Critics falling for Hayley Atwell in tonight’s Agent Carter premiere
The time has come: After fans watched Hayley Atwell tweet for months about accidentally punching her co-stars in production, Agent Carter's 8-episode run kicks off...
One Day Early: An Ant-Man #1 Review — (Hint, If You Like Hawkeye, You...
Ant-Man has the advance buzz as Nick Spencer’s follow-up to his sublime run on Superior Foes of Spider-Man. That buzz is probably comparing Ant-Man...
Advance Review: Ant-Man #1
You Want Ants? Cause That's How You Get Em
By David Nieves
Writer : Nick Spencer Art: Ramon Rosanas
The Marvel onslaught of ad-books starts the...
Frank Barbiere Talks Five Ghosts, Marvel Work and Phasing into Comics [Interview]
By Matt O'Keefe
Writer Frank Barbiere has had an impressive climb in the comic industry over the past couple of years. Since his breakout Image...
What a Year That Was! Bestselling Graphic Novels From the 2014 New York...
Ah... another year draws to a close, and just like the Facebook New Years app, I analyze a year's worth of data, run my...
The Beat’s Annual Survey 2015 edition Part Three: with added sneak peaks at Sfar...
Yep it's part three of our annual look at the year coming and going. My trip to Angouleme in 2014 enabled me to add more international participants to the survey, so look for some perspective the global comics business and even a wee Joann Sfar preview in the answers below. Part One and Part Two of the survey can be found here.
Advanced Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Deals With Serious Matters
There’s an air of impossibility surrounding this book. It begins with a song and vibrant neon crime fighting. It deflates the hyper-serious and allows for a sense of whimsy. When I started working behind the desk at a comic shop, something like this would have barely snuck through Marvel editorial as a one-shot - a reaction to an audience that had an appetite for Serious Comics about Things That Matter and very little else. Today things are clearly different.
UPDATED: IDW acquires Top Shelf, from Alan Moore to Zander Cannon
Well, bam, 2015 is off to a rousing start, with news breaking this morning that San Diego's IDW has acquired Atlanta/PDX's Top Shelf, with Top Shelf's Chris Staros to remain as Editor in Chief, while partner Brett Warnock retires from comics to run a food and nature blog. Top Shelf will remain as a separate line at IDW, while Leigh Walton, Chris Ross and Zac Boone will all stay on at the new imprint.
Take the Micro Press Survey!
Robyn Chapman's excellent The Tiny Report blog is the Publishers Weekly for micro presses and each year she does a publishing survey with information on sales and distrbution. The new one is ready to be taken
WWE asks Papercutz to remove CM Punk from WWE Superstars reprints
When you leave the WWE, you also leave WWE licensed comics, as CM Punk will be removed from future printings of Papercutz WWE Superstars comics.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/6/14: Comics creator sees UFO over Scotland
§ So Mark Millar saw something shiny in the sky:
i know this sounds mental, but did anybody else see that huge glowing object over...
Fox announces a 2016 release for Gambit
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As a part of a larger number of release dates on Fox's future tentpole schedule unveiled this...








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