McDaniel talks his side of the Static rift…and what it reveals about the New 52
You may recall an ongoing blame battle between writer John Rozum and artist Scott McDaniel over the New 52 launch title STATIC. Rozum was the first of the New 52 creators to walk, and revealed it was because of creative differences with McDaniel. Now McDaniel has told HIS side of the story -- in a 15,000 word novella that covers every moment of every conference call in minute depth. McDaniel says he has never written anything before, but he seems to have a great future as a court reporter.
Continue ReadingDavid Gabriel explains Marvel’s trade program
ICv2 has a wide ranging interview with Marvel's Sr VP of Sales, David Gabriel, and it covers just about every topic you could imagine, from digital coupon conversion to page counts to pricing. Go here for all that: Part 1 and Part 2. However since we've had a high degree of scrutiny on Marvel's trade program of late, here's what he had to say on that topic:
Continue ReadingInitial Reactions To “Real” January Sales Estimates – DC More Stable, Marvel’s Top Line Shrinks
The "real" January sales estimates are up. Looks like my guesstimates weren't all that far off, either. This time out, I'll be scrolling down the estimate list at Comics Chronicles. That's also where John Jackson Miller reminds us that January orders always suck, but that this January sucked considerably less than previous Januarys. He's got the overall orders only down 6.25% from December. A glass half-full, perhaps, but there is some comfort to be taken in that it looks like the top line at DC might be stablizing a little more.
Continue ReadingThe Art of Ramona Fradon announced from Dynamite
Well, here is a very worthy subject for an art book: Ramona Fradon, legendary Silver Age artist. Co-creator of Metamorpho and one of the defining artists on Aquaman, Fradon's career covers everything from Super Friends to Brenda Starr. Now she's the subject of a comprehensive art book from Dynamite that includes an interview conducted by Howard Chaykin. As you can see from the sample pages, it's a treasure trove of archival material.
Continue ReadingNew Amazing Spider-Man trailer is out and has everyone talking
In just two minutes, this summer's Amazing Spider-Man has gone from an afterthought to the Batman/Avengers slugfest to a "Hey that looks great!' Even if it is one of those "I just saw the whole movie!" trailers, it certainly conveys all the elements of a successful superhero movie: a wise-cracking hero, a winsome love interest, a villain with a transatlantic accent and an authority figure determined to take our hero down—in this case Denis Leary as Gwen Stacy's policeman dad, George.
Continue ReadingCatron and White return to their roots at Fantagraphics
Over the weekend, Tom Spurgeon spotlighted the return of two old school members to the Fantagraphics mansion with Mike Catron and Preston White joining as editor and designer, respectively. Catron is actually the co-founder of Fantagraphics, going back to the Virginia/Connecticut origins of the company as The Nostalgia Journal. White (who was known as "Peppy" in the olden days) was a designer for many of the seminal '80s publications.
Continue ReadingSo just how many digital comics did DC sell in January?
Have you been wondering what digital comics DC has been selling the most of? While you can do a running snapshot of iTunes' "in app Sales" it doesn't give you a month's total. But, as they did last month, DC has just released their Top Ten digital comics for January to CBR. And it goes like this:
Continue ReadingJack Kirby Royalties/Credit Petition Live at Change.org
With the Avengers movie featuring several of Jack Kirby's co-creations starting up its media run-up to opening night, the Jack Kirby creator's rights movement has started a petition at Change.org. Change.org is a website for social movements/causes and online petitions. Change.org claims credit for getting Bank of America to drop its debit card fees and getting Universal pictures to put more of an environmental emphasis on the website for the adaption of The Lorax by Dr. Suess.
Continue ReadingThe Full-length Avengers trailer
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet And here’s the complete getting the gang together AVENGERS trailer.
Continue ReadingMarvel’s Super Bowl Special: Free Avengers Movie Tie-In Comic
It's Super Bowl Sunday. How does Marvel celebrate? How about giving away a free comic?
Continue ReadingLiefeld’s Co-Writers; James Robinson’s New Series; and Batwing Gets a New Artist – Updated
Change is still in the air at DC. You may recall Rob Liefeld got three new books? We now know his collaborators on those.
Continue ReadingChatting With Rorschach
I got a phone call from Rorschach just now. I told him I didn't want a prequel, but he didn't seem to care about that. Yes, that's right, 6minutestomidnight.com is still online.
Continue ReadingWalking Dead: Something to Fear
Via Image Comics, a teaser for...something involving a chainsaw. And it probably doesn't mean clearing brush.
Continue ReadingSCOOP: From the people who brought you Adventure Time….James Kochalka’s SuperF***ers
Move over, Finn. Jack Krak is on his way. Over at the Cartoon Hangover blog, this image of James Kochalka's Superf***ckers has appeared with the headline "Too Wild For T.V." If you've read the debauched adventures of Kochalka's NSFW teen superheroes—imagine Beavis and Butthead without the intelligence and restraint—you know that any such cartoon WOULD be too wild for T.V. Frederator Studios, which runs the blog and produced such cartoon classics as Adventure Time and The Fairly Odd Parents has had Superf***ers in development for a while now—and now it's going to be seen as part of the massive new influx of programming on YouTube. Kochalka has already written 8 of the 12 episodes.
Continue ReadingBlacksad is back in BLACKSAD: A SILENT HELL
BLACKSAD by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido is a famous comic in Europe, but the recent Dark Horse collection has created an American audience, as well: there are more than 20,000 copies of the book in print and a fourth printing is planned. Blacksad's success isn't horribly puzzling: a stylish noir storyline by Canales, and some of the most gorgeous anthropomorphic art ever by Guarnido make the tale universal. And the US setting doesn't hurt.
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