Get your Tyrion Lannister T-shirt!
Although right now you might want to support the valiant Stark clan with a Robb Stark T-shirt -- one of three Game of Thrones character shirts now on sale at HBO.com-- who can resist Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, the cunning, caustic, hard-living, altogether irresistible member of the scheming, incestuous house of Lannister? Plus, New Jersey-born Dinklage is one of the few US actors who can keep up with the acting chops of the largely British cast. Clan Morristown!
Continue ReadingHarras and Berganza talk about DC’s September
DC's Editor in Chief Bob Harras and executive editor Eddie Berganza explain what's going on and invite you to what they hope will be a big party where everyone is welcome.
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Grant Morrison talks Superman
DC has released the video of Grant Morrison from the Hero Complex Film Festival talking about Superman. Since Morrison has already reinvented Superman once with ALL-STAR, this is familiar but welcome territory.
Continue ReadingSlave Labor joins iVerse
Meanwhile Slave Labor, the long-running quirky comics publisher which has survived against all odds for over 20 years, has just teamed with iVerse to offer digital comics. We'll vouch for MIDNIGHT SUN by Ben Towle, one of those Antarctic comics we're so fond of, and the other initial offerings are sounds, as well, including the popular REX LIBRIS.
Continue ReadingComiXology for Android downloaded more than 1 million times
Comixology's iOS app hit one million downloads last year, and now their Android app has done the same, we're told. PR below:
Continue ReadingWin Green Lantern tickets and a Green Lantern Hex watch band
There are a lot of Green Lantern merch tie-ins out there, and here's a cool one, a Hex sport watch band suitable for ipod Nano. It isn't actually a Green Lantern licensed product...but it's the right color. You can win this or a pair of tickets to see Green Lantern by going to the ShopHex Facebook page and answering some questions. Today's quiz: "IF YOUR HEX WATCH COULD GIVE YOU ANY SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?"
Continue ReadingMystery postcards highlighting comics gender issues hit mailboxes — SOLVED
We've heard from some of our pals in the comics industry that they have received two anonymous postcards -- both postmarked in Chicago -- with various statistics on gender disparity in the comics industry. One highlights problems with the materials:
Continue ReadingComics sales back in the dumps in May
Although both sales charts seemed to show incremental gains in March and April for comics periodical sales, everything at the top seems to have slid bay in May ICv2 reports. Comics sales were down a whopping 17.3% and NO comic -- not even the debut of DC's highly touted FLASHPOINT mini - topping 100k copies sold. Although FLASHPOINT did very well in reorders, the low initial orders show that event fatigue is very real where comics retailers are concerned.
Continue ReadingBeasts of Burden in development
Andrew Adamson, director of several outings in the Shrek and Narnia franchises, has set his sights on a CGI-animated version of BEASTS OF BURDEN, the acclaimed tale of animals who fight supernatural threats in a suburban community. The film will be made by Reel FX.
Continue ReadingArchie’s Jon Goldwater on moving forward
Archie's dynamic publisher Jon Goldwater gets the Comics Reporter interview treatment and his comments on the many changes he's made since the venerable comics publisher had a big management change might be viewed as emblematic of much going on these days:
Continue ReadingAre movie studios finally over Comic-Con?
Was the giant SCOTT PILGRIM banner on the Bayside Hilton the shark jumping moment we've all been suspecting for the love affair between Comic-Con and Hollywood movie studios? Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieplyreport that the bloom is finally off the Comic-Con rose for some movie studios:
Continue ReadingStay fit the Francis Manapul way
Sitting behind a desk drawing (or blogging) all day is the surefire way to an unhealthy lifestyle, as we know all too well, but FLASH artist Francis Manapul is fighting back as profiled in the Globe and Mail:
Continue ReadingJust how interested is Brandon Routh in Superman comics continuity?
Based on this photo of artist Jamal Igle explaining the whole "Superman renounces his citizenship"story from ACTION COMICS #900 to him, his feelings are mixed.
Continue ReadingThe happiest LADY cartoonists of all time?
A few years ago we pointed you at a 1950 Life Magazine spread that included various NCS cartoonists happily scribbling on swimwear covered models. Well, in the spirit of that shoot, but also to show how times have changed in 61 years, the Sequential Arts Workshop has updated these images with Ball Point Boxers which finds cartoonists Sara Varon, Leela Corman, Joan Reilly, Emily Flake, Hilary Allison and Jungyeon Roh recreating the stunt, this time with male boxers from Gleason's Gym.
Continue ReadingNice art: Paolo Rivera’s Captain America poster
Artist Paolo Rivera was commissioned to create a special poster as a gift for the CAPTAIN AMERICA movie's cast and crew. This is the result:
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