SDCC Fantagraphics to Publish EC Comics Library & Complete Zap Comix
Fantagraphics announced at their panel Saturday that they will be republishing two comics classics which so far have yet to receive the deluxe treatment: the EC Comics Library and a complete collection of the influential early indie anthology Zap Comix.
Continue ReadingSDCC Saturday Big Two: Fables Fairest, Cable Reborn, Demon Knights, Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Aquaman, Runaways & more
Saturday brought a boatload of news from DC, which isn't surprising, given the number of comics panels they held.
Continue ReadingSDCC Legendary Comics with The Beat, Frank Miller’s Holy Terror, Matt Wagner’s Tower Chronicles & Paul Pope’s PulpHope
MacDonald chaired a Comic-Con panel on Legendary Comics, the new comic book offshoot of movie powerhouse Legendary Pictures.
Continue ReadingSDCC Creator-owned Image Comics: Kirkman’s Album, Chaykin’s Black Kiss II, Vaughan’s Saga & Hickman’s The Manhattan Projects and Secret
At Image's Creator-Owned panel, Image did what Image does best - original books by independent creators. Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard will be releasing a series of original graphic novels called Album.
Continue ReadingStudio Coffee Run SDCC Saturday: Walking Dead and True Blood teasers, J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz pilot etc.
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhere’s Merle Dixon? That’s the question AMCTV is posing to Comic Con attendees at The Walking Dead booth. Con-goers can also pose for a shot with an eerilly life-like wax figure of everyone’s favorite racist meth-head and potential zombie convert (or possible governer elect?), Merle Dixon. Series director and producer Frank Darabont announced at the panel [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC Viz Announces VizManga.com Multiplatform Digital Comics Site
Manga publisher Viz has just announced VizManga.com, a digital comics site which immediately went live during the con. Viz's wide variety of manga titles are now available there in an array of digital formats, with first chapters available free, and first volumes available at 40% off for the first month.
Continue ReadingThe Watchtower: Comic-Con — The Spectacle
Showing, not telling, as I post selected photos from around the Web.
Continue ReadingThe Watchtower: Coffee Break — Marvel Teaser Ads
Normally, a lot of teaser ads are well planned and nice to look at, but not really worthy of much thought or memory. These really caught my eye, due to the great design. These are worthy of framing, and I hope Marvel will make them available either as freebies at conventions, or (better yet) via their print store.
Continue ReadingThe Watchtower: Comic-Con — Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees
Here are the biographies of the 2011 inductees into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, found at: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_11halloffame.php
Continue ReadingSDCC11: How would YOU like to pact with Stan Lee and MTV?
All around the world, everyone is pacting with Stan Lee! From Japanese jpop sensation Yoshiki to Pamela Anderson to Boom! Studios to Morgan Spurlock, everyone had done it becuase it's so fun! The legendary Man is the king of pacting -- he's got deals in place with just about every entity out there. And now you can win your OWN chance to pact with Stan Lee via MTV, which is holding a talent search for creators to work with lee on a NEW series, THE SEEKERS. MTV Geek, the news site/comics portal is announcing their new comics content this morning, including The Seekers. Other new comics properties include SEPTEMBER MOURNING with M Lazar, a music/comics hybrid. And also two more tarditional webcomics: Divination, written by Eisner nominee Val Staples and Gina Iorio and illustrated by Julia Laud, and Department P.U.L.P. by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood.
Continue ReadingSDCC Friday Indies: Red Tide, Mondo, Star Wars, The Massive, McGyver, Sixth Gun & More
Friday at San Diego Comic-Con has brought a boatload of indie comics news. Here's a quick run down of the highlights: At the Image panel, it was revealed that Ted McKeever will be doing a new comic called Mondo for Image Comics. Landry Walker and Eric Jones, creators of Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade, will create Danger Club, a new non-family friendly comic, for Image.
Continue ReadingSDCC11: Live blogging the Eisners
Hooray we are here at the Eisners! It's festive and glamourous here at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton. Bill Morisson comes out thanking everyone for coming out out joking that thry have 52 awards to give out, this year called "First issues." Haha!
Continue ReadingThe Watchtower: Comic-Con — Sex, Rock’n'Roll, and Even Crazier Stuff!
Well, the second full day of Comic-Con is coming to an end, and there's been lots of amazing stuff announced! I've diligently sat deep in Stately Beat Manor, watching the news feeds, so you don't have to! Read on!
Continue ReadingSDCC Manga Giants Announce JManga.com, For Free & Legal Digital Manga
In an effort to compete with the huge ad-supported pirated manga aggregator sites, the Japanese Digital Comics Association has announced that this August they will be unveiling Jmanga.com, a new English-language digital manga site with free content.
Continue ReadingSDCC11: This year, it’s all about the security
This year's con is wilder than ever -- everywhere you look there's a parade or a circus breaking out. IGN has some kind of incredibly annoying and loud installation right by the Hilton Gaslamp; Marvel's Monster trucks are roaming down Harbor Ave., loud as a jet fighter. We haven't been on the floor since Preview Night -- preferring to skulk in the alley ways and panel rooms of Old Con. One of the big changes this year is the use of wristbands for exhibitors. This has cracked down on the people who would just borrow an exhibitor's badge to get in early or stay late. It's one of those little perks that rule benders have been taking advantage of for years -- and it's about to end.
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