Marvel teases birth and an ice cream truck
A couple of new teasers today for ongoing Marvel NOW! launches. This one teases Birth and has been speculated as being to do with Galactus due to its purplish hue.
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April 2013
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Tokyopop is back
Well, it turns out that Tokyopop wasn't really dead...it was just resting. Since the manga pioneer closed up its LA office nearly two years ago, there have been eyelid flickers like a POD program...
Marvel’s 2012 Graphic Novel Sales Reveal Surprising Trends
Yes, much like the annual tradition of looking at last year's sales lists, it's time for another annual tradition: scratching your head and wondering why Marvel does so well selling monthly comics but is...
Marvel Release Some Fancier One-Word Teasers
Stepping up from the one-word teasers we've grown to love and cherish over the past year or so, this week Marvel have started tarting up their teaser images to give people more of an idea...
Diamond releases the top 500 graphic novels of 2012
Here's the top 500 selling graphic novels of 20912 courtesy of Diamond. We'll have more analysis later but Marvel's top GN was THANOS QUEST #1 coming in at #31, which is petty mind boggling. The Saga trade was #12, Watchmen #14. Otherwise it was all Walking Dead and New 52. Dark Horse's best seller was AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 at #34, another sign that kids comics are on the ascendant.
Eleanor Davis wins Gold Medal from Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators has announced medalists in their Sequential/Series, Institutional, Uncommissioned, and Moving Image categories. SoI doesn't really give awards in comics, but the Sequential/Series category covers work that requires more than one image, so it's mostly comics.
Women to enter a comic shop on Big Bang Theory
It all happens this Thursday. That's one small step for a woman...
Phil Noto joins Thunderbolts, and The Punisher gets Romantic
Marvel have released a full teaser image - brings you back to those heady days before one-word teasers, sweet memories - for Daniel Way's Thunderbolts series, revealing Phil Noto as the artist for the...
Brian Wood and Oliver Coipel on new X-Men series in April?
It seems so! Marvel have released another one of their one-word teasers today, although this one is less of a word and more of an initialism. This April, Marvel will be releasing what appears...
The Beat’s Annual Year End Survey, 2013 Edition, Part Three
F Yeah Mohawk Storm
A new Tumblr from Sam Humphries devoted to Storm's acting out moment. Art here by Phil Noto.
Lauren Weinstein on the glumness of January 3rd
Studies show January 17th is the most depressing day of the year, but Lauren Weinstein does a fun job of capturing January 3 with The Merry Mulcher . 
