Comics

___________________________________________________________________________ The following are new titles from DC, scheduled for the first four months of 2013. It's dominated by New 52 titles, as DC releases the...

Journey Into Mystery is going to continue! Kathryn Immonen steps in as writer, and the focus shifts to...

By Todd Allen While the print version won't be showing up until October, DC continues to have a fairly imaginative creative line-up on it's Legends...

A trio of stories on digital from Publishers Weekly that illuminate book demographics and strategies: § Jim Milliot surveys a recent report from Bowker and notes that digital book prices are falling, but Gen Y has overtaken the Boomers as the biggest book consumers:

In the annals of "very safe predictions" the idea that the first collection of SAGAis going to sell very well is right up there. The book—collecting the first six issues of the science fiction drama by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples—isn't out until October 23rd, but it's certain to get a whole new audience for the book. Not that it's been lacking an audience: the first issue already has already sold over 70,000 copies in various printings. And a low $9.99 price tag makes the barrier to entry pretty low.

Not quite comics, but hours of fun: The design blog Grain Edit features work by several cartoon-affiliated folks, and sums up the look of the day (as defined by the Mid-Century influence, whatever you call it) very nicely.

Image have released a teaser image for issue #100 of Invincible, Robert Kirkman's other long-running series, promising things are all going to end nicely... NOT REALLY! Somebody's going to DIE

Marvel have announced the new creative team for Avengers Assemble, as well as some changes within the team lineup itself. Who's out? Who's in?

By Todd Allen The November solicitations for DC have been released.  As I was scrolling through them, I thought to myself, "that sure is a lot of...

It's an obscure title here in the US, but in the UK, The Dandy is akin to Sesame Street and Peanuts all rolled into one. It's the UK's longest running comic, but it's 75 year run might just be at an end, the Guardian reports. With sales that have slipped from 2 million a week to in 50s to 8000 today, you can see why. The Dandy was launched in 1937 as a children's magazine, and featured such much-loved (and mocked) characters as Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat—and came packaged with a whistle. If these characters aren't usually mentioned among the medium's shining stars they were still reliable friends for kids from the 30s on. However the market for kids comics magazines just isn't what it used to be.

§ This interview with former Marvel Talent Coordinator and color overseer Bon Alimagno may just be one of the smartest things I've ever read on comics coloring. Critique of color rarely goes beyond "I liked it!" since a study of advanced color theory isn't exactly on everyone's CV, and most people aren't trained to go beyond "orange and green don't go together." This this study of why and how Marvel's color schemes worked is incredibly illuminating:

The nominees for this year's Ignatz Awards, to be presented Saturday, September 15th at the Small Press Expo, have been announced. As usual, it's an eclectic mix spotlighting some outstanding work from off the beaten path—Inés Estrada— and some from mainstream publishers—My Friend Dahmer.