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Charlie Hebdo: News and Notes

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The Charlie Hebdo murders, and the subsequent shoot outs and man hunts, have led to an unprecedented discussion over the role of satire, art...

The Retailer’s View: This Time, It’s Personal

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A word of gentle advice to all those working at comic shops: it might be a pretty great gig, and you might enjoy what you’re selling, but always ask yourself if you fit.

Kibble ‘n’ Bits 1/12/15: Micheal Kupperman vs the New York Times

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It's long been known that cartoonists David Rees and Michael Kupperman didn't have a great time when they were cartooning for the New York Times last year, and it ended badly. Now, Kupperman recounts the whole sad story which involves a lot of editorial meddling (or censorship) and not the greatest deal:

The CW announces Vixen animated series as part of “Arrow-verse”

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The CW, hot on the heels of their announcement that both Arrow and The Flash have been renewed for fourth and second seasons respectively, revealed...

Review: When Marvel Comics went Underground by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson

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The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground, published by Dark Horse under the imprint of the Kitchen Sink Press from Denis Kitchen and John Lind is now available. It’s a who’s who of some of the top names in comics. The Introduction is written by none other than Stan Lee himself with a foreword by Denis Kitchen. I had the opportunity to sit down with Denis Kitchen and John Lind in October at New York Comic Con to discuss the latest publishing efforts from Kitchen Sink Press. Denis Kitchen is considered to be the founding publisher of independent and underground comics. He was instrumental in publishing people like R. Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Howard Cruse and Trina Robbins to name a few.It's especially prescient to look at the work that Denis and John are currently publishing in light of recent world events. The Best of Comix Book showcases some of the best of the underground comics that Denis published with Marvel under Stan Lee’s direction. This momentous occasion occurred during the period when Stan agreed to help Denis continue publishing while Denis was going through difficult financial times.

Look What Marvel Has Planned For The Middle Of 2015!

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Yup!  It's that time of year again!  Marvel has released their book catalog for May-August 2015, and it's chock full of reprints, collections, slipcases,...

Marvel Kills Again in 2015

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The Merc With A Mouth To Meet His End By David Nieves In Marvel Comics ongoing -- who can we kill that isn't in our movies...

Adding some Peggy Carter to your style

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With a beautifully shot period piece like Agent Carter, a great deal of work is invested in the props, set design and costuming. Though...

X-Men: Apocalypse contenders include Game of Thrones and Mud stars

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A couple of months back, The Wrap had reported a list of young actors and actresses that were in contention to take over the...

Je suis Jane Austen

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By Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson If I had my druthers I would mostly live in a Jane Austen world. I say mostly because of course it would be necessary to be wealthy and male, from a proper upper class family with good social standing and white goes without saying. I prefer gentility, good manners and pleasant behavior. I don’t like crass, vulgar, adolescent immature anything. So what am I doing in the world of comics?

DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: November 2014 – Where’s My LEGO Batman?!

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Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures. Sales were down in November for DC as compared to October. Though October was a five-week month and more books naturally shipped that month, the average sales for DC as a whole and in each product category were down in November as well. But nothing to be too concerned about, as sales in the second two-thirds of 2014 are up roughly 10% as compared to the first third of 2014. Credit both the weekly Batman Eternal and the freely-orderable variant program for that increase. Speaking of variant's, this month's was LEGO. It's hard to see the month-to-month effects of the different variants and they're now being somewhat subsumed by other effects like attrition, crossovers, creative changes, etc. But there were a few titles with LEGO variants that saw a slight increase in sales for no other apparent reason which may be an indicate that retailers ordered the LEGO covers at a slightly higher level than they did last month's Monsters variants (all other things being equal). Anecdotal evidence from some retailers (e.g. Mike Sterling of Sterling City Comics) points to a definite in-store attraction to these LEGO covers, and suggests that perhaps DC is leaving money on the table by not producing a comic based on the wildly popular LEGO Batman video games. (Though perhaps licensing issues are prohibitive)

Angoulême festival planning memorial and seeking contributions

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It will be a very difficult Angouleme comics festival they year, as the French comics world—and the entire world—deals with the senseless death of five...

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