Valiant, Orens and Midtown Comics team for special green tea drink
Leave it to Valiant to come up up with the most innovative comics book marketing tie-ins. This time they've come up with a special...
Rocket Raccoon #1’s Initial Orders Inflated By Single Source
by Brandon Schatz
A few days before the book’s final order cut-off with retailers, Marvel let it slip that their upcoming Rocket Raccoon series had...
What’s up at SLG Publishing? A 35% off sale and…?
SLG Publishing, also known as Slave Labor, is having a 35% off sale at their website. The site is a bit hard to navigate but you can find comics listed by creator hereincluding books by Jhonen Vasquez, Andy Ristaino, Ben Towle, Gene Yang,Aaron Alexovitch, Andi Watson, James Turner and lots of other fine cartoonists.
The Retailer’s View: On Rocket Raccoon Orders Topping 300,000
by Brandon Schatz
When Marvel first announced the Rocket Raccoon book, I was fairly excited. Pairing the character with Skottie Young just as interest would...
Boom reveals Adventure Time: Banana Guard Academy covers
Next month, Boom offers a mini series called ADVENTURE TIME: BANANA GUARD ACADEMY, written by Kent Osborne, the head writer of the Adventure Time show, and drawn...
Viz joins Comixology
After a long wooing period, Viz has finally joined Comixology. Viz has its own ebook portal for manga and so was no stranger to...
Preview: 100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – SPIDER-MAN #1
Sean Ryan and In-Hyuk Lee predict where Spidey will be in 25 years as part of July's 100th Anniversary event.
“We’re jumping into a...
Happy 80th Birthday, Donald Fauntleroy Duck!
Today marks the official 80th birthday of Donald Duck!
First appearing in 1934, Donald Duck quickly became one of the marquee stars of the Disney...
The Retailer’s View: On Art, Business, and Brian Wood
by Brandon Schatz
A few weeks ago, Marvel’s August solicitations revealed some alarming news: Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey would be leaving Moon Knight after...
Previews: Megahex, Gast and Masters of Comics
Fantagraphics has released a bunch of previews of their summer hits, including Simon Hansellman's Megahex, Carol Swain's Gast and the Drew Friedman cartoonist portrait...
New Constatine trailer includes Dr. Fate’s Helmet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYqkl0rlRw
A new trailer for the upcoming Constantine TV show was released over the weekend, and along with the assorted cheeky comments, damsels in demonic...
One and Done: Why Moon Knight Is The Perfect Monthly Comic
What makes a comic ‘worth it?’
In the comments to my introductory column, a lot of readers seem to gauge the value of a comic...
