You really need to see one of IDW’s Artist Editions/Artifact Editions. They’re reproductions of the original art at the actual size of the original art. Next up for this department is the John Byrne’s X-Men Artifact Edition, which features over 100 pages of Byrne’s era-defining run on Uncanny X-Men. Official PR follows: One of the most requested […]
Another PR Departure – Steven Scott Leaving IDW
Two days, two major departures in the world of comics PR. Yesterday, Hunter Gorinson announced he was leaving Valiant and today Steven Scott has announced his last day at IDW will be Friday. He’s been there two years. What’s he doing next? For starters, spending more time writing comics. IDW will be publishing Scott’s first […]
Seriously, What’s Up With Editors? – ECCC ’18
By Joe Grunenwald Everyone knows what comic book writers and artists do, but probably not everyone knows exactly what a comic book editor does. ECCC’s “Seriously, What’s Up With Editors?” panel attempted to answer that own question with a discussion, moderated by Dustin Nelson, that included three of comics’ busiest editors: Sarah Gaydos of IDW, Desiree […]
Sam Glanzman’s D-Day Combat Story Returns to Print
The It’s Alive! imprint at IDW is Kickstarting a new reprint of Sam Glanzman’s old Combat comic, originally from Dell. (Yes, Dell used to publish comics and no, that’s not the computer company.) This time around, it’s the story of the D-Day invasion and there are some variant covers available from Walt Simonson, Russ Heath and […]
IDW’s Black Crown Adds Two New Titles
Black Crown has been thinking about the next wave of titles and has announced two of them: Euthanauts by Tini Howard and Nick Robles; and House Amok by Christopher Sebela and Shaun McManus Official PR follows: The Ruling Class of creator-driven titles continues its reign this summer as Shelly Bond’s band of miscreants continues to grow in numbers and […]
Thursday News / ECCC Round Up
It’s convention season, with Emerald City Comic Con in session today. That means a bit more posting than usual and a lot of folks checking the news when they get back to the hotel. To make a little easier on you, here are all The Beat’s Thursday (March 1st) stories in one handy list. 01/03/2018 […]
Walking Dead Has a Big Month, Others Not So Much – January 2018 Sales Distribution Charts for Image and the Independent Publishers
It’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts of Image and the other independent publishers for January. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct Market sales with the following caveats: 1) you […]
A new edition of the Femme Magnifique anthology is coming from IDW
Before she officially got back into the editing game with her Black Crown imprint, Shelly Bond collaborated with Kristy Miller & Brian Miller of Hi-Fi Colour Design on Femme Magnifique, a crowdfunded anthology of biographies of notable women in history. While the Kickstarter edition raised nearly $100,000, IDW is making a softcover edition available this September via Black Crown. Subjects […]
IDW’s San Diego Comic Art Gallery Reopens to Big Changes
Last night, February 3rd, IDW Publishing and Media held the official reopening of their own San Diego Comic Art Gallery. It had been reported by The Beat in early of last December that the gallery would be underway for some major changes. Following the end of their 30 Days of Night exhibit, the gallery closed […]
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Quintessential Collection – Even Includes the Movie Adaption
IDW would like to call your attention to Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Quintessential Collection, a hardcover collected edition of the Barber/Scioli series of the same name. Official PR follows: The fan-favorite mashup of toy box essentials, Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE were given a unique, critically acclaimed comic book series published by IDW that took readers […]
