''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. Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included

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, and

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. Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. 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

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. The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site. The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 3.97 million subscribers as of December 21, 2021.

Comic Book Idol

Comic Book Idol, also known as CBI, is an amateur comic-book art competition created and hosted by comics writer

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, and sponsored by Comic Book Resources and its participating advertisers. 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. *

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won CBI1 and has since worked on a number of Marvel Comics titles like '' Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man'', '' Marvel Adventures: Hulk'' and ''GeNext''. * Jonathan Hickman was the runner-up in CBI1 and went on to work for Virgin Comics ('' Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper'' and ''

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''),

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('' Pax Romana'', ''A Red Mass for Mars'' and ''Transhuman'') and Marvel Comics (''

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'', '' Astonishing Tales''). * Carlos Rodríguez won CBI2 and went on to work on '' Shadowhawk'' for Image and ''

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'' for DC Comics. * Billy Penn also competed in CBI2 and went on to work on '' Savage Dragon''. * 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 ''

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'' with

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. *

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, writer and artist on various ''

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'' comics for Panini and IDW and ''

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, as well as strips for DC Comics, competed in CBI3. * Nick Pitarra competed in CBI3 and went on to do work for Marvel Comics on books such as ''Astonishing Tales''. * Charles Paul Wilson III, artist on ''

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'', competed in CBI3.

Reception

In 2008, the University at Buffalo's research library described Comic Book Resources as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web." In April 2013, comics writer

said he read the site every morning after reading the '' Financial Times''.

Awards

*1999: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award. *2000: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award. *2001: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)" Eagle Award. *2004: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2005: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2006: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2007: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics Related Website" Eagle Award. *2008: Nominated for the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2009: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award. *2010: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2011: Won the "Favourite Comics-Related Website" Eagle Award. *2011: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award. *2013: Won the "Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation" Harvey Award for its Robot 6 blog. *2014: Won the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Eisner Award.

Controversy

In 2014, an article by guest author

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criticized the cover of DC Comics's '' Teen Titans'', 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.

References

External links

* {{Comics information sources American entertainment news websites Eisner Award winners for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism Internet properties established in 1995 Websites about comics