Marvel Month-to-Month Sales July 2006
BY PAUL O'BRIEN
Well, here's something I never thought I'd see - a month where most of the six-month comparisons are going up. July was an extremely good month for Marvel, mostly thanks to...
LInks: Millar Podcast, Brubaker parody
Fanboy Radio is streaming a bunch of podcasts, including yesterday's live Mark Millar broadcast:
The most successful comic book writer today, Mark Millar returns to Fanboy Radio. In this non-stop, fast-paced, edit-free hour Mark...
Who really won, X-MEN or SUPERMAN?
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Anne Thompson looks at the summer's superhero bockbusters and concludes that although X-MEN: THE LAST STAND may look like more of a box office hit that SUPERMAN RETURNS, Warners scored the...
HALO GN selling like hotcakes
The HALO graphic novel, based on the best-selling videogame, has proven to be a rare hit for the videogame-to-comics genre. The book has debuted at #2 on BOTH the Bookscan and Diamond charts, and...
Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer
That's the official name of FF2 according to Superhero Hype:
In the sequel, the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the...
Tom Brevoort, a hero for our times
If this really were a war movie, Marvel editor Tom Brevoort would be the tough sergeant who tries to get everyone out alive but doesn't make too many friends along the way. John Glenn,...
It is a period of CIVIL WAR
Whose side are you on? No really. Retailers, readers or publishers/creators? The news of Civil War #4's lateness, Marvel's resultant line rescheduling and apologies/explanations from various members of the creative team split the...
We won! Comic books in newspapers!
It seems that the AMAZING FANTASY #15 giveaway in the NY Post we wrote of yesterday is but one example of a huge project that will see weekly Spider-man comics given away in 122...
McNiven Speaks, fans forgive
Over at Millarworld, Mark Millar has posted a message from CIVIL WAR artist Steve McNiven:
"Hey folks, just thought I should get a post up here. First up apologies to the fans and retailers of...
Where have you gone, Sal Buscema?
We don't really follow the day to day announcements of Marvel and DC, except when they strike us in some larger sense, but yesterday's shocker that CIVIL WAR #4 and 5 would be delayed...
NY Post’s Amazing Fantasy
When you hear the phrase "New York Post" and "Amazing Fantasy" your mind immediately leaps to such topics as the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid's unwavering support for Dubya or dogged interest in Christie Brinkley's love...
“Temporary” Wolverine piercing
This lucky fellow can just pull out his surgical steel spikes...but Logan must live with them forever! Tragic.
