SXSW: Marvel Make 700 Digital Issues Free, Announce Weekly Wolverine Series, Reveal Project Gamma

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This is all just breaking! Marvel are at South By Southwest right now, announcing some new digital projects. The first is 'Marvel Infinite' comics, Marvel's...

REVIEW: Breaking the Mold? ANIMAL MAN #18 and SWAMP THING #18

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The end of the ROT WORLD crossover arc raises the question that Umberto Eco posed in his famous essay on Superman in 1972: can...

On the Scene: Celebrating Golden Age Comics at Columbia University

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On January 23rd, Columbia University Library acquired a double-bill of Golden Age related comics materials, including the research materials Larry Tye compiled to write...

DC Comics launches a blog for families

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Sharing your favorite superheroes with your kids is one of the most reward parts of the fan experience, and DC has just launched a Fan Family mini site to promote their family friendly offerings.

Calling BS On Marvel Unlimited

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While promoting the new Marvel Unlimited App over at Gizmodo, Marvel's Peter Phillips indicated that Marvel was updating most of his major titles when...

Marvel Rebrands (Digital) DCU as “Marvel Unlimited,” Tweaks Offering

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Marvel's library subscription program used to be called Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited A.K.A. Marvel DCU - an in-joke at DC's expense that likely flew...

Review: The Adventures of Superhero Girl

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Sometimes a book comes out that I'm so ridiculously excited about I get paranoid that I'm going to be disappointed in some way. And...

Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson’s Astro City Returns!

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DC have announced that Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's Astro City will be returning in June! Oh, and look who's doing the covers: This will...

The strange tale of SULLIVAN’S SLUGGERS

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This one is like one of those baseball games that goes into the 17th inning, long and murky with no real payoff.

Lots going on at BOOM!

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New logo, new attitude. Boom! Studios has recently rebranded themselves with a new logo and publisher Ross Richie and VP of Publishing and Marketing Filip Sablik have a long interview at CBR talking about where they are going. Short version: it's not all Adventure Time.

Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson battling cancer

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The comics world was saddened last night when this statement was released. It's hard to overstate Kim Thompson's impact on the modern comics world—as the publisher of groundbreaking works Love & Rockets and Eightball, the editor of eveyrthing from Acme Novelty Library to Usagi Yojimbo and one of the finest translators in comics. He's best known for championing European comics and introducing them to a wider audience in the US.

Archie now gets zombie-themed ongoing

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Having met KISS, Glee, and Nick Cannon, the Archie gang is now going undead in a new ongoing series called AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE that's...

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