Fashion alert: Anna Sui does a line of manga-inspired handbags and wallets
Famed designer Anna Sui recently did an amazing Sailor Moon collab and now she's released a line of manga-infused accessories inspired by Ryoko Ikeda...
Fashion alert: Hot Topic offers line of Avengers apparel from Her Universe
Nerd girl fashion is popular...and stylish. Her Universe, the fashion line started by Ashley Eckstein, has been setting the trend for much of this and now they've teamed with Hot Topic to offer a line of Avengers outfits. Rather than cybernetic body armor and purple pants it heads more towards fishnets and sleeveless dresses. You can pre order it here.
Koyama Press Fall slate includes double DeForge, Mai, Wertz and more
Canada's Koyama Press continues to present a lively slate of boundary-pushing work, and this fall they are putting out their biggest line ever, including two books by Michael DeForge, new books by Jane Mai, Cole Closser and some newcomers, a kid's book and a revamped version of Julia Wertz's Drinking at the Movies. I expect one of the most interesting will be Robin Nishio's Wailed which follows "a group of friends who also happen to be the vanguard of alternative comics making." And you thought The Sponsor was shattering!
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Daredevil season 2 gets green light
A second season of Daredevil appears to be in the cards, though its original showrunner won't be returning.
Ready, Steady, DRAW! Oni Announces Guidelines and Schedule for Open Submissions
A month or so ago, Oni Press announced that they would start taking Open Submission for new series. This essentially means that ANYONE can send them a comic pitch and someone will eventually look at it. Not too much else was discussed, but it certainly caused a buzz. Today, Oni Press posted their submission guidelines for their first wave and the date when people can let loose the floodgates.
Interview: Fresh Romance’s Janelle Asselin on running a successful Kickstarter
The Fresh Romance Kickstarter campaign is in its final hours but it's already made nows. Not only is it well over 150% funded, but editor/publisher Janelle Asselin's plan to bring back romance comics in a contemporary guise with Rosy Books has definitely struck a nerve.
As the last few hours count down, we caught up with Asselin for a quick check in on how the campaign got going and how she prepared for such a time consuming but ultimately successful task. And as a bonus, here's a look at the story from Sarah Vaughn (ALEX + ADA) and Sarah Winifred Searle (SMUT PEDDLER) about a couple headed to the altar for all the wrong reasons.
MATT CHATS: Gabo Gabs about Writing and Drawing Micro-Fiction
Welcome to MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series in which I talk to a creator, consumer or seller of comics. This week I spoke...
Valiant and Sony teaming up for five films with Bloodshot and Harbinger
Valiant Comics Entertainment has been teasing a big media announcement for ages and WHOOP there it is: A five picture deal with Sony for films involving Bloodshot and Harbinger and a crossover called Harbinger Wars. And it's being overseen by the guys behind The Fast and the Furious franchise. Zowie!
With Marvel and DC locked up at Disney and WB, other studios are looking to get in on the lucrative comic book movie train...and Valiant has got a diesel express straight to the screen.
A bunch of top level filmmakers are involved:
The New 52 is now the Old 52: a look back
With Convergence, aka Atlas Moving Vans, now rolling out in the DCU and the New 24 about to launch, several websites have taken a look back at The New 52, which launched in September of 2011 and super-charged the comics industry. As I've written several times before, the pr for the New 52 immediately lifted the entire comics industry with more customers coming into stores and finding a lot of new comics to read. Call it the Millennial Rush. The debut of Saga #1 six months later hooked those who were just nibbling and he rest is history: record breaking sales.
Titan to release hit Bande Dessinée Mutafukaz this Fall
Titan Comics announces distribution deal with Ankama media to release Mutafukaz in the US and Canada.
The Stately Beat Manor Best Comics of the Week: 4/22/15
Comics, comics, and more comics -- the Beat Staff is a little obsessed with their own supply. The only way in which to satiate our immense need for the written word and illustration is for our supply to grow...larger. A group of the Beat’s most favored (desperate) staff members banded together to make this list after finishing off every single graphic novel and floppy in the mansion, (it was the only way for the team to quench the thirst for knowledge!) While others call it unhealthy, we deem our staff picks as a public service announcement to gather the masses together and enjoy the wild world of comics.
C2E2 2015: Lucas and Obama Set Their Sites on Chicago
Chicago may be the Second City (later retconned to Third), but two of fandoms biggest geek gods are trying to build monuments to themselves! (Kinda...
