DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: March 2013 — now with 10 year comparisons
Chickens came home to roost in March.
With no gimmick-bloated #1 issues, strong crossovers or annuals of high-performing titles driving sales of the company's periodical line, with the Before Watchmen project fading out on a whimper, and despite a deluge of high-selling issues tying in with a recent character death, estimated sales of the average new DC Universe comic book fell to 31,000, the lowest level since the big "New 52" relaunch of September 2011.
Pre-order Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong and win signed comics, art & more!
Publishers First Second currently have a fun and creative pre-order campaign for the print release of Faith Erin Hicks and Prudence Shen's Nothing Can Possibly...
Disney rejects Tony Stark alcoholism storyline from Iron Man 3
It seems Disney has wimped out from using the famous "Demon in a Bottle" storyline in Iron Man 3. A few scenes in Iron Man 2 suggested that Tony Stark's partying was a little out of control, but the hero can't take a fall this time out.
Waid and Haspiel team on THE FOX for Archie
Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel are joining Archie's Red Circle superhero line with THE FOX, a new series. Waid has been tearing things up of late with his Thrillbent comics and Daredevil for Marvel, while Haspiel has been spearheading his Trip City website and various projects, so this chould be right up both their alleys.
Why Maggott Isn’t the Worst X-Men Character of All Time
A few days ago Brett White wrote a passioned defence of teen hearthrob X-Men character Maggott on CBR. Many would mock him for such a...
Titan Solicitations for July 2013
Good morning, hungover Brits and Americans who are staying up far too late. And, of course, hello to all our other friends across the...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales March 2013
The Marvel Now launches rumble on in March, with the first issues of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and the relaunched WOLVERINE, not to mention the long-awaited AGE OF ULTRON event. Meanwhile, as the first wave of Marvel Now launches start to settle into their runs, we're beginning to get a clearer idea of which ones are working. (And which ones, well, not so much.)
Mini-Review: New Territory for HE-MAN and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1
I could pretend that I wasn’t slightly baffled by this comic, and try to be objective about its visually appealing art and its rather...
Interview Part 2: Alan Moore may be making movies with Kickstarter
PÓM: Jimmy’s End. The whole Jimmy’s End project, how is that coming along?
AM: Well, let me see. We have the first cycle of films,...
Another day, another celebrity comic
I remember the days when someone with an IMDB page expressing interest in comic books was seen as some kind of validation of comics in the larger cultural fabric. Now it's just...look, I'm not going to accept the Black Eyed Peas into the tribe, sorry. I gotta feeling about WIZARD & ROBOTS, a one shot to be written BEP's by will.i.am and Brian David Johnson, futurist for chipmaker Intel, with art by Adam Archer. We're told that "WIZARDS & ROBOTS takes readers on a vivid, evocative journey through thrilling new worlds. Over WIZARDS & ROBOTS’ 48 pages, readers will travel untold distances to experience the tale of an unthinkably massive battle."
Chase and Harras column ends at CBR; Harras blog post debuts
Comic Book Resources has announced that today's B&B column, wherein DC eic Bob Harras and Editorial Director Bobbie Chase answer fan and journalist questions....has been put on the shelf after four outings :
