Finding a safe place for THE BOYS
Two years ago I wrote a piece called "It Takes a Nation of 10,000 Dopes to Hold Us Back," looking back on the comics industry in 2004, and the trends that emerged and are...
DC announces NYCC line-up
Hey what were we just saying...Guests below, panels in the link, and the big news that everyone alreayd knows should break around 7:30 on Friday.
* Jason Aaron (SCALPED, THE OTHER SIDE)
* ...
Freeman upped at DC
Via the PR:
DC Comics announces that Michael Freeman has been promoted to Administrator - Direct Sales.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for me, and a great chance to expand my skill sets," says Freeman. ...
Check it out quickly: Stardust
Neil Gaiman has put up a not quite legit (although we're bettinghe won't get prosecuted) version of the STARDUST movie site up at his own site.
John Ridley courts controversy
Screenwriter/novelist turned comics scribe John Ridley has gotten a lot of positive reviews for THE AMERICAN WAY, his Wildstorm mini-series about superheroes, the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement. The collected edition comes...
DC Comics Month-To-Month Sales: December 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics placed six of its releases in the Top 10 in December, including two issues of Justice League of America, three issues of the weekly 52 and the debut of new...
Perry Bible Fellowship Collection due
Did you know that Dark Horse is putting out a collection of Nick Gurewitchs brilliant webcomick PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP? We didn't!. Says Gurewitch:
I'm taking the rest of January off to finish some work...
Help The Beat understand DCU
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DC sent out the above image (click for a larger view) this afternoon as a teaser with the headline:
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of...
News briefs
§ Spike is 2/3rds of the way to pre-selling enough copies to print TEMPLAR, AZ.
Oh MAN, did I have a busy weekend. Sorry I didn't update three times last week, guys, but I was...
So long, Boys — Ennis’s Statement
Newsarama reports THE BOYS has been cancelled:
Newsarama has learned that Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s Wildstorm series, The Boys has been cancelled by DC, effective with issue #6 of the series, which is currently...
Marvel announces FCBD comics
Comics fare for young and old -- and Phil Jimenez at Marvel -- highlight Marvels Free Comic Book Day offerings:
Spider-Man 3 won't be the only new Spider-Man tale swinging into the collective consciousness on...
DC News & Notes: Minx, FCBD
DC announces a returnability program in the direct sales market for THE PLAIN JANES, the debut book in the MINX launch:
With this month's solicitation of THE PLAIN JANES, the inaugural title from Minx, DC...
