November
8 Notes of Note

* Tickets for "Marvel: Then and Now, An Evening with Stan Lee and Joe Quesada," a benefit event for The Hero Initiative set for Dec. 2, are now on sale at the UCLA Box Office and at Ticketmaster. Tickets cost $18 for UCLA students and $20 for non-students. Tickets to the VIP reception before the event are available for $100 and are available at the UCLA Box Office at (310) 825-2101. All tickets go to benefit The Hero Initiative, a not-for-profit group that provides financial assistance to comicbook creators in need.

* The Hachette Book Group announced its plans for a new line of graphic novels under the name of Yen Press. The new imprint will be directed by former DC Comics VP of book trade sales Rich Johnson and former Borders graphic novel buyers Kurt Hassler. The imprint plans to focus on licensed manga titles, but also will include original manga and American comics as well.

* Rumors swirled earlier this week that the sequel to "Sin City" was in trouble because of clashes between co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. Rich Johnston, of "Lying in the Gutters" fame, debunked the rumor in his column this week   when he received an email from Miller through Miller's legal rep that the rumor was "patent nonsense."