Vertigo Gets Back To Its Roots: A Look At Coffin Hill: Forest of the...
There was a time, early on, when Vertigo was considered more of a horror and dark fantasy line. Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and Sandman all being...
On the Scene: Spectrum Fantastic Art Live
by Carolina Cooney
The third annual Spectrum Fantastic Art Live took place this past weekend, and whether you came from the...
Humble Bundle offers Doctor Who bundle
Humble Bundle is at it again, this time with a collection of Doctor Who comics, including seven books of collected comics, and a game. You can pay what you wish and a portion of the price will go to Doctors without Borders. Once again, all good. The first comics Humble Bundle, featuring Image Comics, did very well, as we reported yesterday. Details below:
Humble Bundle’s Image Comics sales raises nearly $400K
The first ever comics sale on pay-what-you-want portal Humble Bundle is wrapping up tomorrow, and it seems to have been a success, with 38,847...
2014 Doug Wright Award winners
"I'm not sure what Doug Wright would make of today's comics," said admin Brad McKay, as the awards got underway. But Wright would...
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the debate of our times Kirkman v. Bendis
When thinking about the crazy world we live in today, where The Walking Dead is the most successful thing on TV and Marvel is the most successful thin in movies, I often think back to a seminal moment in the debate between creator-owned and company-driven: the 2008 debate between Robert Kirkman and Brian Bendis which took place at that year's Baltimore Comicon. The think kicked off when a pre-Talking Dead sharpened Kirkman posted a video editorial calling for more creators to band together to make creator owned comics more of a thing, He even had an agenda for the process (emphasis mine.):
TCAF Bound
We're off on the road to TCAF! The only thing harshing my mellow is the Newark Airport monorail being down, but otherwise the charming...
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...
