Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: May 2009
by Paul O'Brien
It's an uneventful month, in every sense of the word. By ICV2's estimates, sales were down a massive 19% compared with the previous year. But then, that's hardly surprising. ...
Interviews: GUTSVILLE's fate and Infantino's final interview
§ GUTSVILLE was one of the highest concept comics ever, a Hawthorne-esque melodrama of a society that lives inside some giant beast. Written by Si Spurrier with art by Frazer Irving, the first...
IDW to publish Archie collections
Continuing their growing line of deluxe reprints of classic comics, IDW and Archie Comics are teaming to put Riverdale's daffy teens into IDW's Library of American Comics. PR below:
IDW Publishing is proud to announce...
Tyrese creates MAYHEM at The Beat!
Remember near the end of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND when the ET research team tentatively plays the five note theme that has been haunting the UFO-chasers...and waits, and waits and then the...
Garrity's SKIN HORSE collection out from Couscous
The Couscous Comics collective is putting out their first trade paperback, a collection of SKIN HORSE by writer/artist Shaenon K. Garrity and co-writer, Jeffrey C. Wells. The 144-page book collects the first...
Dorkin on BEASTS OF BURDEN
Consider this a plug! Evan Dorkin delivers his pitch for BEASTS OF BURDEN, a four-issue miniseries written by him and painted by Jill Thompson:
I do know what the deal on the comic is:...
Let's all market with Tyrese Gibson's MAYHEM
To the list of hardest-working celebs in comics (Rosario Dawson, Milo Ventimiglia) the name Tyrese Gibson must be added. With MAYHEM -- co-created by Mike Le and Will Wilson, and artist Tone Rodriguez --...
Dark Horse Presents leaves MySpace
Lost in all the excitement over Gilbert Hernandez's new superhero Dreamstar last week, is the fact that Dark Horse Presents has left MySpace. Given the social networking site's unfriending of hundred of employees --...
Master Post: Von Eeden Interview Extras
Michel Fiffe interviews artist Trevor Von Eeden for the latest Comics Journal, and his LJ includes outtakes and a generous helping of art to show what makes Von Eeden such a noteworthy figure....
Supergirl's Guide to short skirts and the active lifestyle
Last week, NPR, of all places, made a big whoop-t over Supergirl finally deciding to stop flashing everyone -- apparently the decision came by editorial fiat:
The man in question: DC Comics editor Matt Idelson....
Chris Duffy's July 4th Project
Ease yourself out of the holiday mood and back into the workaday with The July 4th Project, an assemblage of new superheroes by an assortment of fine cartoonists curated by Chris Duffy. Above THE...
Mike Kaluta's MADAME XANADU pentaptych
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