Hibbs talks backlist
A new Tilting at Windmills is up and this time, retailer Brian Hibbs talks about the backlist -- perennial books that sell and sell.
Continue ReadingFirst Look: Alex Ross’s cover for GAME OF THRONES #2
Have you heard about A Game of Thrones? It's very popular. Dynamite is publishing the comic, issue #2 is out in October and Alex Ross did the cover. Tyrion and white wolves in da hizzy!
Continue ReadingDiamond launches digital comics in September
After a period of beta testing, Diamond is ready to roll out their digital comics sales this September. As there is not much else happening that month, maybe this will perk things up. More seriously, about 30 publishers are participating in the venture, which is run through iVerse and involves participating retailers generating codes for sale. The program will begin more advanced beta testing in stores in August. Interested retailers can sign up here.
Continue ReadingManning Award Spotlight: Janet K. Lee
Each year the Russ Manning Award is presented to a new artist of merit. Past winners include Jeff Smith, Dave Stevens, Scott McCloud, and many other future Hall of Famers. We thought we'd take a look at this year's nominees and show off some nice art along the way. Up first: Janet K. Lee.
Continue ReadingBONE and RASL get their own apps on comiXology
Jeff Smith has joined the stand-alone digital store ranks with new apps for BONE and RASL via comiXology. To celebrate, there's a sale and at 4 pm a chat on Reddit with Smith. As kids books tend to do very well on tablets and phones, we'd expect Bone to conquer this medium as well as it has every other place it's appeared.
Continue ReadingTo do tonight BKNY: COUSIN CORINNE’S REMINDER/Comix Block launch/reading
It's a combination launch party for arts magazine Cousin Corrinne's Reminder and a comics reading by Nick Bertozzi, Jen Ferguson, Dean Haspiel and more tonight at Book Court:
Continue ReadingTo do tonght BKNY: Lizz Hickey/Gabrielle Bell release party at Desert Island
Gabrielle Bell is releasing her San Diego Diary mini, and Lizz Hickey is releasing SUCK IT. Both are JUST IN TIME. more info
Continue ReadingALERT! ALERT!!!! John Carter of Mars trailer!
AWOOGA! ALL HANDS ON DECK! Arcade Fire soundtrack -- check -- but the remake by Peter Gabriel? "My body is a cage." So this is a remake of AVATAR?
Continue ReadingNice art: Overkill: The Art of Tomer Hanuka
Coming this fall from Gingko Press, finally, a Tomer Hanuka art book, OVERKILL. In addition to his award-winning illustration work, the book collects of his comics covers for books like MIDNIGHT, MASS., UN-MEN, and more.
Continue ReadingGREAT art: Spiegelman, Ware and Panter talk Feininger
For those of you happily staying home in NYC instead of braving nerd prom, you are being rewarded by an amazing event: The Fine Art of Comics, with Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware at the Whitney Museum on July 20th. Held in conjunction with a show on Lyonel Feininger, this trio of masters will talk about comics and fine art.
Continue ReadingConspiracy corner: Pants, kittens, credits
DC Comics is either smart or crazy...or both. Their policy of extremely controlled release of information on the New 52 has led to Kremlinology being taken to new heights as every post on The Source leads to people examining everything with a fine tooth comb...(and sometimes finding franks and beans) and DC getting more and more publicity out of it, even when it looks like a mistake or change of direction.
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con changes 2012 preregistration procedure
CCI: SD is changing how they are selling their badges for next year's show: instead of selling passes to the 2012 edition inside the convention center, sales are being moved to the Manchester Grand Hyatt, where pre-registration will be available Thursday through Sunday from 8 am to 11 am.
Continue ReadingSDCC11: ICv2 conference adds new speakers
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE A SPONSOR AND PARTICIPANT IN THIS EVENT! HYPE ALERT! That said we wouldn't be involved if we didn't feel it is an excellent line-up and the conference is sure to make a lot of headlines.
Continue ReadingSDCC11: Geppi launches Fandom Advisory Network
In conjunction with the Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, Diamond is helping launch the Fandom Advisory Network, a collecting oriented advocacy network for all kinds of collectors. The organization will launch at Comic-Con of course, with signings and a contest to be named the Ultimate Fan of 2011.
Continue ReadingThe Red Hood is definitely a MEMBER of the Bat family
When DC released a bunch of October Bat-book covers the other day, it was quickly noticed that Starfire's costume had gotten much smaller, a natural move for the exhibitionist alien. It was also noticed that part of the Red Hood had gotten bigger.
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