Periodically (pun intended), it’s useful to take a look at where the sales of a publisher’s titles are clustered. It helps widen the picture of how things are going. The idea is to break the sales chart into 10K slices. How many titles or issues sold 100K copies or more? How many sold 90K-99K? How […]
Preview: Batwoman #1
If you’re heading to the shop today (or buying online), here’s a preview of Batwoman #1, which you should find on the new arrivals shelf. “The Many Arms Of Death” part one! At last—Batwoman is back in her own ongoing series! On the island nation of Coryana, anything goes for members of the criminal underworld…and during […]
DC Comics Sales Band Report For February 2017
Periodically (pun intended), it’s useful to take a look at where the sales of a publisher’s titles are clustered. It helps widen the picture of how things are going. The idea is to break the sales chart into 10K slices. How many titles or issues sold 100K copies or more? How many sold 90K-99K? How […]
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: 25th Anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series with Arlen Schumer
As a cartoon loving kid of the 90’s, chances are the Batman: The Animated Series was on your “must-watch list.” It’s hard to believe that the iconic show is hitting its 25th year anniversary. But what really made this show stand out so much in our minds, even now as adults? Aside from the […]
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Spotlight on John Semper, Jr. – Talks Spider-Man lore and Marvel Woes
John Semper, Jr. holds an ever growing list of credits, ranging from his work as a screenwriter, producer, and story editor. His body of work is mostly invested the in the field of animation, where he is most remembered among cartoon and comic fans alike for his work on the much watched 90’s carton Spider-Man: […]
San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Arlen Schumer Pays Tribute to Jack Kirby and Denounces Stan Lee
Artist, illustrator, writer, and in a way Jack Kirby historian are a few of the titles that Arlen Schumer would claim for himself. The man of many talents is hard at work at this year’s San Diego Comic Fest, giving four “visualectures” throughout the convention weekend. Since SDCF is paying special tribute to the […]
Diamond: Comics sales down in January but more comics shipped than in 20 years
Diamond released sales figures for January 2017 this morning and units and dollars were way down from December – however that’s only to be expected from holiday sales. However, periodicals were up a but from January 201 while GNs were down. Overall comparisons were down quite a bit but it’s hard to make too much […]
Joe Manganiello is training heavily to play Deathstroke…but here’s why this is sad
We may not know when the Deathstroke standalone Batman movie is coming out, as Ben Affleck has dropped out as director, and the script still needs doctoring. However Joe Manganiello, who plays Deathstroke in the film recently gabbed on the Dragon Talk podcast andrevealed he’s heavily into training for the role, studying the katana and […]
Review: Celebs Clothing’s Batman Lego Classic Hoodie
We’ve written about products at Celebs Clothing before; they specialize in jackets, hoodies and other garments for both women and men that are based on popular SF/superhero films and TV shows. They’re currently having a 40% off sale for Valentine’s Day with such hot products as A Jyn Erso jacket The Lego Batman jacket. And […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: 666/666/666
For those looking for reading material to avoid watching TV, here’s a whole week’s worth of links. § An oldie but a goodie. Those were the days. We were so young! § I think this qualifies as a must read for the week past: Arnar Heidman has a piece at WWAC called The “Reveal” of Trans […]
