Comic Book Resources
Screenshot of CBR main page, 5/21/2008
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Comic book (wholly owned brand of Valnet Inc.) |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Valnet Inc. |
| Created by | Jonah Weiland |
| Website | www |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
Comic Book Resources, also known as CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.
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's then-new mini-series of the same name.
Comic Book Resources features weekly columns written by industry professionals that have included Warren Ellis, Erik Larsen, Steven Grant, Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, Rich Johnston, Scott Shaw, Rob Worley, Rik Offenberger, Keith Giffen and Mark Millar. Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan.
On April 4, 2016, Jonah Weiland announced that Comic Book Resources had been sold to Valnet Inc., a company that is known for its acquisition and ownership of other media properties such as Screenrant. The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016 with the blogs integrated into the site.
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. 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.
The University at Buffalo's research library described Comic Book Resources as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web."
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