Indie Month-to-Month Sales December 2012
It’s pretty much as you were in a fairly quiet month for new books. Boom’s dollar-book Deathmatch and the return of Hellboy, alongside a new Adventure Time spin-off and Brian Wood’s new book Mara are the notable debuts. Walking Dead, Saga & My Little Pony top the chart again, elsewhere the Image Firsts reprint programme features strongly, and a few long running licensed books end ahead of relaunches.
Adhouse to publish Boulet’s The Darkness
You may not know the name Boulet, but this French artist is one of the most prolific and talented cartoonists working. Maybe you will recall his disgustingly accomplished 24-hour comic from last year, The Darkness. Or his blog, which includes English versions of his comics. That first link is getting a printed version in the US, courtesy of AdHouseIt's due in April to tie in with Boulet's 2013 US tour, and will be printed in a limited quantity. Hopefully this is only the first US edition of Boulet's work to see print. Here's a wee preview:
Preview: Princeless 2: Wanted
Princeless was a runaway hit for new-ish indie publisher, Action Lab Comics, this year. The sassy fairy tale comic about a disgruntled princess who...
Jusko and Ploog at Feral Planet for Goliath
Is this the week of new small publishers? Yes, everyone is doing it. Here's yet another: Feral Planet a newish company started by Michael...
New publisher: Great Beast
Small boutique publishers are popping up everywhere, and here's a newish one from the UK: Great Beast, which was founded by Adam Cadwell and...
On the Scene: Saving Sunny’s, the Bar at the End of the World
On Saturday, December 1st, the Hamilton Gallery Theater in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, hosted a benefit for a Red Hook landmark, Sunny’s Bar, in attempt...
Nice art: Jim Rugg covers Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever #1…
Jim Rugg does an alternate cover for Tom Neely's comic about Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig as a bickering old married couple. A new...
The Boston Phoenix pulls comics over sponsor issue — UPDATED
Karl Stevens' comic page Failure has been cancelled by the Boston Phoenix, where it had run for the last few years, replacing another strip by Stevens known as "Whatever." The reason, reportedly, is because the above strip insulted an advertiser, Bud Light.
Kick-Watcher: INTERVIEW with Jimmy Palmiotti on SEX AND VIOLENCE Vol. 1
Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray debut their second Kickstarter project of the year, SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume One.
Project: SEX AND VIOLENCE Volume 1
Talent/Project Manager: Jimmy...
The mystery and joy of BCGF
This was the third indie show of the year—TCAF and SPX were the other two—where I experienced the complete rapture of falling in love with comics all over again for the first time. Love, death, mystery—when the first time happens all over again, you know you're in the right place. I wasn't the only one feeling the love.
Cartoonist Colin Upton and musician John Lee team for “Remembrance”
Well here's a new kind of "motion comic" called "Remembrance"...a YouTube video of a collaboration between cartoonist Colin Upton (Diabetes Funnies) and musician...
To do this weekend, PDX: THE PROJECTS
Even as you read this, an amazing event is underway in Portland called THE PROJECTS -- it's billed as "a festival of experimental comics and narrative arts, happening at the IPRC in Portland on October 19-21, 2012" and is only the latest in a year filled with impressive comics symposiums and events that go far beyond the "What inspired you to create the Avengers, Mr Lee," paneling that has represented many comics events. With this, the G-17 meeting in Chicago, MIX in Columbus, NYC's ongoing scholarly events , comics are being looked at in creative and social context that significantly enhance and deepen both their media standing and our own understanding.
