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Continue ReadingMeow, Meow, Meow Avenger!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Wow, you guys REALLY didn’t like it when we posted some Marvel PR images — but if we hadn’t, you wouldn’t get this great image by Chip Zdarsky now, would you????
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits, 2-5-10
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ On Wednesday, Gary Tyrrell reported that the excellent webcomic The Abominable Charles Christopher was hacked to contain malware. This is very disturbing, since it runs on ComicPress, a Wordpress derivative that powers most of the webcomics community. Any kind of ComicPress/ WordPress vulnerability is bad news for a lot [...]
Continue ReadingWatchmen sequels to be limited to the page?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhile the comics world is still reeling from the idea of “more Watchmen”, Nikki Finke helpfully smacked down the idea of more WATCHMEN films — after all, the first one was generally considered a big disappointment: But a well-placed insider tells me: “There is no truth to anything related to a [...]
Continue ReadingDC Month-to-Month Sales: December 2009
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: December 2009 by Marc-Oliver Frisch It turns out retailers don’t necessarily view content as a major selling point of DC’s comics. Back in the November column, the question was how much of an impact the publisher’s ring promotion had on sales. Now we know, and it’s not flattering. DC’s average [...]
Continue ReadingThank yous
Share this link on Facebook!TweetJust wanted to give a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for the linkage and updating their bookmarks and sidebars. It is so appreciated. There were times that setting off on my own seemed like the dumbest idea on earth, but the support I’ve received has been incredibly encouraging. Also, some people [...]
Continue ReadingIndie Comics Month-to-Month Sales: December 2009
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet[Editor's note: the DC Sales chart will appear tomorrow.] By Matthew Murray Buffy tops the charts yet again, while further down the charts there are some rather large drops that may be due to Diamond’s decision not to ship any comics in the last week of December. Incorruptible, the spin-off from Mark Waid’s Irredeemable, [...]
Continue ReadingDoomed by technology
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA tragic cable service outage scuppered all our morning content. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. But keep the tips and notes coming in. The response to the new site has been overwhelmingly positive and we’re really gratified. Also we are still tinkering, so the suggestion box is OPEN.
Continue ReadingBewkes: DC Entertainment announcements loom
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Well, January has come and gone and no official announcement of new management for DC Entertainment. However, that doesn’t mean Warners isn’t high on DC’s stable of characters — as Superhero Hype reports, at a recent conference call , WB CEO Jeff Bewkes teased lots of action in just days: “We [...]
Continue ReadingGiant Robot seeks donations
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Giant Robot, the trailblazing Asian culture magazine that predated the whole Jpop thing and introduced the IDEA of cool Asian culture to many people, is doing some fundraising. Like most print magazines — no matter how excellent and focused — GR is having a hard time making ends meet: THE MESSAGE Although [...]
Continue ReadingJackie Chan on Twitter? Come on now.
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Some people would have us believe that martial arts star Jackie Chan has joined Twitter. We find this unlikely for several reasons:
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More Watchmen — WWTF??!!??
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAs promised in a tweet earlier today, Rich Johnston unpacks plans for more Watchmen. There’s no delicate way of putting it. With Paul Levitz gone, Dan DiDio is pursuing plans to exploit the Watchmen, which despite being owned by DC (and created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons) have never had [...]
Continue ReadingMarvel Month-to-Month Sales: December 2009
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Paul O’Brien December saw Marvel gearing up for the next event season, with the prologues to both SIEGE and FALL OF HULKS. The other major new release was CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD. That aside, it’s pretty quiet in terms of new titles. This is standard [...]
Continue ReadingLet’s do it!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHey Gang — welcome to The Beat 3.0! Please note there will soon be a Beat 3.1 with old content, and an even more improved interface. However, we were so excited to get up and running that we decided to get here a wee bit early. Think of it as a shakedown [...]
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