‘Collider’ Changes Name to ‘Federal Bureau of Physics’ Due to IP Claim
Unexpectedly, Vertigo have today explained through MTV Geek that Simon Oliver and Robbi Rodriguez's (excellent) new series Collider is due to change its title....
DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: June 2013 – In Defense of Bob Harras
DC is in a weird place right now.
You can practically watch the publisher's retail and talent relations take a nose-dive on the Internet. Just last week, retailers Brian Hibbs and Leo McGovern called DC out on its handling of a line-wide publishing stunt in August; a "head of DC Comics" was quoted as admitting that his target audience are "45-year-olds"; popular artist Kevin Maguire announced on Twitter that he'd been "just fired" from an upcoming DC title, asked for work -- and was hired, lickety-split, by a gleeful Marvel editor in chief a few hours later; and the brave souls who read the actual comics that somehow still get made, published and sold in this environment conclude that everything kinda reads the same at DC.
Artist Laura Braga joins Witchblade team with issue #170
Oh yeah while we're announcing new comics teams, Laura Braga, the very talented Italian artist, is the new artist on WITCHBLADE as of issue...
Vanesa R. Del Rey: Comics publisher hires female artist; industry stands up and cheers…not
I got a PR email today from BOOM! Studios announcing a new title called HIT, which is out in September, from the team of...
Podcast Alert: Word Balloon surpasses 4 million downloads
The Word Balloon podcast is one of the most important thing to happen to comics in the last eight years. It was announced on that...
D23 Expo was mostly dogs, not many ponies
Disney held their big D23 Comic-Con/Fanfest over the last few days and it drew some 18,000 people on Friday and 21,000 on Saturday, according...
Otakon news: Monster is back, show moves to Washington, more licenses
As we mentioned a post or so back, Otakon, one of the biggest anime/manga shows on he East Coast was held this weekend in...
The State Of Green Lantern
As we enter into the third month of the post-Geoff Johns world of Green Lantern, it's time to take a look at where the...
Just add cigar and brandy: Girls banned from child’s superhero party
This Sunday's New York Times features yet another controversy over women's place in comics--the exclusion of girls from a superhero-themed birthday party.The teaser for...
Exclusive: The Ghost of Jerry Siegel
by Brad Ricca
In all of the recent conversation about when writers should pay artists, what about writers paying other writers? And what about attribution?...
Atomic Robo Kickstarter Funds 1811% of Target
That's going to be a lot of mugs. The Atomic Robo Kickstarter campaign from Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener has just closed doors, and...
Comics sales up in five week July; DC rebounds
Comics sales were up in double digits in nearly every comparison in July, according to figures just released by Diamond. July was a five-week...
