this year, the longrunning founded 1995 industry site comic book resources changed ownership.
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Cbr founder jonah weiland has joined the staff of dc comics as vp of. 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 comicss thennew miniseries of the same name comic book resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included robert kirkman, gail simone, and mark millar. Founded in 1995 by jonah weiland, comic book resources is the largest fan site for comics and related topics cbr also does a lot of entertainment coverage, far ahead of competitors newsarama or bleeding cool in audience size. May 21, 2008 comic book resources, also known as cbr, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic bookrelated news and discussion. Theres no such thing as irreparable damage to a movie franchise, but xmen origins. Which means i finally have time to return to a bit of blogging. These columns led to gigs writing for bongo comics. Following the sale of comic book resources, which i founded and ran for 21 years, my lifes direction has changed dramatically. Comic book resources was founded by jonah weiland in 1996 as a development of the kingdom come message board, a message forum that weiland had created to discuss dc comicss thennew miniseries of the same name.
It was jonah weiland of comic book resources who first paid me for writing my silly bits of nonsense about comic books, for my column lying. On twitter today, site founder jonah weiland announced that he had sold the site to valnet, a canadianbased company that specializes in developing mediafocused websites such as screen rant, which it also owns. Wolverine was as close as you can get, says jonah weiland, executive producer of comic book resources. It seemed to be a very lucrative deal at least based on the peaceful farmer thanos life that weiland embarked on according to his fb postings. Comic book resources ultimate pop culture wiki fandom. If youre in need of a friendly ear during this time of crisis feel free to drop in and share your thoughts.
Youll all be sorry a humor column written for jonah weilands comic book resources. How comic book resources employees learned their site had. May 10, 2006 ten years after the release of kingdom come, the series is still highly popular with old and new fans alike, with an absolute edition on the way as a reward for the most dedicated fans. Weiland founded and ran comic book resources for 21 years practically inventing online comics news in the process before selling it to valnet three years ago.
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Weiland is bestknown as the founder of cbr formerly comicbookresources, which began in 1995 as a fan message board focused on dcs. Jonah weiland created the popular comic book website comic book resources in 1995, as a way to continue the success of his kingdom come message board, created to discuss and dissect the mark waid and alex ross comic book. On this day it was decided that normal operations of comic book resources would cease, except for stories directly affected by the devastation in new york city and washington dc. This story was originally commissioned by jonah weilands comic book resources and ran there as well thanks, jonah. Dc hires jonah weiland as vp of marketing and creative. Jonah weiland sat down with alex ross for a lengthy chat about his thoughts on the series 10 years later and what it means to him today. At 4am my time, 8pm his time, jonah weiland, my former boss and former owner at comic book resources confirmed the bleeding cool. Aug 26, 2016 okay, so what actually happened to comic book resources. Apr 04, 2016 it was jonah weiland of comic book resources who first paid me for writing my silly bits of nonsense about comic books, for my column lying in the gutters in 2002. Comic book resources the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia.
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