Comics

The artist collective known as theBLVD is back with a new sketchbook and special guests, including emerging comics writer JONATHAN ROSS. The Beat endorses theBLVD.

Arcana is one of the 700 companies featuring Stan Lee at their booth. Clockwork Girl creator Sean O'Reilly will also be around along with Chris Claremont, assorted WWE divas and movie stars and so on. They also have a tote bag!

NBM has announced their signing schedule -- including Ted Rall, Gerard Jones, Richard Moore, Sean Michael Wilson, Mark Badger and Rick Geary. You can follow NBM on Twitter, we hear!

SLG has posted their con schedule at their blog, which includes an epic signing list of Jhonen Vasquez, Drew Rausch, Van Jensen, Dusty Higgins, Gene Luen Yang, Greg Wiesman, Aaron Alexovitch AND MANY MORE. Full details here.

Breaking news! THERE WILL BE COMICS AT COMIC-CON! Sparkplug Books, publisher of some of the best comics of Comic-Con -- hopefully their booth will be MOBBED as they supply hundreds of quality comics by people like Benjamin Marra, Katie Skelly, Matthew Thurber and Noah Van Sciver to a comics-starved audience. Sparkplug's entire summer schedule is in the jump.

Batton Lash and Exhibit A Press are back again with a new book. Details below:

Sony Online Entertainment has a lot going on for this November's launch of the DC Universe Online game, including a fan event featuring Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman and a block party at SOE's hq. VIP Beta keys will be available at all the events, as well.

Dark Horse's complete panel and portfolio schedule is up here, but here's their in booth signing schedule, with everyone from Denis Kitchen to Gerard Way to Milo Manara to Felicia Day.

FREAKSHOW #1 by David Server, Jackson Lanzing and Joe Suitor highlights the offerings at Ape Entertainment.

DC's Vertigo blog, Graphic Content, has announced that "Shoot" by Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez is finally going to see print as part...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch DC Comics' periodical business had one of its better months in May, thanks to a host of new launches that were received...

Dirk White, formerly of Dark Horse, has joined IDW as Director, Retail Marketing, a new position. AnnaMaria White has been promoted to Director, Marketing and Public Relations. Together the moves suggest that IDW is serious about increasing their market share through renewed retail efforts.