Initial 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 ReadingBeat Exclusive: Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom Extended Preview
You may have noticed the Warlord of Mars, Fall of Barsoom tpb was in stores today. Maybe you'd like to read the first issue and see if you like it?
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: January 2012: For Kids of All Ages!
New comics! Fun stuff for everyone! (And, of course, before you hand the book over to a young impressionable mind, you have to read it first to make sure it is age-appropriate!)
Continue ReadingThe Shadow and Garth Ennis – A Review of the First Script
One of the questions you ask when you hear about a new Shadow comic is "what kind of take are they doing?" Another is "how serious will it be?" And then there's "how faithful is it to the source material?" As it happens, I've had a chance to read the script for The Shadow #1. I can't speak to Aaron Campbell's art -- I haven't seen that yet. I can, however, tell you what the tone and the take are going to be.
Continue ReadingSherlock Holmes: A Comic Comparison
The past year has seen an unusually large number of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, both in comics and on the screen, but not all Holmeses are created equal. Last night, British viewers got to see the last episode of Season 2 of the BBC's wildly popular starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law is still doing well in theaters a month after it opened. So if you're in a Holmesian mood and wondering what to read next, here's run down on the Holmes adaptations which have come out or had new installments in the past year. Varying from inspiredly odd to unreadably awful, don't go to the comic store without reading this first!
Continue ReadingOfficial: Garth Ennis Relaunches The Shadow at Dynamite
The rumor that's been making the rounds is true: Garth Ennis is the writer when Dynamite launches their ongoing revival of the classic pulp franchise, The Shadow. Joining him as the artist is Aaron Campbell, who's been doing Green Hornet: Year One and Dark Shadows for Dynamite.
Continue ReadingHe’s Back and God Help the Guilty – Dynamite Reissues The Shadow by Howard Chaykin
You may recall that Dynamite laid hands on the comic book license for The Shadow, a little while back. Come to find out, they also laid hands on the reprint rights for the previous Shadow comics. You know how Dark Horse reprints Marvel Star Wars and Conan comics? Dynamite's going to be doing something similar with DC Shadow comics, and they're starting out with Howard Chaykin's "Blood and Judgement" reboot of the franchise from the mid-80s.
Continue ReadingDynamite announces The Bionic Woman, and a Flash Gordon spinoff, Merciless: The Rise of Ming
Dynamite has some new books on the way, including The Bionic Woman, by Paul Tobin, Leno Carvalho with Paul Renaud on covers. Today it's Merciless - The Rise of Ming #1, which is written by Scott Beatty and drawn by Ron Adrian, with Alex Ross covers. This is a spin-off prequel of Flash Gordon - Zeitgeist (a title that just begs for spin-offs called Flash Gordon: Weltschmerz, Flash Gordon: Der Zauberberg and so on.) The book debuts in April:
Continue ReadingPreview: CURSE OF THE WENDIGO by Mathieu Missoffe and Charlie Adlard
Although you'd think he was busy enough drawing THE WALKING DEAD every month, artist Charlie Adlard occasionally has time to toss off something like CURSE OF THE WENDIGO (reviewed here) a horror comic written by French screenwriter Mathieu Missoffe and released in France in 2009. The story is set in World War I and finds French and GErman soldier teaming up to fight a greater horror. An American edition is out today from Dynamite, and here's a preview:
Continue ReadingFlesh Eating Monsters and Psychiatrists – A Curse of the Wendigo Review
Curse of the Wendigo is a graphic album coming out tomorrow from Dynamite written by Mathieu Missoffe and drawn by Charlie Adlard. Missoffe is a French screenwriter who moonlights in comics (an increasingly American thing to be doing, it would seem). Adlard is probably most familiar to comics audience as the artist on Walking Dead. As you might guess from the phrase "graphic album," Curse of the Wendigo was originally published in France by Soliel in 2009. Yes, the same Soliel that Marvel was publishing translations of a few years back.
Continue ReadingFirst look: PATRICIA BRIGGS’ ALPHA & OMEGA: CRY WOLF #7
Here's a peek at the cover to issue #7 of Dynamite's Patricia Briggs adaptation by Jenny Frison.
Continue ReadingFirst look: Charlaine Harris’s Grave Sight Part 3
Dynamite has provided us with the cover to the third part of their Charlaine Harris adaptation, by Benoit Springer.
Continue ReadingFirst look: ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME: THE EYE OF THE WORLD #23
Like the novels, the comics adaptation of WHEEL OF TIME rolls on and on. Here's a first look at the cover to issue #23 by Andie Tong.
Continue ReadingFirst look: GAME OF THRONES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1
Here's a peek at the first collection of the comics adaptation of GAME OF THRONES, courtesy of Dynamite. The cover is by Tommy Patterson & Sail.
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