Comics

The nominations for this year's British Comic Awards, held during November's Thought Bubble Convention in Leeds, have been officially opened this week. In addition,...

Marvel Now rolls on into February. This month's major events are the relaunch of UNCANNY X-MEN, the "Point One" prologue issue for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, the return of NOVA with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, and a new take on SECRET AVENGERS. More generally, the first wave of relaunched titles have now been around long enough that we're starting to get a sense of which ones are already settling down, and which ones aren't. Though DC had the top selling book of the month - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA - Marvel still had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 38% to 33% in units and 35% to 29% in dollars.

Dynamite has announced the second tile in its new "Crime Line."  Uncanny will be the new title from Andy Diggle and Aaron Campbell, concerning...

Marvel continue to tempt me with their extraordinary cover designs that are leaving many other publishers in the shade. Coming to Fearless Defenders blind...

It's been rumored for a long time that Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin have been working on a new project together. Here is...

Warrior took nearly a year from its original inception in the spring of 1981 to finally reaching the shelves in March 1982. The contents...

You might have heard that Greg Rucka and Michael Lark have a comic coming out from Image.  It's called Lazarus and it's coming out...

I noticed a common feature in the comics I was reading this week, a feature that made them all compelling as stories: the role...

Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for daring to go to school to get an education. Zen Pencils has a fine webcomic about her struggle called MALALA YOUSAFZAI: I have the right.

Good news everybody! Today has seen two more Kickstarter projects funded: Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton's GOLDTIGER, as well as Steven Sanders' SYMBIOSIS. Both...

Palookaville #21 is on its way, and while the looong running CLyde Fans serial is on hold, Seth digs into his own life story in the cheerfully titled "Nothing Lasts." Seth may be gloomy but he's also one of our all-time favorite cartoonists, we'll race to pick this up.

Trip City Presents "You'll Have to Save That For Another Time" by best selling author (and McSweeny's editor) Dave Eggers and artist Noah Van Sciver (The Hypo).