Indie Month-to-Month Sales June 2013: Walking Dead continues to climb
It’s mostly as you were this month, Walking Dead continuing its residency in the top twenty, while Image generally have a strong showing at the top, Lazarus joining Jupiter’s Legacy, East of West and Ten Grand amongst the best-selling indies. X-Files and Fabulous Killjoys also score very good debuts for IDW and Dark Horse respectively.
Fort Wayne’s CAF Appleseed launches Kickstarter
As the comics live event business diverges into Cons and CAFs (comic arts festivals), both seem to be thriving. In 2013 Fort Wayne got...
Comics Arts Brooklyn details announced
As we mentioned yesterday, the dear departed BCGF indie comics festival that ended earlier this year has been replaced by the Comic Arts Brooklyn...
SDCC’13: Heidi’s Sunday Podcast with Fantagraphics, Rick Geary and more.
Live from San Diego Comic-Con, it's More To Come! Heidi's podcast from Publishers Weekly Comics World brings you special coverage from San Diego Comic...
How much content should you get for $2.99?
Back in the old days of the mid 2000s, comic fans could pick up any standard comic book issue for $2.99. It was the...
The Beat’s Timely On-Time Not Late ELCAF Report
Last weekend saw the second ELCAF take place in London, an indie comic festival which headlined with publishers Nobrow, SelfMadeHero, and Blank Slate. It...
FILM REVIEW: CARTOON COLLEGE Gets Under the Skin of Making Comics
Representing comics production in popular culture has long been missing a piece of the puzzle. We’ve had excellent documentaries about ground-breaking creators like Will...
INTERVIEW: Box Brown Announces New DIstribution Deal for Retrofit Comics
Box Brown ("Belen!", "Love is a Peculiar Kind of Thing") is a fixture at indie comics shows, tirelessly producing his own bold and appealing...
REVIEW: Noah Van Sciver Draws What He Wants to Draw in BLAMMO 8
Noah Van Sciver possesses one of the most original voices in indie comics. There’s little doubt about that. But he’s been on a strange...
Hot stuff: Farel Dalrymple is Delusional
Oh, Adhouse, why must you torture me so? The publishers of fine comics and art material have been on a streak of fire recently,...
Pre-order alert: Ludovic Debeurme’s Renee
I never really understand people who complain about not having enough good comics to read- I feel (despite trying pretty damn hard) I can...
Two for Tuesday: Mare Odomo’s Internet, Sam Alden’s Backyard
I like pre-ordering comics- not for any particularly altruistic reasons, but if I know I'm going to end up buying a certain comic anyway...
