May 14, 2012 | Forbes
Stan Lee is the co-creator of the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and many of the comic book heroes from Marvel’s stable. But Lee will not be making the Forbes 400 list this year. Even though the film The Avengers has earned $1 billion (and...
May 10, 2012 | Forbes
Roy Lichtenstein, “Sleeping Girl” There’s nothing sadder than a poor artist on a streetcorner with a cup in his hand and a sign around his neck that reads, “Will pencil for food.” But that’s the fate of artists who are out of work—comic book artists among...
May 8, 2012 | Forbes
New York City is known for its culture, its cuisine, and its natives’ ability to curse in multiple languages. It’s less known that The Big Apple also has a burgeoning tech industry. But we New Yawkers have something that Silicon Valley or Redmond does not: We have...
May 3, 2012 | Forbes
In 2012, it's May 5. Spider-Man Season One. Witchblade. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Avengers Age of Ultron. These are some of the titles available on May 5 for the low, low cost of absolutely nothing at all. Although the word “free” is in the title of...
Apr 25, 2012 | Forbes
Fans of the FPS videogame series S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which first came out in 2007, will be gulping down more than their Anti-rads: they also have a bitter pill to swallow. The sequel to the popular GSC Game World video games, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of...