Scott Pilgrim’s finest sales chart: 1 million in print
It was a wise man who said that comic book movies function as $20 million advertisements for graphic novels...and in the case of the Scott Pilgrim series it is certainly true.
Continue ReadingMust reading: Today’s crappiest comics genres
Over at Techland, Douglas Wolk pinpoints 14 different kinds of comic books that we could do with less of, using the hideous sight of a crying Dr Doom as the symbol. Samples:
Continue ReadingWinds of change hitting DC next week?
DC Entertainment head Diane Nelson pledged a "no fear" era at DC since announcing changes earlier this year, everyone has been plenty nervous ever since she took over. The reason? DC's proposed move to the West Coast. Will it happen and when? That's been the question on everyone's mind. Word on the street is that next week, the answer to "Will DC be moving to the West Coast?" will finally be revealed, and an article in The Hollywood Reporter seems to back that up.
Continue ReadingThe internet was made for #mrvlcats — UPDATE
Twitter and Tumblr prove what they are made for as artists tweeted their versions of Marvel characters as kitty cats, and Agent M hosted the results. I'm in yr meme, being cute. So cute we can't link to just one!
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 9/17/10
§ Comics Alliance talks to retailers and asks if $3.99 comics are killing the business. The answers are very mixed -- let's just call it a softening and not a plummet. And there are other factors involved says Chris Rosa of LA's Meltdown:
Continue ReadingAwards Time: Ain’t I a woman?
Apparently they are rioting in Canada over the fact that a man was nominated for the Kim Yale award. If by rioting, you mean writing some articles for the internet. Von Allan , the man in question nominated for the previously all-female Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer, was interviewed by the CBC and this gave rise to a couple of pieces, noting what a groundbreaker he was being nominated for an award traditionally given to women cartoonists:
Continue ReadingGood bye, Giant Robot New York
Wow, New York is getting even crappier. News had been floating around for a bit, but a trip to their website confirmed that Giant Robot NY is closing next week. An offshoot of Giant Robot stores in LA and San Francisco, the East Village shop served as a gallery space for artists and cartoonists, as well as a place to snag books, toys, and wondrous gizmos. It was also the herald of the wave of Asian cultural influence that swept over the US in the last decade.
Continue ReadingNeil Gaiman to become a furry on Arthur
He's been a goth, comics and literary idol for decades...but now Neil Gaiman is turning into am anthro. Wired reports that the best-selling author willguest star on Arthur, the long-running (13 seasons) cartoon about a little aardvark and his world.
Continue ReadingKilling RSS
Well, the RSS spam crisis seems to have passed. We called the web host and after a hold of a mere 45 minutes they ran a clean-up program and found the offending files which had been embedded in the theme folders. Not sure how the original hack occurred, but there are a lot of WordPress vulnerabilities that still exist.
Continue ReadingDC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: July 2010
The "Brightest Day" and Batman titles continued to be the driving force of DC's comic-book line in July. The publisher's overall performance in the periodical direct market remained more or less flat, consequently. The most prominent new release of the mainstream DC Universe line, and maybe a bit of a wildcard for retailers, was the debut of Batman: Odyssey, a six-issue miniseries by writer/artist Neal Adams, who is still something of a high-ticket name, but hasn't actually produced a substantial comics project in decades. At Vertigo, overall sales were slightly down in July because Fables, for all intents the imprint's flagship series, didn't come out. At WildStorm, the numbers were slightly up because of two new miniseries debuting above the 10K mark. See below for the details, and please consider the small print at the end of the column. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com's estimates can be found here.
Continue ReadingPREVIEW: Marvel introduces the Black Panther without Fear
So it seems that Daredevil is going bye bye for a while -- DAREDEVIL was supposed to "end" with issue #512, with the Man Without Fear all caught up in the events of SHADOWLAND. Now it turns out that the title will start up again with issue #513 -- but starring the Black Panther. Author David Liss (A Conspiracy of Paper) will write the relaunch, with art handled by Francesco Francavilla. Solicitation copy suggest that taken from his natural setting and sundered from the doodads and moolah that come with being king of Wakanda, Black Panther will find himself having very different adventures in Hell's Kitchen.
Continue ReadingTonight To Do: Millionaire and Ryan at Family
Family Bookstore is pleased to host the launch of two new books from Fantagraphics Books: Billy Hazelnuts and the Crazy Bird Tony Millionaire
Continue ReadingTonight To Do: Chris Ware art show
The Adam Baumgold Gallery is showing the iconic artist's work -- the entire exhibit is in the link, and it will probably make you cry.
Continue ReadingTonight To Do: Stephen DeStefano retrospective
The Lucky in Love cartoonist/animator gets a well deserved art show plus book signing.
Continue ReadingGreen Lantern gets snack balls, scary ride
With the Green Lantern movie underway for delivery in 2011, the emerald warrior is getting all kinds of promotions to make sure that by the time Ryan Reynolds has been on 100 junkets, everyone will know who Green Lantern is. And to that end, he's already being licensed out the wazoo. For instance, the Asbury Park Press tells us that Green Lantern is getting his own roller coaster at the Great Adventures in New Jersey. The ride -- 15 stories of 63 mph mayhem -- will open to coincide with the movie.
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