Is Diamond Selling Digital Comics For DC?
Is Diamond going to be selling DC's digital comics? It certainly looks that way. As you may recall, Diamond entered into a new digital...
Archie unveils its first Dark Circle line-up
Archie's revamped superhero line, Dark Circle Comics has just solidified its first wave lineup of three ongoings to launch early next year:
THE BLACK HOOD from writer Duane Swierczynski (Judge Dredd, X, Birds of Prey) and artist Michael Gaydos (ALIAS)
THE SHIELD from writers Adam Christopher (The Burning Dark) and Chuck Wendig (Blackbirds) and artist Wilfredo Torres (The Shadow: Year One), THE FOX from writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO’s Bored to Death) and scripter Mark Waid (Daredevil, Kingdom Come, founder of Thrillbent).
Rupert Murdoch wants to team up the Simpsons and Bat-Mite, and here’s why that’s...
I heard about the Rupert Murdoch putting in a bid for Tim Warner a little while ago and thought it was too astounding to...
Evil Ernie Returns to His Own Series
Evil Ernie, last seen in Dynamite's Chaos! mini-series, will be returning in his own series. Ernie was one of the mainstays of the '90s...
Quentin Tarantino Talking Django/Zorro at SDCC
You probably already heard, but Quentin Tarantino is co-plotting a Django (Unchained)/Zorro cross-over with Matt Wagner. If you've seen his movies, you'll find plenty...
So Sam Wilson is the New Captain America
Stephen Colbert sat down with Joe Quesada and joked through the confirmation that Sam Wilson, nee The Falcon will be the New Captain America,...
The Retailer’s View // The Death of Archie and Selling Comics
by Brandon Schatz
On Monday, the pop culture bereft owner of my shop phoned had asked if I had ordered enough of the “death of...
Sherlock Holmes Meets Houdini in Dynamite Miniseries
Dynamite's been doing Sherlock Holmes stories on a fairly regular basis for some time now. And really, given the recent court decision on Holmes...
SDCC 2014 Shocker: Marvel Booth exclusives will include Rocket Raccoon
I am really really really hoping there will be some kind of big Guardians of the Galaxy display at the Marvel booth this year,...
2014 Harvey nominations announced, led by Boom!, Valiant, Marvel and Image
Oh Harveys. Every year some voting block or other seems to make itself known and this time it's Valiant with some 16 nominations including...
Indie Month-to-Month Sales May 2014: Image has top four new entries
Another decent month for Image, who have all of the top four new entries, including Warren Ellis’s return to creator-owned books. Elsewhere Valiant appear to be going through a radical shift in publishing model, and don’t look too healthy over-all. Stick around after the top 300, as there’s a bit of an extra this month.
149 indie titles charted in the top 300, slightly down on last month’s 151. Overall sales were up at 1,632,573, compared to last month’s 1,688,787 and the average sales this month are 10,957, down on last month’s 11,184. 16 titles went up in sales and 116 went down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.
Image are number one again with an 8.86% dollar share and an 9.96% market share, IDW go up to second place with a 6.38% dollar share and 4.18% market share. Dark Horse have a 5.96% dollar share and a 5.50% market share, Dynamite have a 2.30% dollar share and 2.29% market share and Boom! have a 1.97 % dollar share and 1.84% market share.
Marvel’s Joe Quesada will announce ‘a new era for a classic character’ on The...
Oh yeah and speaking of the mainstream…when Marvel announced a new book via a very perplexed cast on The View, it was unstadnabale bcuase both are owned by Disney. However, The Colbert Report is owned by Viacom, so tonight's Joe Quesada appearance and book announcement is a little more "authentic" if you will. Also, props to Marvel for a creative way around the San Diego Show biz news logjam.
