Tag: Marvel Comics
A retailer’s view at ComicsPRO: Recovering from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad...
by Jacob Shapiro
The internet sure loves muckraking, so when I decided to throw some shade at Marvel for their ComicsPro presentation in Portland last...
NYCC ’17 – Inside Marvel’s Closed Door Retailer Presentation
The Marvel Retailer Panel kicked off at 11 AM on Thursday, directly after the Diamond Retailer Panel. Only retailers were allowed admittance. And me....
10 must-read single issues to celebrate Kirby’s Centennial
Hey, did you know this Monday would have been Jack Kirby's 100th birthday? I hope so! Recently, I had the realization that a number of...
The Retailer’s View // A Disgrace To The Industry
Since last we spoke, the store received its first bit of hate mail, which was nice.
As a shop, we had been fairly vocal about...
Starlin and Davis team up for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: MOTHER ENTROPY in May
Announced today at ComicsPro, legendary Marvel creator Jim Starlin is teaming up with the equally esteemed Alan Davis for a brand new mini-series focused...
EXCLUSIVE: Titan to release first English edition of SKY DOLL SUDRA
Titan Comics has revealed they'll release issue 1 of the fourth "Chapter" (or Volume) of the series: Sky Doll: Sudra.
Marvel Announces New Graphic Novels for Spring/Summer 2017!
We might be in the middle of a polar vortex, but it's not too early to think of next Summer, as more Marvel movies...
2017 Gold Sponsor Free Comic Book Day Titles Announced
T'is the season for planning for free comics! Diamond has just released information on their 2017 Free Comic Book Day offerings. As is tradition,...
NYCC’16 LIVEBLOG: The Netflix’s & Marvel’s IRON FIST panel gives you your FIRST look...
The Comics Beat is live at the New York Comic Con Main Stage and the crowd is wild! It's not quite Hall H proportions,...
SDCC’16: Marvel Announces New Graphic Novels for 2017
Marvel has just released their latest graphic novel catalog online!
The following titles are scheduled to hit store shelves sometime in early 2017 (January-April).
Since this...
Podcorn Podcast 06/01/16 — Captain America & Fandom
Last week, Marvel Comics published Steve Rogers: Captain America #1 by writer Nick Spencer and artist Jesus Saiz. The response to the comic was immediate...
REVIEW: CIVIL WAR II #1 Sets the Stage for What Might be Marvel’s Best...
Reviewing Bendis' and Marquez's latest foray into the Marvel limelight.