Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/28/15: Free comics by Lemire, Mignola, Snyder and Jock
§ I don't often run Kickstarter checks, but I see Mike Dawson's Rules for Dating my Daughter kickstarter is nearly fully funded after only...
The Guardians Family Welcomes an Infinite Amount of Heroes
Marvel is mixing up the publishing line with the surprise addition of another book in the Guardians of The Galaxy family: Guardians of Infinity. ComicBook.com broke...
Marvel has entered into talks with Mads Mikkelsen to join Doctor Strange
I seem to recall a few years back that Marvel Studios was really hot on getting Mads Mikkelsen on-board with one of their productions,...
Coming Attractions: Marvel Announces Graphic Novels for Early 2016!
Civil War Box Set!
(Shipping three months after Christmas. Yeah, it ties in with the movie, but why not offer it for Christmas? Has Marvel...
First Second announces Science Comics line
"Applied comics" -- using the words and pictures combination for education and non fiction -- is a growing field, especially as comics become more accepted...
Check Out Who’ll Be Fighting Whom in “Captain America: Civil War”
Some big news came out of Marvel Studios today as they unveiled some concept art from next year's Captain America: Civil War. The art confirms the...
Khary Randolph labels this year’s NYCC and Super Week exclusive Brooklyn Defender IPA
New York Comic Con has made a tradition of its annual exclusive beer and here's this year's 2015 Brooklyn Defender IPA, with a label of the beer's eponymous superhero by Khary Randolph.
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez’s Work on the DC Style Guide is the Coolest Thing You’ll...
Ever wondered what the exact Pantone shade of Batman's cowl is (circa 1980)? How about Superman's skin? Or perhaps what parts, exactly, are visible...
Kangaroo Visits the Stately Beat Manor Staff Pull for 8/26/15
After restoring our collective brain patterns from last week’s insane Podcorn visitation, the men and women hand selected by the government to write the...
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: July 2015 – Life, the Universe, and Everything
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
(Warning: This month's column contains a higher amount of ranting than usual...)
July was not a good month, sales-wise, for DC Entertainment. Compared to June, the average sales per title dropped by over 8K, and they sold 300K fewer total units in the NA direct market, despite offering nine more titles. Sales were down across the board, in many cases significantly, except for one title: Batgirl.
Why did things drop so significantly? Three main reasons:
The Legend of Korra to Receive Complete Series Box Set, See the Cover Art!
The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon's four season follow up to the beloved Avatar: the Last Airbender, is receiving a full series DVD box set. It was...
Industry Watch: How much are Hip Hop and other variants propping up Marvel’s sales?...
We've already seen today that just jumping on a new, fresh direction isn't enough to make a sales success, but what about over at Marvel? As I've noted their whopping sales have been led by the astonishing success of their Star Wars comics, but variant covers are also strong in this one. Star Wars #1 had over 100 variants, for instance. The upcoming hip hop variant program wasn't just problematic from a creator standpoint, however, it's also set new levels of frustration for retailers who have to order high on other books just to be able to ORDER copies of the variants, as revealed on Reddit by retailer Calum Johnston and explained at the Outhouse. Apparently a frustrated retailers posted the above annotated order sheet for the variants, showing how high order would have to be.
