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One's an atheist who lives on Red Bull and whiskey. One's a Mormon who never drinks. But Warren Ellis and Mike Allred have teamed...

This will be the last By Its Cover for a few months, so I thought I'd do something special. Today we're going to look...

Is consolidation still cool? A number of big deals have collapsed in recent days, whether it's just the dog days of summer or something...

Dominic Postiglione, better known as Nick Post, owner of Source Comics and Games and one of the main forces behind Minnesota's Midwest Comic Book...

Happy Monday, people. Hope you enjoyed that Supermoon. § I have several excellent candidates for the new indie chart analyst here, including some writers...

How do we solve the problem of cosplayer harassment? Is it even a problem at all, or are we simply dealing with a few...

Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it's  More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The...

Okay I stand corrected. When I saw the double digit rises in sales for July 2014 vs July 2013 I assumed it had to...

As expected, although still shockingly, Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young was the #1 comics periodical for July, according to Diamond's just released stats. As reported earlier, RR #1 sold some 300,000 copies—100,000 of them through a single order from bulk seller Loot Crate. Even so, 200,000 copies is a high water mark for a character viewed as a minor oddity a few months ago. As usual, and perhaps comfortingly, Batman #33 took the second spot, but Harley Quinn #8 was also in the top 10, another sign of the audience diversity that is beginning to take hold. Marvel

[Ed. note: Chandler Banks is a 17-year-old cosplayer/journalist who went to Comic-Con for the first time this year, and agreed to share her experiences with us. Although folks in the comics business have our own dread and anxiety about The Big Show, it's important to remember that for many people, it's a magical experience. I'm sure you'll be as fought up in Chandler's enthusiasm as I was.] Before SDCC this year, I was a long-time nerd that had never been to a convention. And man, did I pick a hell of a con to start with. As a 17-year-old girl bound to a dinky little knee scooter for the weekend thanks to a recent ankle surgery (if you're reading this and you were there, yeah, that was me), I knew I had a weekend ahead of me that was as exciting as it was daunting. I had a general idea of what SDCC is about, but in the end it was bigger and better than I had imagined in just about every way.

I totally stole this from the blog of Marie Javins, a long time editor (most recently at DC) and colorist and adventurer:

There's been a lot o' talk this week about Mike Dawson's essay on his perceived failure to find an audience. Dawson followed up on...