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Valiant continues to roll out some new books—this month it's Josh Dysart's Imperium—but I really just posted this for the Matt Kindt/Jeff Lemire  variant covers.   IMPERIUM...

BY JASON ENRIGHT — Hello Sales Chart Analyzers! In October, there were a lot of books. So to start, let’s break down the numbers a bit. An interesting trend to look at this month is how variant numbers affect the sales. Several titles benefitted from being included in one or more of Marvel’s themed variant programs this month. In October, Marvel had 3 variant themes, the Anti-Bullying variants, Deadpool 75th anniversary variants and Hasbro toy variants. Many of these issues were in the middle of an arc and normally would have suffered standard attrition of -1 to -3%, but due to these variant programs they got a nice +3 to +5% sales boost. Variants are one of many incentive programs that companies use to boost sales. Recently Marvel and DC have been doing these themed variants across multiple books and they definitely seem to be working. Whether or not, they are actually good for comic sales in the long term is another question entirely. What do you think of variants? Let’s discuss it in the comments below. For now let’s dive into the numbers.

It's the final issue of Elektra, the first issue of Darth Vader, more Guardians of the Galaxy—teaming up this time—and an Avengers original graphic...

Via Hitfix  and Blastr 10 more of the Convergence 2-issue mini series have been released.  Once again it's an all-star panel of writers and artists many not...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xliy6ZZd1Ik&feature=youtu.be In case you had forgotten that Groot and Rocket Raccoon were Disney's huge breakout stars in 2014, they released a trailer of the gentle...

February's variant cover theme fro DC Comics will be HArley Quinn, and that should come as zero surprise. It worked for Marvel with Deadpool, a similarly anarchic fourth-wall busting character. In fact if Marvel and DC were to do a crossover, I think Deadpool vs Harley would be the Batman vs Spider-man of the day. In addition, Harley's new, Suicide-Girls-inspired look has definitely caught on, supplanting the sturdily iconic Bruce Timm designed onesie. I don't know who did the deredisgn for the New 52, but I think it may have been the most successful of the bunch.

DC-s announcements for products shipping in FEbruary are out today and here's the WHOLE thing! what will you try What will make you cry?   THE...

To mark more than 10 million combined likes and followers on TikTok  and Twitter Marvel is offering some sneak peeks and free digital comics...

Grant Morrison's Multiversity mini-series has proven to be an unexpectedly fun rfrolic thruogh the various realities of DC's multiverses. Well, perhaps unexpected is not...

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We've finally reached the place where cartoonists are giving dating advice in short videos. That it is the SEX CRIMINALS team of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky should come as no surprise, as they were seemingly genetically bred for this task. The duo appear in a video on EW to talk about their new "advice" book Just the Tips and tell some dating stories. Zdarsky definitely wins this one, and it's true if there's no one to talk to, breaking up is hard.

by Zachary Clemente Script by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Art/Covers by Valentine De Landro, Colors by Cris Peter, Letters by Clayton Cowles, Cover Design by Rian Hughes, Backmatter Design by Lauren McCubbin, Edited...