Boom! Studios acquires Archaia
Well, well. While the general state of comics is pretty healthy these days, there had been one company whose well-being we continually heard whispers...
Monday’s Review Slate: Transformers, The Amateur Astronomer’s Journal, Demeter
This week's review slate sees me trying out Transformers for the first time ever, in the form of Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #1. I'll...
Exclusive!!! Amazing Spider-Man 2 Set Photos
While running errands this weekend we wandered haplessly into a film set! Exciting. Look at those Panavision cameras -- the real deal. Amazing Spider-Man...
MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith
Once upon a time there was a comic strip named Zenith. The creators created, the publishers published, but not a contract was there to...
IDW’s Ted Adams confirms that comics are not dying
IDW president Ted Adams is always engaging and as candid as any comics CEO might be, so when ICv2 catches up with him for...
Marvel plays Hunger games with Fialkov and Kirk — UPDATED: “Someone’s getting eaten.”
Marvel's conference call on the AGE OF ULTRON wrap up and new series Hunger by Josh Fialkov and Leonard Kirk just kicked off and here's the...
Licensing world round-up: Princesses are king but Avengers are for boys
As we mentioned in the previous post, the Licensing Show's wrapping up today and there are always some lists and announcements and other observations...
Valiant officially joins the ranks of Kindle’s fanfic program
The Licensing show is on in Vegas this week and with it a smattering of announcements about licensing deals and brandings and so on....
Thinking about Kim Thompson, life and death
(Photo from and © American Virus)
When I moved to Los Angeles in the 80s, I lived in West Hollywood at the height of the...
RIP Kim Thompson
Photo by Lynn Emmert.
Fantagraphics co-founder and industry titan Kim Thompson has lost his battle with lung cancer. A statement was released below, but...
DiDio: appearance of turmoil at DC is caused by social media
DC is holding four "retailer roadshows" over the next few weeks to boost retailer confidence and tell them what's coming up. If you were...
