Obamania hits Midtown and elsewhere
Okay we thought those reports of how hot a ticket AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 was going to be might be a tad overblown -- after...
Marvel announces THE STAND gn is direct sales only
After getting some brickbats for shortages of the Obama Spidey comic, Marvel did something yesterday that made comics retailers very, very happy, by announcing...
Cranky Jackson battles Marvel
Samuel L. Jackson says he may not come back at Nick Fury according to one of those runway interviews, which would be sad, because...
Obama IS too popular, at least in comics
The other day, we approvingly noted how much international press this week's Spider-Man/Barack Obama team-up comic had gotten. Tons of press, appearances on everything...
Spider-Man’s team-up with Obama gets attention…lots of it
A Reuters story about the issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, with Barack Obama guest starring has been printed everywhere,. In our news feed it...
Pull Quotes: Where for art thou, Norse dialogue?
Stan Lee talks to Marvel.com about writing a new story for THOR #600, and how times have changed:
"When I used to write...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: November 2008
by Paul O'Brien
November was meant to be the final month of SECRET INVASION, but that slipped into December, taking some high-profile crossover issues with...
She Hulk holiday wishes
I realize I'm just playing into a Marvel PR ploy over a character revamp. but heck, this is a comics blog, so there ya...
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...
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...
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...
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...
