Comics

It's time for another Marvel conference call, this time as Brian Michael Bendis and Nick Lowe talk about All-New X-Men #1. And I was...

One year after the big relaunch, DC wanted to give its superhero line another jolt by borrowing a gimmick from the glory days of 1994 and releasing "zero" issues of all of the "New 52" titles. In terms of average sales, this means an increase of more than 1,000 units compared to August. Of course, these are sales to retailers, and increases based on this type of gimmick never stick around for subsequent issues, but the fact that retailers have enough faith in DC to support the initiative to this degree is good news, certainly.

Actually it's from Nobrow #7, but Jillian Tamaki's haunting Half-Life can be read in its entirety. I won't spoil it, but it is reminiscent of a classic 50s SF film...even if it does go in another, surprising direction at the end.

After gaining huge mainstream attention for BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON and BODY WORLD—both formally experimental graphic noels that remained emotionally true—Dash Shaw has kept a...

No, he’s not secretly Edward Scissorhands, but if he were, that might make his job a lot easier. The New York Comics and Picture-Story...

Brandon Graham is hitting the road behind the first issue of MULTIPLE WARHEADS, his loopy, memorable comic about organ smuggling that's already getting rave reviews.

Disney released these swell classic movie posters in the style of tim Burton's Frankenweenie, which opened earlier this month. But it's still in the spirit of the season!

Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu are the team behind the relaunch for Marvel's Hulk, who will NOW! be known as 'The Indestructible Hulk'....

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover built towards its finale in September (though the actual final issue slipped to the next month). And - well, yes, that's about it in terms of notable releases in September. Schedules don't get much quieter than this, and with many of the titles also on their way to an imminent relaunch, the main points of interest on this month's chart really involve seeing how recent launches are getting on.

Cameron Stewart's excellent webcomic Sin Titulo has finished and will get a hardcover collection from Dark Horse next year. The strip, described as "a dark, neo-noir semi-autobiographical mystery thriller concerned with dreams, family, and memory" launched in 2007 as part of the TX webcomics collective, and has continued on, with a few lengthy breaks, ever since. It won the Eisner Award for Best Webcomic in 2010

Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius has been a success on the web ever since folks started anxiously asking "Can peoplez read comicz on webz?" and it even has a load of Hugo Awards to show for it. But In a humorous press release copied below, they've announced they're moving over to TopatoCo for fulfillment and merchandizing, while staying with Diamond for distribution.

s this the Nolan-ized Iron Man? The quasi-Bane-like narration, dark tone and "hero must struggle against himself" are certainly a bit different from the light hearted screwball comedy of the first two. In Shane Black we trust.