Here’s some exciting COMICS news out of Comic-Con – the winners of Scholastic Graphix’s “Get Published By Graphix” contest were unveiled at the Scholastic panel today, and they are two very strong young cartoonists with two good projects. 234 manuscripts were submitted, and two author/artists have been awarded contracts with Graphix for publication of their debut graphic […]
Valiant Cranks Up Giveaways and Retailer Contests for X-0 Manowar’s Return
X-O Manowar was the flagship title for Valiant’s launch and as they’re bringing it back, they’re bringing a fairly deep promotional package with it. On the consumer end of it, Valiant’s following the lead of the Green Lantern and Legion of Superheroes Flight Ring giveaways with their own promotional ring giveaway. On the retailer end, […]
Farrago, the free comics app, is having a cosplay contest
We first wrote about Farrago Comics app for free comics in January, when they announced their deal with IDW.
Since then they’ve been adding more books to the app each month, including their first original comic SHRINKAGE, an 8-part comedic sci-fi action tale about how the most unknowable battleground we face is the one within our own craniums, written by Emmy Award winning writer Rob Kutner (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Conan”) and illustrated by John Lucas (X-Men, Deadpool)
Now Farrago is running a Cosplay Contest, which launched at NYCC, along with chapter 3 of Shrinkage, which also just launched on the app
Three Days Remain to enter the Dorkly Fan Art Contest
Dorkly is a sister site of College Humor that offers a lot of comics and gaming-related humor, but in a positive, not mean spirited, way. They’re ramping up a lot of their offerings including launching a a series of events based around nerd-centric gatherings.
One of the first is the Dorkly Fan Art Expo , where fan art will be displayed at C2E2 April 25-27.