Coming Attactions: January 2011
So, this month is a bit light. There are always some significant titles every month, so here's the list for January.
Continue ReadingAnnounce: SPX table registration opens up
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet With more and more shows curated, this may be your chance to get a table at a premier indie comics show. Get to it, kids. We are locked and loaded for SPX 2011, to be held September 10 and 11 2011, at our fav place, the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and [...]
Continue ReadingAnnounce: Stumptown Comic Arts Awards 2011 Open for Submission
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via PR: Get those comics in! The Stumptown Comics Fest, the largest creator-focused comics convention in the Pacific Northwest, is now accepting submissions of comic work for consideration by our judges for the 2011 Stumptown Comic Arts Awards. Publishers and creators interested in submitting work should include one copy of each title [...]
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First look at Azzarello/Risso SPACEMAN
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Little is known of the new Vertigo book by the Eisner-winning 100 BULLETS team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, but as this editorial conference suggests, really, with a team like that, what more do you need to go on? The first model sheet has been released and the anticipation can [...]
Continue ReadingBypass Apple with the Not .99 Method to sell your digital comics
Speaking of digital, which we were, and of those -- and there are many -- who think giving 30 percent of most everything to mega-middleman Apple is not a good thing, Warren Ellis points us towards the Not .99 Method whereby you can sell comics for devices at any price you wish and not share a penny with ANY middleman.
Continue ReadingMark Millar: slow down on those downloadable comics
Over at his forum, 2010 bestseller Mark Millar urges us to put the brakes on for downloadable comics. This despite his WANTED topping comiXology's sales list. I'll take the liberty of posting his objections in full since what he has to say is pretty important:
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Spider-Man musical delayed again
It has become legend. The reason this time? Well as Steven Bunche and many others have pointed out, the musical still lacks an ending. Git 'er done! Producers announced the show will be delayed until March 15 (pushed back from February 7) and several performances have been canceled between now and then to allow more time to fine-tine the technical aspects of the show -- which is the most complex ever brought to Broadway -- and to work on the ending, and allow Bono and The Edge to work on the unpopular score.
Continue ReadingTokyopop goes to Diamond for distribution
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tokyopop has just signed a deal with Diamond Book Distributors for distribution to both comics shops and bookstores. This marks Tokyopop’s return to Diamond after signing a big joint venture with HarperCollins in 2006 for distribution and new products. The deal saw Tpop packaging such bestsellers as The Warriors for HC., [...]
Continue ReadingFirstish look: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man UPDATE
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHe’s done launching social networks, and has moved on to climbing walls. The first photo of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man has been released; he definitely has a full head of hair. Romita-sense…tingling! UPDATE: Sheesh, when this image first appeared, we were going to do a jokey image analysis with breakouts and [...]
Continue ReadingNewish look: Chris Evans as Captain America
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This grainy scan from tomorrow’s EW is running around the internet. We smell something, and it smells like THE ROCKETEER.
Continue ReadingA few questions with Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso
[Little more than a week ago, Marvel announced a big change at the top, with VP, Executive Editor Axel Alonso being promoted to the role of Editor-in-Chief. A ten-year Marvel veteran, Alonso originally forged his name as one of the best regarded editors of the modern era during a stint at DC's Vertigo imprint where he developed 100 Bullets and won a reputation as an editor of thought-provoking action who got career-defining work from writers like Garth Ennis and Brian Azzarello. As one of the main players at the Jemas/Quesada Nü-Marvel, he continued to make waves, introducing a gay Rawhide Kid, editing the acclaimed Peter Milligan/Mike Allred X-Statix and revitalizing such characters as Luke Cage and the Hulk. In recent years he's continued to bring in new talent, including a bevy of crime fiction writers like Victor Gischler and Duane Swierczynski. It's a strong creative portfolio for someone coming to the position and seeing how Alonso makes his mark on perhaps the most fabled job in comics will be one of the most important stories of the next few years. Despite his busy busy schedule, Alonso very graciously made time this week to answer some of the main questions facing any comics industry executive in these interesting times.]
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2010 Sales chart wrap-up: What digital comics are selling?
As we did yesterday for the print charts, David Brothers data mines comiXology's year end-charts. There isn't that much to go on (only a top 10 in a few categories) but some trends do emerge, including, as with GNs, a preponderance of creator-owned work.
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