Marvel Month-to-Month Sales March 2013
The Marvel Now launches rumble on in March, with the first issues of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and the relaunched WOLVERINE, not to mention the long-awaited AGE OF ULTRON event. Meanwhile, as the first wave of Marvel Now launches start to settle into their runs, we're beginning to get a clearer idea of which ones are working. (And which ones, well, not so much.)
Matt Fraction and Jonathan Hickman to write for Da Vinci’s Demons
David S. Goyer's Starz TV series Da Vinci's Demons has recently been confirmed as getting a second season, which has led the writer to...
Mini-Review: New Territory for HE-MAN and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1
I could pretend that I wasn’t slightly baffled by this comic, and try to be objective about its visually appealing art and its rather...
Judd Winick’s HILO acquired by Random House
Via PR, Random House has acquired the graphic novel series HILO from Judd Winick, with the first book to be published in Spring 2015....
RIP: Robert Morales
Wow. I am stunned and heartbroken.
SF legend Samuel Delany has just written the following on Facebook:
Robert Morales was one of my closest friends--and had...
Gilbert Hernandez on the comics of childhood
I was lucky enough to attend the slideshow and talk by Gilbert Hernandez at Housing Works Bookstore the other night. Beto presented a slideshow...
Interview Part 2: Alan Moore may be making movies with Kickstarter
PÓM: Jimmy’s End. The whole Jimmy’s End project, how is that coming along?
AM: Well, let me see. We have the first cycle of films,...
Another day, another celebrity comic
I remember the days when someone with an IMDB page expressing interest in comic books was seen as some kind of validation of comics in the larger cultural fabric. Now it's just...look, I'm not going to accept the Black Eyed Peas into the tribe, sorry. I gotta feeling about WIZARD & ROBOTS, a one shot to be written BEP's by will.i.am and Brian David Johnson, futurist for chipmaker Intel, with art by Adam Archer. We're told that "WIZARDS & ROBOTS takes readers on a vivid, evocative journey through thrilling new worlds. Over WIZARDS & ROBOTS’ 48 pages, readers will travel untold distances to experience the tale of an unthinkably massive battle."
Today’s money breakdown from the Penny Arcade Report: paying for journalism with panty shots
The Penny Arcade Report is a video game news and commentary site run by....well, we'll let you figure it out. Yesterday editor Ben Kuchera ran down the economics of running a website in dollars and cents. Although he's talking about video games, it all applies equally to comics journalism:
To Do This Weekend: Comica Comiket in London
Are you in London? Your weekend just got planned! Comica Comket starts on Friday, hosting comic creators including Frazer Irving, Julia Scheele, Brian Bolland,...
Alternative Comics is back with Stevens, Kochalka, Henderson, Will and more
The return of indie stalwart Alternative Comics was announced a while ago, and publisher Marc Arsenault has just released info on their 2013 slate with books by Karl Stevens, Sam Henderson, Elaine M. Will, James Kochalka, Kevin Scalzo and more. If this cover gallery does not get you excited, then there is nothing I can do for you.
