Thor #1: (Not Yet) A New Beginning
By Matthew Jent
Thor #1
Credits:
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Russell Dauterman
Color Artist: Matthew Wilson
Letterer & Production: VC’s Joe Sabino
Cover Artist: Russell Dauterman & Frank Martin
Variant Cover Artists:...
Breaking Down the Latest Convention Controversy
OK, comicsphere, we need to talk about conventions. This convention hubbub that’s flared up in the last week or so is a fairly complex one. Just for the sake of the arguments that are still going on, let’s break this down into the individual issues that are affecting creators that are exhibiting at comics shows.
Issue #1 - CCINO
Yes, I’m borrowing from political rhetoric. “Comic Conventions In Name Only.” Ever been to an alleged comic convention that had little-to-zero comics programming, few (if any) comics publishers exhibiting and pretty much all the comics content was artists alley and anyone selling comics in the dealers area?
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Go FOC Yourself // More Like Deathstroke the Terminated, Amirite?
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Sales of print books decrease by age group
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