Comic Cons business update: $3 billion economy? Wizard convention profits up 188%
A couple of things floating around out there that quantify the rise in comic book convention profits. Rob Salkowitz quantifies some very interesting research by Eventbrite and guesses that comic book theme events could be as much as a $3 billion business, a number that dwarfs the $600-700 million usually given for the comic book industry itself. Attendance is up about 20% every year, while some profits are up by triple digits. While all pop culture events are up, comic book events are up the most, even more than video game and other industries:
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear the Kirby case later this month
The Kirby vs Marvel battle is not quite over yet. According to Dominic Patten the Supreme Court will actually discuss whether to hear the...
Washington State Attorney General goes after a kickstarter fraudster
ICv2 has a report on what could be one of the first case of prosecuting Kickstarter fraud.
The case involves the Kickstarter by Altius...
RIP Dick Ayers
A week after celebrating his 90th birthday, Silver Age great Dick Ayers has passed away, according to reports on Facebook. TwoMorrow's David Spurlock passed along a brief obituary and the picture below:
RIP Al Feldstein
One of the last living EC Comics titans has passed away: Al Feldstein has died at age 88. Feldstein was one of the main...
Mike Norton proves why comics are for everyone
Disclaimer: This post might make you cry and consider having children. As the rest of the world was living vicariously through all their fortunate...
Nerdist’s Levin to Lionsgate to focus on video games and interactive
Peter Levin, a behind the scenes type who has had a hand in everything from Deadline to Angry Birds to Nerdist to Comixology, is...
RIP Eddie Valiant (aka Bob Hoskins)
One of the groundbreaking performances in CGI history and a memorable actor overall.
Humble Bundle offers top Image Comics on a pay what you want model
Anatomy of a good deal: get digital versions of nine acclaimed Image graphic novels—including Saga, Chew, East of West, Walking Dead and more—pay what...
DC Movie news at last: Snyder directing Justice League movie; 9 more in development
Well FINALLY. Warner Bros. stopped heming and hawing and announced that they are actually making a Justice League movie! Hoorah! And it's going to be directed by Zack Snyder. Hoo...rah? In a big reveal at the WSJ, president of worldwide production Greg Silverman revealed that the JL movie will be a sequel to 2016's Batman vs Superman, and both will star Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Godot as Wonder Woman. The role of Cyborg is also being cast. The Justice League movie probably won't appear until 2018 at the soonest, however, meaning you will be able to completely high school or college before you see this film. Meanwhile, Marvel will have put out a Woodgod movie.
C2E2: Marvel Announce ‘The Legendary Star Lord’
Marvel continue to roll out announcements today, with the news that Sam Humphries and Paco Medina will be the creative team for an ongoing...
Amazon removes ability to buy comics through Comixology app to cut out Apple
With Comixology's acquisition by Amazon, the number 1 digital comics app is now but a pawn in the larger Kaiju battle of Amazon, Apple,...
