Diamond Is Shipping Marvel, Image and IDW Monthlies to Books A Million
Remember how Marvel pulled out of the newsstand market several months ago? Well, they're back. After a fashion. And they've brought Image and IDW...
Remender’s Uncanny Avengers relaunch puts Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch into focus
Recently announced by Marvel and in the wake of AXIS, writer Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers is being relaunched with a new team and a...
Mark Doyle is Moving to Burbank and Staying on The Batman Line
In an interview with Comics Alliance, editor Mark Doyle confirmed that he is staying with DC Comics in their move to the new offices...
Announcing: The Comics Industry Person of the Year 2014: Raina Telgemeier
It was the year of the woman in comics. No question. As readers, as creators and as characters, Finally. As I tallied the votes for this year’s Person of the Year, as chosen by industry professionals, I suspected a woman would win, and the voting was extremely close—and really could have been one of a half dozen people—but eking out a win was Raina Telgemeier. While the votes were cast before the recent Wall Street Journal piece, it generally summed up all the reasons why she deserves to be the Person of the Year. Telgemeier is the first cartoonist to become a “name” author for kids based on her graphic novels alone—Smile has appeared on the NY Times bestseller chart for 133 weeks, and in 2014 she had three spots, with Smile, Drama and Sisters, which debuted with a 200,000 first printing. And according to the WSJ, Smile now has 1.5 million copies in print, with Sisters close behind with 1.4 million. A while ago I joked that Smile is the new Watchmen, and based on these numbers it’s not far off.
Dark Horse hires Steve Sunu for PR
CBR mainstay Steve Sunu is making the jump to company publicist, as he's going to Dark Horse to join their PR department, which was left a man down when Jeremy Atkins left.
Congrats Steve and talk to you very soon!
Benedict Cumberbatch Speaks Out About Doctor Strange
Prior to the official word of his casting as Stephen Strange in Marvel's 2016 release Doctor Strange, despite months of rumors, Benedict Cumberbatch remained...
The Beat’s Annual Comics Industry Survey, Part Two: from Kieron Gillen to Steve Morris
Yet more previews and prognostication from a wide swatch of comics industry personnel, with picks from Kieron Gillen and Janelle Asselin to Bryan Talbot and Steve Morris. Lots of news of new projects are thrown in also for those with a keen eye!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/4/15: Everybody’s got a snappy new look
New year, new looks for some familiar websites, and some observations about Comic Con that I never revealed until now!
‘Ant-Man’ Trailer Teaser Offers First Look At The Film
Yesterday, Marvel Studios released an "ant-sized" version of the teaser for the Ant-Man trailer that is debuting during the premiere of Agent Carter on...
The Beat’s Annual Survey: Torsten’s Look Back (way back)
It's that time of year, when the Beatrix mails out her survey forms, and asks the comics cognescenti to look back and wonder what...
McFarlane Teases his “single BIGGEST issue” of Spawn at Image Expo
By: Alexander Jones
Author Todd McFarlane has just announced a teaser for a brand new project he’s taking over to Image Expo, as well as...
Anya Davidson’s Band for Life to be collected
On her tumblr, Anya Davidson informally announced that her comic strip Band for Life will be collected by a pretty major publisher, but we'll refrain from putting it in the announcement since it's "informal."
Band for Life was long serialized at Vice, but is now available in full on Davidson's website, where it updates every Friday. it's about the colorful, raucus and surreal adventures of a band of misfits in a world where some people sort of look like monsters. So yeah, Doug for a new generation.
