First SURROGATES image
Disney and Top Shelf have released the first image of Bruce Willis in THE SURROGATES, or as Leigh Walton puts it:
Exciting news -- Disney/Touchstone has released the first production still from the upcoming SURROGATES...
Pull Quotes: What drives the book?
What do today's cartoonists think about when they sit down to draw or plan out a graphic novel? We're always fascinated to learn what makes an artist tick, and not surprisingly, many of them...
EX MACHINA’s unlikely cameos
IGN has a preview of EX MACHINA #40, which posits: What if New York had a superpowered mayor? The issue kicks off the title's final year, and in old Stan and Jack fashion it...
Webcomics ad networks — one goes, one arrives
We're been hearing some rumblings of late that ADSDAQ, a web advertising network, has been dumping webcomics. BookElves had some rumblings back in August:
One of the things that really tripped us up this year...
Bono speaks of Spidey!
We've devoted many items to the eventual Spider-Man musical, and we expect to devote more to it, because the damned thing doesn't open for months and months. However, there's one thing we haven't linked...
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE trailer
Not yet embeddable, but a nice sharp version is here. Based on a couple of viewings, it's safe to say that this movie will be filled with two things: hot guys and shit flying...
More layoffs at Tokyopop
Eight more staffers, including editor Bryce Coleman, were laid off from Tokyopop this week, as confirmed by marketing director Marco Pavia. The other staff cuts were from around the company. The move came in...
Criterion posters for sale
The New Criterion Collection,, the elite of DVD releases, is selling some gicleé prints of their covers including several by cartoon types. Details from the art are below -- hit the link...
A very HELLBLAZER Christmas
Celebrate the season with John Constantine, as his book reaches issue #250 -- the first ever Vertigo title to do so. All-star contributors include:
Dave Gibbons
China Miéville
Peter Milligan
Brian Azzarello
Jamie Delano
Sean Phillips
Giuseppe Camuncoli
Eddie Campbell
Rafael Grampá
David...
Pull Quotes: Current affairs
Both Dan DiDio and Joe Quesada answered readers' questions this week, at Newsarama and Myspace, respectively. A key difference between DC and Marvel emerged:
"I don’t want to timestamp something, say, having an issue of...