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Comichron: Amazing Spider-Man V.3 Issue #1 tops 532,000 copies

05/13/2014 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Comichron: Amazing Spider-Man V.3 Issue #1 tops 532,000 copies

  By John jackson Miller   [reprinted with permission from Comichron.com] The final comics sales estimates for April are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here on Friday, Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1 was the best-selling title in the last 15 years in the comics market overall, and since the mid-1990s if we’re looking at just the […]

Filed Under: Marvel, Top News Tagged With: amazing spider-man #1, john jackson miller, Sales Charts

Humble Bundle’s Image Comics sales raises nearly $400K

05/13/2014 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The first ever comics sale on pay-what-you-want portal Humble Bundle is wrapping up tomorrow, and it seems to have been a success, with 38,847 bundles of digital comics sold, making a little over $397,000. As we reported earlier, Humble Bundle operates on a pay what you want model, with the buyer choosing to give all […]

Filed Under: Benefits, Image, Top News Tagged With: humble bundle, Image, Top News

Three minute long Constantine trailer released

05/13/2014 12:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Three minute long Constantine trailer released

The first three minute look at Constantine, the upcoming NBC series based on the Hellblazer comics, has been released and there is good and there is bad. I liked the callouts to actual comics, like the insect covered call of the very first issue, and the angel winged Mannym as played by Harold Perrineau. OBviously […]

Filed Under: DC, Television, Top News Tagged With: Constantine, DC, matt ryan, Television, Top News, Vertigo

Zack Snyder passes along camera tips…and first look at Ben Affleck as Batman

05/13/2014 12:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Zack Snyder passes along camera tips…and first look at Ben Affleck as Batman

I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014 Over on twitter Batman vs Superman director Zack Snyder has helpfully passed along a photo with some lens information to help you get that moody gritty look. Another aid in getting just the right note of […]

Filed Under: DC, Movies, Top News Tagged With: ben affleck, DC, I'm Batman, Movies, Top News, Zack Snyder

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