Ted McKeever’s MONDO debuts in January
Continuing his pageant of quirky heroes and bizarre adventures, Ted McKeever has a new three-issue miniseries coming out this January called MONDO. The story deals with Catfish, a chicken-farm worker who gains strange powers and takes on even stranger foes. We're sold.
Continue ReadingBrubaker goes Hollywood with COWARD
Another day, another option, but this one is a bit different -- this time the comics creator himself has been tapped to write the script. Ed Brubaker is writing a script for a COWARD movie based on the first arc of his CRIMINAL series, says Variety. David Slade (TWILIGHT, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT) is attached to direct for Jamie Patricof's Hunting Lane Films.
Continue ReadingMEMOIR picked up by Warner Bros TV.
Another day another comics in Hollywood deal! But this one's all in the family, as it's been announced that Warner Bros. TV is developing MEMOIR by Ben McCool and Nikki Cook, as announced in Publishers Marketplace. The deal was negotiated by Angela Cheng Caplan at the Cheng Caplan Company. McCool writes:
Continue ReadingMillar and Gibbons team on “The Secret Service”
Although it's been known for years that Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons were teaming on a comic for Image, the name and art were still unannounced -- until just now. It's called THE SECRET SERVICE and will presumably revolve around doctors who quietly perform hair transplants...or something like that.
Continue ReadingWhat to buy from Image Comics in December 2011
An all-star Madman anniversary collection and a Super Dinosaur coloring book highlight the month, plus a Jingle Belle collections, the first Witch Doctor trade, a comic about ancient Rome by Tito Faraci and Dan Brereton, and the second issue of Paul Grist's MUDMEN.
Continue ReadingDigital Comics: The new distribution war
While news of Haven Distribution shutting down yesterday marked the end of one attempt at breaking up the dominance of Diamond as comics giant distributor, in digital land, there is still a LOT of competition. Monday's dueling announcements from Graphicly and comiXology on going day and date with Image Comics is a case in point. First off, there seems to be a bit of confusion over just what each company announced. Graphicly said they were going to be going DaD with the "entire publishing catalog", while comiXology promised "top titles." Does Graphicly have MORE Image titles than comiXology?
Continue ReadingImage goes day and date with Graphicly — UPDATE: and with comiXology with “top titles”
The dominoes are falling fast and furious. Image has just announced they will be going day and date via Graphicly, distributing their entire line of comics to iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Nook, and Graphicly's exclusive, Facebook. In addition to all the usual platforms, The Image Facebook page will be transformed into a digital store where you can buy all your Image comics, including THE WALKING DEAD, CHEW, and so on. With DC already available same day print and digital, who will be the next publisher to go that way? And how long will it take for every comcis publisher to be day and date? Six months? Or three?
Continue ReadingPIGS #1 gets convention variant cover by Katie Cook
Well, it's been an exciting week for comics, what with you know what, and you know who. But one of the most buzzed comics of the week was PIGS #1, written by Nathan Cosby and our own Ben McCool, with art by Breno Tamura. This new Image book -- about a second generation Cuban sleeper cell on a complex mission to overthrow the US Government -- has already shown off a variety of covers by artists from Jock to Dave Gibbons, but Cosby and McCool have just announced a special variant cover debuting at New York Comic-Con by...Katie Cook. Best known for her charming illustrations, let's just say it goes against type in a very cool way.
Continue ReadingPreview: THE BIG LIE #1
While the re-you-know-what by you-know-who has been sucking all the air and dollars out of the room, there are lots of other great comics on sale from other publishers this month, and it's high time to get back to previewing them. One such book is THE BIG LIE #1 by Rick Veitch and Gary Ersksine, a highly provocative book about a woman who goes back in time to rescue her husband from the destruction of the World Trade Center. Along the way she uncovers some startling questions. Creator Veitch says he's not a Truther -- as are those who believe the 9/11 attacks were a government conspiracy -- but as in this Huffington Post interview he believes in skepticism:
Continue ReadingSkybound gets Asian distribution deal
Robert Kirkman's Skybound imprint at Image -- which includes Kirkman's own books and some new ones like WITCH DOCTOR and SUPER DINOSAUR -- will be getting Asian distribution via a deal with Moving Images, an international media company headquartered in Singapore and Los Angeles.
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 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 ReadingExclusive CHEW #20 preview and BIG LEAGUE CHEW cover
From today's just concluded Image panel, Chew #20 includes 8 extra pages at no extra cost. We've been given an exclusive preview of pages from the issue, below. In addition, Chew #23 has been announced with the title "Big League Chew" -- it's out in October and includes a zombie-fied front cover.
Continue ReadingTo do: Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies Launch Party
Today at Jim Hanley's Universe 15 creators signing! Awesome line-up -- be there!
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: July 2011
So much good stuff! Bestselling author Christopher Moore writes a graphic novel! Ray Bradbury, Grandmaster, has two classics adapted! Grant Morrison writes about superheroes and religion! Disney and Hitler, together again! Girlie comics from Marvel! "Good Girl" comics from Jim Silke, Doug Sneyd, and Dean Yeagle! Great Women comics from Gail Simone, Colleen Coover, Megan Kelso, Jill Thompson, and Corinne Mucha! (Can't find female creators on the newsstands? Check the bookshelves!) And lots of masterful work from Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Jim Starlin, and Floyd Gottfredson!
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