Things are slowing down for the holidays. Even at Stately Beat Manor. Those presents won't buy themselves. But news of a new comics company and many best of lists are here for you to peruse in your spare time.
The November sales estimate headlines are all about how the market is up, owing to Dark Knight 3, Vader Down and a metric ton of Marvel’s relaunched #1’s. You expect a certain amount of that. Stunts sell, as long as the publishers don’t over-extend the market for variant covers (and they sure seem aggressive in emphasizing those instead of the content in between the covers). What you’d miss out on if you only read the headlines is that Marvel’s #2 and #3 issues aren’t getting a ton of traction relative to those gaudy #1 sales totals.
Diamond has announced this year's thirty-eight Silver Sponsors books for May 7th's Free Comics Book Day. Gold sponsors were announced earlier - Hoo boy, Hilda, Love and Rockets and so much more.
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, the team behind the smash hit Harley Quinn series are back with a brand new hero: Drusilla Dragowski, a teen-aged girl who dreams of being a superhero but has some wacky ideas for how to go about it.
A group of 13 publishers have reached a settlement with the Diamond estate and Sparkle Pop to get their inventory back, and this Diamond business may finally be drawing to a close
Korean entertainment giant Kakao is shutting down Tapas, their North American webtoon platform, leaving creators and readers devastated and an uncertain future
The artist has released Planetoid Raiders: Recorder's Warning, an original track creator for Planetoid Raiders, a line of retro-inspired science-fiction action figures that you can currently back on Kickstarter.
The second trailer for VisionQuest has dropped ahead of the show's premiere on Disney+ on October 14, revealing new villains like Paladin and Jocasta, and Ultron trying on a hat.
