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Comic Book Resources

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CBR
CBR.com logo.svg
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Screenshot of CBR main page from January 31, 2022
Type of site
Comic book
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersSaint-Laurent, Quebec
OwnerValnet Inc.
Created byJonah Weiland
URLwww.cbr.com
Launched1995 (1995)
Current statusOnline

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

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' 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]

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Reception

In 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

  • 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]

Source: "Comic Book Resources", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Resources.

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References
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Arrant, Chris (August 6, 2019). "DC Hires Jonah Wiland as VP of Marketing & Creative Services". Newsarama. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jorge Khoury". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Timothy Callahan". Comic Book Resources. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Patrick Scherberger at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Jonathan Hickman at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  11. ^ Cronin, Brian (September 4, 2007). "Jonathan Hickman on "Comic Book Idol… what!?!"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  12. ^ Carlos Rodríguez at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Billy Penn at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  15. ^ Joe Infurnari at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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  18. ^ "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.
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  20. ^ "The Third Degree: Mark Millar" Jupiter's Legacy 1: 27 (April 2013), Image Comics
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  23. ^ "2000s". Comic-Con International: San Diego. Wayback Machine. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  24. ^ "2010". Eagle Awards. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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  26. ^ "2010-Present". Comic-Con International: San Diego. Wayback Machine. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  27. ^ "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.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ "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.
  31. ^ 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.
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