The New 52 No More (And So Much For the Line at $2.99)
When DC relaunched a year and a half ago, it was "The New 52" and it was emphasized that there were going to be...
Marvel promotion ends for now as comiXology servers struggle to stay up
Comixology's reeling servers have forced the end of the Marvel 1st promotions announced at SXSW where Marvel was making 700 of its first and landmark issues available for free from Comixology.
Review: Relish- food and comics, a happy marriage
Relish by Lucy Knisley
First Second
A few years ago, if you were told about the rise of the Internet and asked to predict one of...
Review: The Villains Kick Things off in Shadowman #5
The most recent book to return from Valiant, Shadowman started a second arc this week, with issue #5 from Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher....
Justice League of America #1 DC’s biggest book since 1996
By John Jackson Miller via Comichron
DC's Justice League of America #1 turned in the strongest single-issue sales performance for a comic book in the month of February...
INTERVIEW: R.M. Peaslee and R.G. Weiner Deconstruct Spider-Man in WEB-SPINNING HEROICS
Spider-Man is hands down one of the most popular characters ever to leap from the pages of Marvel Comics, and is even a strong...
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum announces PARTY
BY JEN VAUGHN - Caitlin McGurk, OSU Engagement Coordinator librarian (and a former cow0rker of mine) let loose the news. The Sullivant Hall unleashing...
Cartoonists doing things: Nate Powell in Selma
Cartoonist Nate Powell (left) along with Rep. John Lewis and writer Andrew Aydin—all collaborators on the upcoming graphic novel March—walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma AL, March 2013, where in 1965 600 marchers protesting for civil rights, among them Lewis, were tear gassed and beaten with clubs by police.
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: January 2013
The rolling program of Marvel Now! relaunches continued in January, with SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN, NEW AVENGERS, SAVAGE WOLVERINE, UNCANNY X-FORCE, YOUNG AVENGERS and MORBIUS. Plus, there's the miniseries DEADPOOL: KILLUSTRATED - and, just as interesting as the January launches, the continuing question of how the earlier Marvel Now titles are settling down.
Once again, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 40% to 35% in units, and 35% to 32% in dollars.
Jodi Picoult’s a Marvel Zombie
This weekend I attended the fifth annual Tucson Festival of Books. TFOB is a among the top five book festivals in the nation. This year has attracted a lot of famous authors, including, Jodi Picoult.
DC Announce Next Batman Arc: ZERO YEAR
Following on from Night of the Owls and Death of the Family will come an 11-part storyline from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo called...
Cartoonists Doing Things: Shigeru Mizuki eats a hamburger
The 90-year-old creator of NonNonBa, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, and such yokai masterpieces as GeGeGe no chows down with relish. As recounted in...
