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One and Done: Why Moon Knight Is The Perfect Monthly Comic

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What makes a comic ‘worth it?’ In the comments to my introductory column, a lot of readers seem to gauge the value of a comic...

Why Lauren Faust directing MEDUSA for Sony is important

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News broke yesterday that My LIttle Pony: Friendship is Magic creator Lauren Faust is going to direct Medusa, a full length animated feature,...

Fat Jack’s Comicrypt celebrates its 38th Anniversary tomorrow with wrestlers Daniels and Kazarian

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I'm not exactly certain how many US comics shops can celebrate a 38th anniversary, but it isn't a whole lot. Fat Jack's Comicrypt is...

DC puts Bill Finger’s name on the cover of Detective #27

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  DC has done a  nice thing by putting the name of writer Bill Finger on the covers of the special edition of Detective #27,...

Cebulski transitioning from talent scout position at Marvel

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World traveller, gourmet and beer enthusiast CB Cebulski is moving to an international business development role at Disney/.Marvel. In between tweeting and (in the...

Unassuming Barber Shop: Godzilla and the Real Professor X

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Fans of X-men: Days of Future Past excitedly point to the film’s overt “social commentary” as a major reason for its success. We always...

70 years ago this day

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  Or for the filmic among you.

Indie Month-to-Month Sales: April 2014— Oh Those Southern Bastards

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Overall another quiet month, although excellent debuts from Jason Aaron’s Southern Bastards and Valiant’s Rai splash amongst the regular chart-toppers, and a few healthy new entries make their marks selling around the 10-15,000 copy mark .

151 indie titles charted in the top 300, slightly up on last month’s 150. Overall sales were up at 1,688,787, compared to last month’s 1,655,816 and the average sales this month are 11,184, up on last month’s 11,038. 19 titles went up in sales and 108 went down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.

Image have another great month with a 9.34% dollar share and an 10.31% market share, while Dark Horse in second place have a 5.54% dollar share and 5.18% market share. IDW have a 5.10% dollar share and a 4.24% market share, Dynamite have a 2.49% dollar share and 2.47% market share and Boom! have a 2.07 % dollar share and 1.97% market share. Eaglemoss actually beat Dynamite on dollar sales at 2.14, but that equated to less than 0 .73% market share and were lumped in with the miscellaneous small publishers.

SDCC ’14: MTV announces FanFest, mtvU Fandom Awards and Linkin Park

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It begins. Actually it's been beginning for a while but here comes the avalanche. If my crumbling memory be accurate, MTV had a FanFest-y...

2014 Joe Shuster Award Nominees announced

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Honouring the best in Canadian comics from a broader portfolio than the Edgar Wright Awards, the The 2014 Joe Shuster Award nominees are up....

Against all odds, Marvel to publish a Fantastic four comic by Van Meter and...

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  But it is the previously announced 100th Anniversary special, which imagines the FF as they might be in 2061—written by Jen Van Meter and...

Some old comics sell for $1.5 million

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A Kentucky man who hoped to sell his comics collection in order to help send his grandkids to college will probably be able to...

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