Marvel month-to-month sales: August 2008
by Paul O'Brien
It's month five of SECRET INVASION, and the crossover continues to dominate Marvel's output. August also sees the X-books continuing their...
Kirkman and Bendis battle for the very soul of comics
So anyway, the Kirkman/Bendis debate thingie. Perhaps it was just because everyone was still amped about the previous night's Obama/McCain matchup, but everyone came...
Studio coffee run: Branagh, Green Lantern, MJ, etc.
§ Wow, shocker! Kenneth Branagh is gonna direct THOR? Branagh is a trained Shakespearean actor, acclaimed for his dynamic screen and stage renditions of...
Colbert meets Spidey!
Following in the tradition of Uncle Floyd and the ORIGINAL cast of Saturday Night Live, Spider-Man is teaming up with late-night personality Stephen Colbert:Marvel...
More Kyle Baker mutants
Mike Fiffe once again reaches into his vault for the conclusion of "Mutant Beach Party" and some Kyle Baker rarities from the DC vaults.
The chipper world of Mark Millar
If there's one word we'd use to describe writer Mark Millar, it's "chipper." It's all happening right in front of his eyes and...
Brubaker and Phillips debut INCOGNITO
Marvel's ICON line marches on, and so do the dynamic team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, who are taking a five-month break from...
Marvel news and notes
Yesterday, we mentioned Marvel's alll-new webcomics. Now, Todd Allen suggests that Marvel's current hiring pattern reveals this initiative is going to get a...
Marvel goes online
Perhaps heeding the previous item about declining comics sales, Marvel has pulled the trigger on creating a line of original web comics, the NY...
More injury to the nads with Kyle Baker
Sterling archivist Michael Fiffe once more opens the vaults with this collection of Kyle Baker's X-Men comic strip, "It's Genetic":
The 11 "It's Genetic" gag...
Diamond Retailer Summit news roundup
by Torsten Adair
• Diamond's new warehouse:
At Monday's breakfast, Cindy Fournier, Diamond Vice President of Operations, presented the new distribution warehouse moving from Memphis,...
Retailer summit stuff
The Diamond Retailer Summit is winding down in Vegas today. There's been a bit of news coming out (we'll have some reports from our...
