Brian Hibbs’ annual BookScan analysis
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOkay, chart lovers: THIS IS THE BIG ONE! Retailer Brian Hibbs takes his annual peek at the BookScan chart so you don’t have to. BookScan, you’ll recall, is the Nielsen-run report on what sells in bookstores, so this is the closest we can get to actual “What did it sell” figures. [...]
Continue ReadingChristopher Handley sentenced to 6 months
Share this link on Facebook!TweetChristopher Handley, the manga collector from Iowa who pled guilty to possessing child pornography, has been sentenced to six months in jail, followed by three years of supervised release and five years of probation. The case is notable because the material in question was manga which contained only drawn depictions of [...]
Continue ReadingQuick hits
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Inkstuds interviews Jordan Crane and Sammy Harkham about their new website, What Things do. § IcV2 checks in on Marve’ls “Lanterns for Deadpool” program, where retailers sent in DC comics for Marvel credit, and David Gabriel says the response has been strong: Asked to quantify “overwhelming,” Gabriel was guarded. “Let’s [...]
Continue ReadingThis never gets old
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet More Lincoln-related covers here.
Continue ReadingDaily Video: SNL’s Scrooge McDuck
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Somehow missed Andy Samberg as Scrooge McDuck last fall.
Continue ReadingTOY STORY 3 trailer released
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The new trailer for TOY STORY 3. Look for a special cameo in the trailer. Some people are already wondering if this can do AVATAR numbers. Well, if they charge $3-5 “3D fees,” I guess it’s possible.
Continue ReadingDC’s BRIGHTEST DAY teasers
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Just released via the Source blog, some info on BRIGHTEST DAY, the new miniseries that follows up BLACKEST NIGHT: The questions appear often and in variations: What is BRIGHTEST DAY? How does BLACKEST NIGHT end? And what’s next for the DCU? Well, we won’t spoil it all for you here, but we can [...]
Continue ReadingThe Fiffe Files: Mark Badger, Part 3
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet By MICHEL FIFFE for The Beat Previously in part 1 and part 2, Badger spoke of his breaking into comics, his approach to character icons, and his collaborations. In this final installment, he catches us up on the Instant Piano anthology series, being an activist, digital drawing, unionizing artists, and prioritizing the [...]
Continue ReadingMoCCA poster and guests revealed
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Dash Shaw has posted his poster and program guide cover for this year’s MoCCA, which is in only a couple of months…yeep! While the type is tiny, the poster reveals the names of this year’s guest list: Bill Ayers — yes, THAT Bill Ayers — he has a new graphic novel out. Gabrielle [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 2/11/10
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § MAC makeup creates a real-life Lichtenstein girl. From Illusion 360 via Valerie D”Orazio Those Benday dots look SICK. § Does this guy EVER STOP? Stan Lee is teaming with Archie and A Squared Entertainment to create yet ANOTHER new comic! Lee — the comic icon responsible for “Spider-Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” [...]
Continue ReadingVertigo trade release schedule
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe Graphic Content blog has a rundown of the Vertigo graphic novel release schedule for the rest of the year. The list mixes in some reprints along with new editions, so here are some selected highlights: September: AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOL. 1 HC Writers: Scott Snyder and Stephen King Artist: Rafael Albuquerque Collects: AMERICAN [...]
Continue ReadingFeel Good Video of the Day: Dwarfed Punk
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Let’s get this party started quickly. (Via Rob Bricken)
Continue ReadingLost: Sayid shot first
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet One benefit of this column’s delay is, for once, a chance to read the legions of blogs and chats about the show before writing. So, in lieu of a running diary after the jump, some quick thoughts.
Continue ReadingTea Party protests unintended CAPTAIN AMERICA portrayal
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tempest in a teacup? or…a tea bag? The first we got wind of this was a story on the right-leaning Newsbusters site protesting the portrayal of the Tea Party movement in the latest issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA penned by Ed Brubaker. Sounds simple enough since Brubaker is not shy about airing [...]
Continue ReadingSPIDEY 4 in 3-D!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via PR, Spider-Man will be swinging in to the growing legion of films released in 3D. James Cameron, your work here is done. Spider-Man will swing into theaters worldwide in 3D beginning July 3, 2012, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The new [...]
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