Publishers

You can see all that Boom!, has planned in this link , with exclusives and all, but guests include Mark Waid & Peter Krause, Michael Alan Nelson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Claudio Sanchez, Peter David, Chris Burnham, Chondra Echert, Mr. Sheldon, Eisner Award-nominated Roger Langridge & Amy Mebberson, Travis Hill, Allen Gladfelter, Tad Stones, Ian Brill, James Silvani.

NBM has announced their signing schedule -- including Ted Rall, Gerard Jones, Richard Moore, Sean Michael Wilson, Mark Badger and Rick Geary. You can follow NBM on Twitter, we hear!

SLG has posted their con schedule at their blog, which includes an epic signing list of Jhonen Vasquez, Drew Rausch, Van Jensen, Dusty Higgins, Gene Luen Yang, Greg Wiesman, Aaron Alexovitch AND MANY MORE. Full details here.

Sony Online Entertainment has a lot going on for this November's launch of the DC Universe Online game, including a fan event featuring Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman and a block party at SOE's hq. VIP Beta keys will be available at all the events, as well.

Dark Horse's complete panel and portfolio schedule is up here, but here's their in booth signing schedule, with everyone from Denis Kitchen to Gerard Way to Milo Manara to Felicia Day.

DC's Vertigo blog, Graphic Content, has announced that "Shoot" by Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez is finally going to see print as part...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch DC Comics' periodical business had one of its better months in May, thanks to a host of new launches that were received...

Dirk White, formerly of Dark Horse, has joined IDW as Director, Retail Marketing, a new position. AnnaMaria White has been promoted to Director, Marketing and Public Relations. Together the moves suggest that IDW is serious about increasing their market share through renewed retail efforts.

Scott Pilgrim promo fever is hitting 105˚ in advance of next week's San Diego Comic-Con, sure to be known in future years as "The Scott Pilgrim One." To wit, various Twitter feeds have been capturing the progress of a giant Scott Pilgrim banner being erected over the Hilton Bayfront hotel. Yowsa. Scott PIlgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley has a thorough list of events he's involved with, including his midnight signing appearance in Toronto, where it all began. (We'll have more details on midnight events in a few days.)

This is the other superhero movie sneak peak making the rounds, the first look at Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Tom Hiddleston as Loki. This still has met with very mixed reaction on the new, looking as it does kind of .. Marvel Studios-ey, if you know what we mean. Since Norse gods don't wear wife beaters, getting the look right is very important.

And speaking of RED, the upcoming all-star film loosely based on the Ellis/Hamner miniseries, a bunch of teaser character posters are being released, and...

Via Warren Ellis, the cover to a NEW edition of TWO-STEP, his collaboration with Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti: You know how this project started?...