Sizing up Marvel’s Star Wars franchise

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We all knew that the Star Wars comics franchise would go to Marvel eventually, but no one seems enthused about the idea. Maybe that's...

It’s official: Stars Wars license moving from Dark Horse to Marvel

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Marvel and Dark Horse just sent out statements confirming what many had long expected: that Disney would move the Star Wars comics license to...

Nice Art Adams: Uncanny Avenger Annual covers

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Art Adams posted some pencils for his Marvel covers on his FB account, and I spotted the colored version on Comic Vine. Adams isn't...

Fantagraphics to publish MASSIVE gay manga

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As the diaspora of former PictureBox projects begins, it's just been announced that Fantagraphics is picking up MASSIVE a huge overview of gay manga...

Nice Art: Andreas Englund imagines the life of an aging superhero

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For years, Swedish painter Andreas Englund has been creating a series of heroic sized paintings depicting the life of an aging superhero, in all...

Shia LaBeouf skywrites apology to Dan Clowes

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This is a thing that actually happened. When I first saw it popping up on my feeds I thought it was some kind of photo shop jobbie, but no. Shia LaBeouf, the embattled plagiarist/actor, hired a plane to skywrite "I am sorry Daniel Clowes" over the pellucid skies of Los Angeles.

Jim Starlin creating an original Thanos graphic novel for Marvel

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Jim Starlin wrote and drew Marvel's very first original graphic novel back in 1982, The Death of Captain Marvel, and he's at it again,...

For 2014 it’s 1975 again with this vintage Marvel calendar

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Return with us to the days of Power Man and flat coloring. It seems 2014 has the same calendar as 1975, and in 1975 there was a Mighy Marvel calendar. Mark Anderson has scanned in the calendar and posted big JPEGS so you can make your own wallpaper or print em out for yourself.

This is the year we actually GET THINGS DONE

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Yeah right. I'm sure with the new year, everyone has an idea to lose weight, get organized, ditch email or read more comics. How close we come to any of those is a matter of focus and discipline, but let's all try! Getting Things Done is the subject of many books and methods, especially for today's multi tasking electronic world. The distraction of 25 Crazy Thongs Miley Cyrus Wore and You Won't Believe What This Adorable Puppy Did to This Shoe! is a constant menace for all, and some experts think we all have some degree of ADD because of it.

Must Read: Becky Cloonan on self-publishing

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This is a good one to leave the year on, I think, a 4000 word essay by Becky Cloonan on the evolution and execution...

Charles Soule reveals how the heck he’s writing seven books a month

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If you wonder who is the hardest working man in comics biz, there is only one answer: Charles Soule, currently scripting seven monthly titles and running a law firm. As he admits in this post, people are always asking him "HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS???"—in fact I asked him that the last time I saw him—so he has written a blog post to explain so he doesn't have to waste precious time answering that question any more.

Marvel’s David Gabriel: we haven’t sold comics in bookstores for months and no one...

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Remember what I was just saying about how if Marvel made any money selling periodicals in bookstores, they would never have stopped the program?...

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