Is Marvel’s Relaunch Stumbling Out of the Gate?
The November sales estimate headlines are all about how the market is up, owing to Dark Knight 3, Vader Down and a metric ton of Marvel’s relaunched #1’s. You expect a certain amount of that. Stunts sell, as long as the publishers don’t over-extend the market for variant covers (and they sure seem aggressive in emphasizing those instead of the content in between the covers). What you’d miss out on if you only read the headlines is that Marvel’s #2 and #3 issues aren’t getting a ton of traction relative to those gaudy #1 sales totals.
Titan brings Showtime’s Penny Dreadful to comic stores
Titan has licensed the Golden Globe-nominated show and will produce a companion comic storyline to the television series to debut this Spring.
DC Comics Announces ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL, CBS Series Tie-In Comic
Take flight with DC's new Supergirl Digital Comic, coming early next year!
REALLY Nice Art: Golem by LRNZ coming from Magnetic in February
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Magnetic Press continues its strong slate of Euro comics releases with GOLEM by the Italian artist known as LRNZ:
Set in a...
The Aliens already Won in MARS ATTACKS: OCCUPATION
Sometimes in corporate comics, men in suits strive for creators to produce material that is more in line with other works in order to create a shared universe. This makes it hard for writers and artists...
Wait…WHAT?!: A Tetris Graphic Novel?!
Well, the surprises keep coming!
Coming from Macmillan, in October 2016:
Tetris
The Games People Play
By: Box Brown
Author: Box Brown
Publisher/Imprint: First Second
Publication Date: October 2016
ISBN: 9781626723153
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 0 pages
Price: $19.99
Who is Box Brown? Well, if...
Hires and promotions at Diamond
Just ahead of the holidays, Diamond has announced several promotions, a hire and some changes in how the distributor deals with retailers.
• Nicholas Sinisi has been hired as Sales Manager at Diamond Book Distributors, where...
Marvel lifts The Apocalypse Wars Curtain: New info on Uncanny, All-New and Extraordinary X-Men
Marvel has finally lifted the curtain on the upcoming X-Men event, entitled The Apocalypse Wars. The publisher provided more details about the story after cryptically announcing it at Comic Con Experience 2015 with nothing to show...
Penagos and Morse Promoted at Marvel
Ryan Penagos (second from left above), Marvel's own taco loving Agent M, has been promoted to Vice President & Executive Editor, while Ben Morse (above left) is now Editorial Director of Marvel's Digital Media...
Witness the Future of the Valiant Universe in the “4001 A.D.” Crossover Event
We're off to Valiant's future, with Rai in the driver's seat.
THE LAST UNICORN Author Peter S. Beagle Sues Business Manager for Elder Abuse
Genre-defining fantasy author Peter S. Beagle, whose seminal novel The Last Unicorn was adapted as a comic book series by IDW in 2004, has charged long-time business manager Connor Cochran with fraud and elder abuse.
Barnes & Noble buys 76,000 Double Take comics
As long as we're throwing some numbers around, Barnes & Nobles has stepped on the DObletake train , purchasing some 7,600 Super Packs for the holidays. Each Super Pack contains 10 comics so that's...