Comics

Valiant Comics' relaunch has now expanded even further, with the announcement of an apparent new Ninjak series coming out in September.

One of the most watched cartoonists to graduate from CCS, Chuck Forsman's work has been mostly available only in small mini-comics editions. But that's changing, as Fantagraphics will reissue THE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD in book form and then publish a NEW graphic novel, CELEBRATED SUMMER, in 2013. Exciting!

The Oatmeal is a well known webcomic that crosses over into mainstream coverage with some regularity. And that's happened again. The short version is: some time ago, The Oatmeal had a dust up with a website called "FunnyJunk" over a bunch of The Oatmeals comics having been appearing on that site without authorization. Roughly a year later, FunnyJunk has sent a letter from a lawyer wanting $20K for defamation to avoid a lawsuit. Suffice it to say, The Oatmeal is a bit incredulous.

If you click the link, you will get to see Cyclops wearing a thong.

The cover for September's issue of Catwoman is.....

A fantastic launch for Dynamite's Shadow relaunch snags them the number one spot for indie books this month, while Walking Dead just pips Saga to the second spot, by less than 50 copies. A little further down Fanboys vs Zombies, Star Wars Boba Fett is Dead and America's Got Powers get off to very strong starts.

 

We had a very interesting comments section last month, with Ed Brubaker and Brian Wood amongst others commenting that the figures reported here are quite far below what the actual sales are. The general consensus seems to be that actual sales are at least 10-20% higher than reported, which makes sense when you account for reorders and foreign sales. I considered adding a percentage to the figures here, but I think that's likely to make these already estimated figures utterly meaningless, so I'll stick with the ICv2 figures for the moment. However, if a creator or publisher would like to contribute completed figures, I'm happy to consider including them, as I'm doing with Fatale #1 this month.

DC's September solicitations confirm the demise of Resurrection Man, decommissioning of Captain Atom, disbanding of Justice League International and leaves Voodoo VooDONE

At iFanboy, Josh Flanagan brings up an issue that we often mention at BarCon:Are There Any Superstar Comic Artists Left?:

There's some debate, at least in the comment sections, on whether or not DC is going to cut 4 books after announcing 4 new ones and keep their line at "The New 52." It looks like there will be at least 2 cuts. Captain Atom has joined Justice League International in the comic book afterlife.

While laid up with medical issues that preclude him doing serious writing, Kurt Busiek has set up a Formspring account, and, as you could extrapolate from reading his calm, well-reasoned* answers here at The Beat, there's lots of info:

If you're a regular webcomic reader, you probably have a bunch of bookmarks that you hit daily. If you are a dabbler, you might want to explore a few more. Both types of readers might find the new Comic Rocket webcomic viewer a handy way to organize their reading matter. A browser-based platform that aims to be a kind of souped up feed for webcomics, you can mark your favorites and check them all with one click—although it's in beta, it's easy enough to navigate, We signed up three of our favorites in no time.

Angoulême. San Diego. Tokyo. Barcelona. New York. Erlangen? A comics show... in Germany? In a small city most people haven't heard of? Held every other year since 1984? It can't be worthy of a post, can it? Ah... read on and discover!