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...
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...
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.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 1/8/13: They hate us! No, they like us!
We're a whole week into the new year and stuff is coming at you like a burbling popcorn machine: § What was that you guys were saying about webcomics being out of the mainstream and all? Webcomics merch and distribution company TopatoCo just bought a building to house their operations. So there.
Women to enter a comic shop on Big Bang Theory
It all happens this Thursday. That's one small step for a woman...
Marvel’s Next Big Thing: Fearless Defenders with Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney
Marvel's Next Big Thing is.... Fearless Defenders! Which launches in February from Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney. We've already given you a look at...
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...
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...
The Beat’s Annual Year End Survey, 2013 Edition, Part Four
Oh yeah it's the final countdown, as industry professionals from every walk of life pick out the biggest stories an dpersonalities of 2012 and look ahead to what's in store for 2013, with plenty of news and art sneak peeks strewn along the way. Perviously: Part One, Part Two, Part Three
BTW, if you count up all the "biggest story of 2012" answers, the most votes went to one partricular story: Karen Berger leaving Vertigo. It was truly the end of an era of comics.
To Do TONIGHT: Happiness #3 Launch
Amidst a Hurricane Sandy-fuel hiatus, the third installment of HAPPINESS, a biannual art and comic anthology set to expose and spread a refreshing breadth...
Friday Cat Blogging: right at home
In an earlier post, I alluded to the trials of 2012, and the sorrow of losing my dear cat Inky at age (almost) 20....
