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' then-new mini-series of the same name.[1][2]
Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar.[1] Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan.[3][4]
In April 2016, Comic Book Resources was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal-based company based known for its acquisition and ownership of media properties including Screen Rant.[5] The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site.[6]
The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 3.97 million subscribers as of December 21, 2021.[1]
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.[7] 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.[7]
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.[13][15]
1999: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[1]
2000: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[1]
2001: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award.[21]
2004: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[1]
2005: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[1]
2006: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[1]
2007: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics Related Website" Eagle Award.[1]
2008: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[22]
2009: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[23]
2010: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[24]
2011: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award.[25]
2011: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[26]
2013: Won the "Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation" Harvey Award for its Robot 6 blog.[27]
2014: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.[28]
Controversy
In 2014, an article by guest author Janelle Asselin criticized the cover of DC Comics's Teen Titans,[29] leading to harassment of and personal threats against Asselin in the website's community forums. Weiland issued a statement apologizing for the incident, condemning the way some community members had reacted, and rebooted the forums in order to establish new ground rules.[30][31]
References
^ abcdefghi"Press Kit". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^Arrant, Chris (August 6, 2019). "DC Hires Jonah Wiland as VP of Marketing & Creative Services". Newsarama. Wayback Machine. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^"Jorge Khoury". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^"Timothy Callahan". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^Rich Johnston (2016-04-04). "How Comic Book Resources Employees Learned Their Site Had Been Sold To Valnet". Bleeding Cool. Wayback Machine. from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
^Heidi MacDonald (2016-08-25). "CBR.com has new design, rebrand, no blogs". The Beat. Wayback Machine. from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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^Cronin, Brian (September 26, 2007). . Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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^Cronin, Brian (September 4, 2007). "Jonathan Hickman on "Comic Book Idol… what!?!"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 9, 2017.[dead link]
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^Cardwell, Mark (April 3, 2018). "Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^Tarbys, Jason (January 22, 2013). "Nick Pitarra Talks Conspiring with Hickman On 'Manhattan Projects'". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^"Comic Book Idol Finalists Announced; Winner to Draw "Popgun" Story for Image". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. October 12, 2017. from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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^"2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners". Comic-Con International: San Diego. Wayback Machine. July 26, 2014. from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^Asselin, Janelle (April 11, 2014). "Anatomy of a Bad Cover: DC's New 'Teen Titans' #1". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^"Out With the Old: Introducing the New CBR Community". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. April 30, 2014. from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^Polo, Susana (2014-05-01). "CBR Overhauls Forums In Wake of Widespread Discussion of Treatment of Women in Comics". The Mary Sue. from the original on 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
External links
Official website
February 06, 2023
comic, book, resources, also, known, initialism, website, dedicated, coverage, comic, book, related, news, discussion, cbrscreenshot, main, page, from, january, 2022type, sitecomic, bookavailable, inenglishheadquarterssaint, laurent, quebecownervalnet, created. Comic Book Resources also known by the initialism CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book related news and discussion CBRScreenshot of CBR main page from January 31 2022Type of siteComic bookAvailable inEnglishHeadquartersSaint Laurent QuebecOwnerValnet Inc Created byJonah WeilandURLwww wbr cbr wbr comLaunched1995 1995 Current statusOnline Contents 1 History 2 Comic Book Idol 3 Reception 4 Awards 5 Controversy 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditComic 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 then new mini series of the same name 1 2 Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included Robert Kirkman Gail Simone and Mark Millar 1 Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan 3 4 In April 2016 Comic Book Resources was sold to Valnet Inc a Montreal based company based known for its acquisition and ownership of media properties including Screen Rant 5 The site was relaunched as CBR com on August 23 2016 with the blogs integrated into the site 6 The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008 with 3 97 million subscribers as of December 21 2021 1 Comic Book Idol EditComic 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 7 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 7 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 8 9 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 10 11 Carlos Rodriguez won CBI2 and went on to work on Shadowhawk for Image and Batman and the Outsiders for DC Comics 12 13 Billy Penn also competed in CBI2 and went on to work on Savage Dragon 13 14 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 13 15 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 16 Nick Pitarra competed in CBI3 and went on to do work for Marvel Comics on books such as Astonishing Tales 17 Charles Paul Wilson III artist on The Stuff of Legend competed in CBI3 18 Reception EditIn 2008 the University at Buffalo s research library described Comic Book Resources as the premiere comics related site on the Web 19 In April 2013 comics writer Mark Millar said he read the site every morning after reading the Financial Times 20 Awards Edit1999 Won the Favourite Comics Related Website professional Eagle Award 1 2000 Won the Favourite Comics Related Website professional Eagle Award 1 2001 Won the Favourite Comics Related Website professional Eagle Award 21 2004 Nominated for the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 1 2005 Nominated for the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 1 2006 Nominated for the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 1 2007 Nominated for the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 1 2008 Nominated for the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 22 2009 Won the Best Comics Related Periodical Journalism Eisner Award 23 2010 Won the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 24 2011 Won the Favourite Comics Related Website Eagle Award 25 2011 Won the Best Comics Related Periodical Journalism Eisner Award 26 2013 Won the Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation Harvey Award for its Robot 6 blog 27 2014 Won the Best Comics Related Periodical Journalism Eisner Award 28 Controversy EditIn 2014 an article by guest author Janelle Asselin criticized the cover of DC Comics s Teen Titans 29 leading to harassment of and personal threats against Asselin in the website s community forums Weiland issued a statement apologizing for the incident condemning the way some community members had reacted and rebooted the forums in order to establish new ground rules 30 31 References Edit a b c d e f g h i Press Kit Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Arrant Chris August 6 2019 DC Hires Jonah Wiland as VP of Marketing amp Creative Services Newsarama Wayback Machine Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Jorge Khoury Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Timothy Callahan Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on August 24 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Rich Johnston 2016 04 04 How Comic Book Resources Employees Learned Their Site Had Been Sold To Valnet Bleeding Cool Wayback Machine Archived from the original on 2016 06 11 Retrieved 2016 06 14 Heidi MacDonald 2016 08 25 CBR com has new design rebrand no blogs The Beat Wayback Machine Archived from the original on 2016 11 11 Retrieved 2017 01 12 a b 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 Patrick Scherberger at the Comic Book DB archived from the original 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 Jonathan Hickman at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Cronin Brian September 4 2007 Jonathan Hickman on Comic Book Idola what Comic Book Resources Retrieved January 9 2017 dead link Carlos Rodriguez at the Comic Book DB archived from the original a b c 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 Billy Penn at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Joe Infurnari at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Cardwell Mark April 3 2018 Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Tarbys Jason January 22 2013 Nick Pitarra Talks Conspiring with Hickman On Manhattan Projects Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Comic Book Idol Finalists Announced Winner to Draw Popgun Story for Image Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine October 12 2017 Archived from the original on October 27 2019 Retrieved October 27 2019 Comic Books Internet Resources University of Buffalo Libraries Archived from the original on December 11 2008 Retrieved November 6 2017 The Third Degree Mark Millar Jupiter s Legacy 1 27 April 2013 Image Comics 2001 Eagle Awards Wayback Machine February 6 2011 Archived from the original on February 6 2011 Retrieved February 27 2016 2008 Eagle Awards Wayback Machine November 30 2011 Archived from the original on November 30 2011 Retrieved February 27 2016 2000s Comic Con International San Diego Wayback Machine December 2 2012 Archived from the original on April 11 2008 Retrieved November 6 2017 2010 Eagle Awards Wayback Machine Archived from the original on September 28 2011 Retrieved February 27 2016 2011 Eagle Awards Wayback Machine November 30 2011 Archived from the original on November 30 2011 Retrieved February 27 2016 2010 Present Comic Con International San Diego Wayback Machine December 2 2012 Archived from the original on February 13 2014 Retrieved November 6 2017 Your 2013 Harvey Awards Winners The Comics Reporter Wayback Machine September 8 2013 Archived from the original on September 23 2015 Retrieved March 23 2015 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners Comic Con International San Diego Wayback Machine July 26 2014 Archived from the original on April 1 2015 Retrieved March 23 2015 Asselin Janelle April 11 2014 Anatomy of a Bad Cover DC s New Teen Titans 1 Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine Archived from the original on January 13 2017 Retrieved January 10 2017 Out With the Old Introducing the New CBR Community Comic Book Resources Wayback Machine April 30 2014 Archived from the original on January 13 2017 Retrieved January 10 2017 Polo Susana 2014 05 01 CBR Overhauls Forums In Wake of Widespread Discussion of Treatment of Women in Comics The Mary Sue Archived from the original on 2016 02 21 Retrieved 2016 02 27 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comic Book Resources amp oldid 1131478737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
