NYCC 10: Saturday Party Poop
There has never been a harder partying comic con than NYCC 10. For those who can drag themselves out one more time, here's tonight's party poop report with three big parties:
Continue ReadingDark Horse announces $1.49 comics via new app
At yesterday's Dark Horse panel, more details of their digital initiative were announced. It will be proprietary, available on every web browser, and sold for iPad and iTunes. (However, Apple only accepts prices that end in .99 -- one of the controlling things that folks were complaining about on Thursday --- so it's not entirely clear how that will work. There will be 170 titles available at first, with some titles available day and date.
Continue ReadingDark Richie Rich
BTW while we were looking for a Richie Rich cover for the previous story, we came across this mysterious site
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APE to publish Richie Rich
Ape Entertainment has been on a role of acquisitions of late and they just announced a licensing deal to publish Richie Rich comics, based on he classic Harvey character. No creative details were announced, but the books will be in Ape's all-ages imprint, KiZoic and debut in 2011.
Continue ReadingIDW to publish Godzilla
Continuing the return of some iconic licenses of the past -- the big lizard has previously been published by both Marvel and Dark Horse, Godzilla is coming back from IDW!
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Wayne promoted; Marvel cutting back titles?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt seems that the action kicked off early today at the Diamond retailer breakfast this morning, which due to its 8:30 start time was off limits for all the hard partiers we saw out and about last night. As reported by various folks who got up early, it was anounced that Bob [...]
Continue ReadingDark Horse offers in-store digital downloads
Announced only via tweet from retailer Chris Butcher at this morning's Diamond retailer's breakfast. Dark Horse is announcing exclusive in-store downloads for those buying their digital comics, which will be priced at $1.49, according to Milton Griepp yesterday.
Continue ReadingIt’s a hit: New York Comic Con Saturday sells out
Well, we knew everyone was excited about NYCC, but didn't know it was THIS exciting. Saturday is already sold out. You can still get tickets for Friday and Sunday and a weekend pass will get you into all three days, but no more single ticket sales. PR below
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Marvel signing schedule
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Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Comic News Insider #526
Beat Pal Jimmy Aquino and the Comic News Insider podcast have a fantastic signing line-up at their booth! See below:
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Oni #2331
PR: Oni Press is in New York for NYCC 2010! Oct 8th – 10th we’ll be strutting our stuff at booth #2331. Come by and check out our eclectic library of titles including the con premieres of:
Continue ReadingIndie Month-to-Month Sales August 2010
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBuffy regains the top spot this month, though with the lowest numbers for the series since Season eight began. Meanwhile the top launches this month were a one dollar issue of Dungeons and Dragons from IDW, a The Boys spinoff from Dynamite, Magnus Robot Fighter from Dark Horse, and Invincible spinoff [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC 10: Archaia
Share this link on Facebook!TweetCapping off a successful 2010 convention season and eager to win over more fans to its brand of high-quality comics and graphic novels, Archaia Entertainment announced it will have a huge presence at New York Comic Con, taking place Oct. 8-10 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. In [...]
Continue ReadingDC and Marvel both drop prices
As reported by Laura Hudson, at today's ICv2 conference, people were moaning about prices. : The complaint of high prices was discussed as well, along with the statistics that the average cover price of a comic book in the second quarter of 2010 is now $3.53, up from $3.38 in 2009. "Overall, [fans] are paying more for the same type of content than they were two years ago," said Griepp.
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