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Yesterday The Mary Sue published an article suggesting that for-profit comic-cons could be violating federal labor law by not paying minimum wage to workers improperly classified as volunteers. However, a recent case involving Major League Baseball shows how ReedPop and other commercial comic-con ventures could beat the tag.

The popular Eisner nominated series is headed to the small screen

Writer: Mark Millar Penciller: Sean Gordon Murphy Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos Writer Mark Millar is a polarizing creator, but with the recent critical success of Starlight,...

At the last NYCC, I got shown a few pages of the new Airboy series by James Robinson (Starman, FF) and relative newcomer...

Becky Cloonan does creator owned again and it's the addictive equivalent of space cocaine.

This may well spoil things for people trying to flip variants on eBay, but it looks like Books A Million will let you order...

Two of the hottest names in comics are adapting their work for the small screen

And when I say must-read, I mean MUST READ, as it really lays out fundamental changes in how the industry is working for creator owned books.. A few days ago I noted how an old post on the economics of Jim Zubkavich on Skullkickers, his Image comics, had gotten a second life on Facebook with it's very low numbers on comics profits. In the comment, Zub promised an update, and he's delivered with an analysis of his new book, Wayward. As you can see from the above graph, it's a HUGE change, and it's all due to the rise of Image Comics:

A weekend round-up of assorted entertainment headlines just before the Oscars

Secret Identities #1 wastes no time in establishing it's universe. On the opening pages we're thrown into a two page splash of super heroics familiar to even the casual comic reader. A team of eight archetypal heroes, known as the Front Line, converge in battle over downtown Toronto. They include a beautiful and deadly alien woman, a rock-bodied hulk , and a silver-suited man of super-human speed. A portal has been opened over the Canadian city, spewing wave after wave of nasty hell-creatures crashing over our heroes.

Get an inside look at the upcoming Playstation Network series

Image launches an assortment of brand new number ones each month, however, May's selection of new Image titles features some huge names creating important new properties....