Ultimate Wolverine creators Chris Condon and Alessandro Cappuccio will reunite for Bruce Banner's post-Infernal Hulk series, releasing for free on May 1, aka Comics Giveaway Day.
A couple of things floating around out there that quantify the rise in comic book convention profits. Rob Salkowitz quantifies some very interesting research by Eventbrite and guesses that comic book theme events could be as much as a $3 billion business, a number that dwarfs the $600-700 million usually given for the comic book industry itself. Attendance is up about 20% every year, while some profits are up by triple digits. While all pop culture events are up, comic book events are up the most, even more than video game and other industries:
If there was ever a reason to go to England, as if more than real mushy peas was needed, this summer's "Comic Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK" exhibition at the British Library is the one. Not only is it the biggest exhibit of British comics yet, it is by far the most official, and will be, I daresay, the most influential. Curated by Paul Gravett, along with John Harris Dunning, this is no mere "Oh look comics are cool!" exhibit, but a bracing investigation of the often transgressive gutter nature of comics in a specific culture. Since there is little chance I'll be able to go see it for myself before it closes on August 19th, James Bacon's photo heavy walk-through will have to do.
Marvel it celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year, using Timely dating, and part of the celebration involves a 1200 pages omnibus collecting the best...
A few weeks ago we alluded to this glowing profile of Marvel Studios Head Kevin Feige in Businessweek, which, while semi-revealing, was also semi-revering. Clearly, Feige's Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most successful movie concepts of the 21st century, but I'm sure he puts his Hulk hands on one mitt at a time.
Well, one person who did not like this profile was Amazing Spider-Man 2 producer Avi Arad, who penned an angry letter to the writer of the piece. The bit that Arad specifically took issue with is the claim that Arad quit Marvel Studios over his disagreement with Marvel's $535 million dollar credit line with Merill Lynch to make movies, the deal that set the stage for the MCU as we know it.
The first trailer for Criminal, the Prime Video series based on the comic by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, starring Charlie Hunnam, Adria Arjona, Emilia Clarke, and more, has revealed it will be released in two halves in January 2027.
During NYCC, Neckwav, the singing voice of Abby in the film, and Emmy-nominated actor/producer and talent manager and producer Rich Ting shared their thoughts and insights on the hit animated film
Writer Dustin Brady and artist Dave Bardin will adapt Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots into a junior graphic novel series, debuting from Mattel Press in Summer 2027.
