Marvel teases 4 in November — Will it be #600 or the Human Torch?
Marvel just sent out another one of its mystery teaser campaigns, with the above graphic and the tag "Coming in November 2011." Of late the FF has of course been renamed and renumbered Fantastic Force, in the wake of Johnny Storm's death. However, there had been some speculation that Marvel wouldn't pass up the opportunity to publish FANTASTIC FOUR #600 in what would have been the original numbering. Since two issues are shipping in October, the timing is right. Or it could be the return of Johnny, aka the Human Torch.
Continue ReadingWebcomic alert: Raised on Ritalin by Tyler Page
Tyler Page (Nothing Better, Stylish Vittles) has a new webcomic called Raised on Ritalin - A Medicated Memoir and just a few panels will give you an idea of what it's about.
Continue ReadingJoe Quesada on modern comics marketing
A new Cup O' Joe with Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada reveals many things, including more about the origin of MIles Morales, and the fact that Quesada has been commissioned by the actual President of the United States for a piece of art. But it also contains an explanation of what has vexed many of late: Marvel's spoilerific PR in major media. For instance the story of the new dark-skinned Spider-Man broke on Tuesday inUSA Today, spoiling the story with its ubiquity before the issue in question came out. However, says Quesada, there really isn't any other way to do it:
Continue ReadingWomanthology raises over $100,000 — UPDATED
WOMANTHOLOGY, the huge collection of comics by women succeeded in meeting its Kickstarter goals. In fact, it exceeded them by some bit, raising $109,301 in 30 days. The original goal was $25,000. Womanthology had some fantastic premiums to get people to pledge -- including contributions from Kevin Smith, Neil Gaiman, Jim Lee, and tons more. But thats still a crazy amount of money. Over 2000 people pledged, 433 of them between $65 and $100.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits, 8/8/11
§ Gen Con, the big gaming convention was this weekend, and MTV Geek has all kinds of coverage including this new metal 10-sided dice, IRONDIE. Roll your saving throw now!
Continue ReadingCon Wars: MoCCA vs Stumptown
In a rather surprising turn of events, New York's MoCCA Festival has announced their 2012 dates -- and not only are they a change from previously announced dates, but it's the same weekend -- April 27-28 -- as Stumptown Festival, the alt-comix festival held each year in Portland. The Stumptown dates were announced months ago, so the change comes as a surprise. As one exhibitor who forwarded the letter told us, in previous years MoCCA and Stumptown were a week apart, which was hard enough, but now the already small pool of indie comics publishers and creators are going to have to skip one or the other.
Continue ReadingWho’s selling all the Carl Barks stuff at Heritage Auctions?
If you're a Carl Barks collector, Heritage Auctions is selling a ton of great stuff, including autographed comics, correspondence, and, at the very high end some of Barks incredibly collectible -- and expensive -- oil paintings, like "Red Sails in the Sunset" which starts at $30,000. There's also this Barks Treasury Gold Limited Edition with Signed Certificate #320/1000 (Applewood Books, 1997) made out to "Steve."
Continue ReadingStudio Coffee Run 8/5/11: Game of Thrones casting updates, Catwoman in the flesh, Amazing Spiderman #2, etc.
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere’s a widely distributed pic of Henry Cavill in Man of Steel (via The Beat)…And here’s one of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises…(via EW) The stills came out this week on the heels of Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes declaring that, “DC will (continue to) be a major [...]
Continue ReadingBill Willingham tweets about working for superhero comics
This afternoon, Bill Willingham tweeted some typically frank thoughts about working on superhero comics -- in recent years, he wrote JSA for DC, and before that Shadowpact, a group book featuring several of DC's more supernatural characters...and Detective Chimp. And as many have said before him, working with recent brands of editorial direction tended to mitigate against spontaneity:
Continue ReadingTony Lee on being professional at conventions
Mr. Tony Lee, author of many Doctor Who and soon MacGyver stories, has posted some thoughts on guest behavior at cons, basically saying that if you are a paid-for guest, you should stay a guest after hours, and not just on the show floor.
Continue ReadingMarvel, Alan Moore top July sales
Spider Island and 1969 topped July's sales figures, just released by Diamond, with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 topping the periodicals, and LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN CENTURY #2: 1969 topping the GN sales. Sales were down from 2010 and down sharply from June -- however, June was a five week month, and July only four. The overall market is down about 7% in both units and dollars for the year. IDW was the #3 publisher in dollars, while Image was #3 in units; DC has closed the gap against Marvel quite a bit from the dismal May that is what many say unleashed the relaunch plans. Tables, charts and more info below.
Continue ReadingThe International Best Comics Poll picks top ten
Recently, the Hooded Utilitarian polled a bunch of comics-type people to answer the question "What are the ten comics works you consider your favorites, the best, or the most significant?" The results of the poll have been unveiled this week. Over 200 replies were received, so it's a pretty representative sampling. The #1 was revealed this morning and it's not a big shocker -- neither are any of the other Top 10:
Continue ReadingNEW: First photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman
Well now. A new day, a new action-oriented reveal for a WB movie character, in this case, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in next year's THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Textured catsuit? Check. Goggles? Check. Red lipstick? Check. Big-ass motorcycle? Check check check.
Continue ReadingMore comments on Multi-Culti-Ultimate Spidey from Colbert, Taiwanese animation, actual mixed race man
There have been about 42 multigabillion reactions in the media to the new multi-culti-ultimate Spider-Man, and we're not going to link to all of them, but here are the three best that have crossed our desk today. Perhaps we'll update this post if more good ones come in. • As you can see Stephen Colbert weighed in last night with some funny, funny jokes. Colbert is an avowed comics fan with many crossovers in his resume already, including having Joe Quesada on as a guest, and guesting himself in an issue of Spider-man.
Continue ReadingMUST READ: How to sell things, not give them away, at the San Diego Comic-Con
Steam Crow is a publishers/novelty/poster/art company we've noticed at shows before because of their great display and attractive merchandise. They are not an outright comics publisher, as they concentrate on buttons, prints, art and so on but they do publish some books. Their style is distinctive -- a cute/horror/steampunk kind of mashup . They's just posted selling tips from San Diego that EVERYONE SHOULD READ, as it contains solid advice about making sales at the show -- despite being across the aisle from a giant movie booth. Although their product line makes this a bit different from a comic-only booth, the reality is that selling ancillary merchandise is a major revenue stream for most comics publishers these days, small and large, and these observations are valuable for just about everyone. A sample:
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