Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts: November 2014—A Tale of Three Events
Wow! So that is a lot of AXIS, Spider-Verse, and Death of Wolverine coming out this month. Spider-Verse topped the charts this month, with Axis and some new debuts close behind, but I can’t help but wonder if these events are starting to cannibalize each other’s sales a bit. AXIS seems to be underperforming a bit, and I wonder if people are just getting tired of event after event.
Critics falling for Hayley Atwell in tonight’s Agent Carter premiere
The time has come: After fans watched Hayley Atwell tweet for months about accidentally punching her co-stars in production, Agent Carter's 8-episode run kicks off...
Advance Review: Wolverines #1
Who's Been Polishing Wolverine
By David Nieves
Written by Charles Soule
Art by Nick Bradshaw, Allison Borges
Being fans you probably know by now that no one stays...
One Day Early: An Ant-Man #1 Review — (Hint, If You Like Hawkeye, You...
Ant-Man has the advance buzz as Nick Spencer’s follow-up to his sublime run on Superior Foes of Spider-Man. That buzz is probably comparing Ant-Man...
Advance Review: Ant-Man #1
You Want Ants? Cause That's How You Get Em
By David Nieves
Writer : Nick Spencer Art: Ramon Rosanas
The Marvel onslaught of ad-books starts the...
Advanced Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Deals With Serious Matters
There’s an air of impossibility surrounding this book. It begins with a song and vibrant neon crime fighting. It deflates the hyper-serious and allows for a sense of whimsy. When I started working behind the desk at a comic shop, something like this would have barely snuck through Marvel editorial as a one-shot - a reaction to an audience that had an appetite for Serious Comics about Things That Matter and very little else. Today things are clearly different.
UPDATED: IDW acquires Top Shelf, from Alan Moore to Zander Cannon
Well, bam, 2015 is off to a rousing start, with news breaking this morning that San Diego's IDW has acquired Atlanta/PDX's Top Shelf, with Top Shelf's Chris Staros to remain as Editor in Chief, while partner Brett Warnock retires from comics to run a food and nature blog. Top Shelf will remain as a separate line at IDW, while Leigh Walton, Chris Ross and Zac Boone will all stay on at the new imprint.
Diamond Is Shipping Marvel, Image and IDW Monthlies to Books A Million
Remember how Marvel pulled out of the newsstand market several months ago? Well, they're back. After a fashion. And they've brought Image and IDW...
Remender’s Uncanny Avengers relaunch puts Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch into focus
Recently announced by Marvel and in the wake of AXIS, writer Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers is being relaunched with a new team and a...
Dark Horse hires Steve Sunu for PR
CBR mainstay Steve Sunu is making the jump to company publicist, as he's going to Dark Horse to join their PR department, which was left a man down when Jeremy Atkins left.
Congrats Steve and talk to you very soon!
‘Ant-Man’ Trailer Teaser Offers First Look At The Film
Yesterday, Marvel Studios released an "ant-sized" version of the teaser for the Ant-Man trailer that is debuting during the premiere of Agent Carter on...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: 2014 in Comics
Brought to you by Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate...









