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WHO will be the Netflix/Spotify of comics? Several companies have been trying to offer all you can eat comcis buffets, but a lack of top content has been holding them back. But Scribd just made a major play announcing a $8.99 a month plan that allows you access to 10,000 comics, including top titles from Marvel, IDW/Top Shelf, Archie, Dynamite and Valiant. Scribd has been around for a while as en embeddable pdf reader, and already offers over a million ebooks and audiobooks on a subscription basis, so this makes a lot of sense.

Warren Ellis is having a crack at reimagining the Project Superpowers universe, and Blackcross #1 hits in March. We've had an advance peek and it's not what might be expected, with a strong horror bent. Here's some brand new pages of Colton Worley's art to give you a taste, as well as variant covers by Jae Lee, Declan Shalvey and Tula Lotay.

Dynamite has been making a lot of announcements, and there isn't even a con coming. Here's the round-up: • CEO Nick Barrucci is selling art from his personal collection by Tom Raney, Mark Bagley, Scott Hanna, and Patrick Zircher from books like The Outsiders, The Punisher, Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man, The Order, Robin, and more. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the CBLDF. Barrucci owns hundreds of pages of art, and fans can order by artist: orders will be filled randomly for $75 a page.

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #1 Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Colton Worley Colorist: Morgan Hickman Project Superpowers had a few different titles published by Dynamite around 2008-10.  The line is...

By Bruce Lidl Lost somewhat in the initial burst of news from last week’s ImageExpo was the announcement of a new Image Humble Bundle offering,...

Simone, Zub, and Panosaian put peanut butter and jelly together then served it alongside a big juicy porterhouse steak. Fans of both characters will find plenty to enjoy in this limited series.

As you might have read here earlier in the week, Humble Bundle's well into 7 figures worth of revenue for 2014.  Right now we're...

The whole Humble Bundle move to selling comics and e-books worked very well, Calvin Reid reports:

It's the final Humble Bundle of the year and it's $555 worth of Dynamite Comics for a pay what you want model. THIS IS...

"Where is the Netflix of comics?" you ask. Unlimited streaming of everything from Blondie to Urasawa. That remains only a pipe dream, but a site called Comicsfix (get it?) is trying to be the streaming service we want. For $9.95 you get unlimited comics on various apps, and 24 hour access. But access to what? It's just been announced that Dynamite is the first company Top 10 publisher to sign up with them. You don't get everything, but some good starter stuff:

Dynamite and Arcane Wonders have come to a licensing agreement for the Mage Wars tabletop fantasy game. Interestingly, Dynamite will be launching with a prose...

In January, Dynamite will be launching The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance, a new ongoing series based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology.   Mark Rahner, who's...