This 'n' that
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I’m off to the Licensing show today so limited posting. BUT BEFORE I GO, I wanted to address the controversy over my TUF coverage over the past few months. I’m not sorry I did it, and would do it again, but it was very time consuming, and I do think my efforts [...]
Continue ReadingSpidey toy sales slacking?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOver at CNN, Herb Greenberg speculates that the sales of Hasbro’s Spidey 3 toys may not be living up to expectations: Johnson is one of several analysts warning clients of possibly disappointing ” Spider-Man 3″ toy sales. His first clue: seeing neat shelves of Spider-Man toys at Wal-Mart stores. If the [...]
Continue ReadingICv2 chart analysis: Marvel on top again
Share this link on Facebook!TweetICv2 looks at Diamond’s may comics sales charts: Marvel dominated periodical comic sales in the May earning big gains in both dollar and unit market share thanks to a slate that included eight of the top ten best-selling titles. For the second month in a row a Fallen Son: Death of [...]
Continue ReadingWeekend wrap-up
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Heroes Con: Jeff Parker Day One, Day Two Philip Looney TwoMorrows What it’s like for a fan, also a pretty good news round up for DC. Zack Smith Wizard World Philadelphia Mike Manley: Day One, Day Two Marv Wolfman Reports on Hayden Panettiere’s activites Pictures of people in costume holding stuffed toy. Glenn Walker: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. Young fan [...]
Continue ReadingDC and Marvel news round-up
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA lot of news over the weekend at both Heroes Con and WizWorld Philly. We’re just going to give some bullet points, because not only do you have to read 80 comics a month to follow the story, but you now have to read 80 comics a month to even COVER [...]
Continue ReadingDC's webcomics initiative?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDC’s months long search for an “Online Editor” last year clued many in to the fact that they were looking to put together more original material online. Now Todd Allen connects a few more dots: DC is quietly working on something webcomics related. It’s based out of the Creative Services department, possibly [...]
Continue ReadingBatman's New Suit
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt’s a little hard from this angle to see how big the nipples on this suit are, but EW has the exclusive look at Batman’s new suit and it comes with a MAJOR MAJOR upgrade: Ever wonder why movie Batmans rarely turn their horned heads? It’s because the cowls of past suits [...]
Continue ReadingDC Invests in Japanese Manga Startup
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia PW, news that DC has invested in Flex Comics a new print, web and mobile phone manga publisher, as part of DC Comics Japan, a new company that will be overseen b v-p John Nee: Translated editions of Japanese manga dominate U.S. graphic novel sales and the Flex Comics venture [...]
Continue ReadingFF2 claims box office crown
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet FF2: RISE OF THE SULVER SURFER landed atop this weekend’s box office charts with an impressive $57.4 million. It beat FF1’s $56/1 mil by a hair, but had a lower per screen average. Aside from the X-Men pictures, the norm for comic book franchises is to lose their audiences with subsequent movies, [...]
Continue ReadingFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Sequel
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I suppose there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes than watching FANTASTIC FOUR 2: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. But I suppose there are better ones, too. Learning how to make bread. Model painting. Shredding personal documents. Watching the Thunderbirds. FF2 is a pleasantly brainless kiddie movie, and tots will probably [...]
Continue ReadingMOCCA Reminder
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Continue ReadingTUF Season 5: Episodes 11 & 12: "Get off my nuts!"
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet And so we bid ado to the feisty 155-pounders, a high strung, emotional bunch that nonetheless included some very talented young fighters who will surely go on to make their mark in MMA. I should also point out that while spoilers for these fights have been out there for months and [...]
Continue ReadingComments back
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFor now. We don’t know how or why. It just happened. In the meantime, big ups to Laura “Laura Tracy” Ciporen for all her help in resolving this.
Continue ReadingTerry Moore to write Mary Jane
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBUT CAN HE DRAW ZOMBIES???? As McKeever’s final issue #20 looms in the series’ future, word comes that Marvel has tapped creator Terry Moore to take over as writer. Best known as the writer/artist of his self-published title Strangers in Paradise, which just ended this week at Issue #90, Moore seems like [...]
Continue ReadingTonight: John Pham at Secret Headquarters
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tonight Join us Friday, June 15th as Secret Headquarters presents the art of John Pham. John Pham is a Xeric Foundation grant winner who is best known for his Manga meets Indy styled Epoxy comic book anthology. Epoxy has been featured in XLR8R and Publishers Weekly and was named “the Best Comic of [...]
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